I replaced my wiper blades sometime between 4 and 5 months ago. I went with Trico.

They worked pretty good at first... but after maybe a month, they no longer cleaned the rain off on the first pass. They left behind little streaks, but would only do so for a couple passes. Lately, it's several minutes of wiping before they completely clear the windshield.

Now this kind of bugged me, but I generally keep a good coat of Rain-X on the thing, so I rarely use wipers, and it's not that big of a deal.

Today it was rainy and I was sitting in traffic. I hit the wipers and what do I hear? SCREEEEEEEEEEECH.

The wipers are coming off tomorrow.

I hate Trico.

 

down with Trico!

 

Customers come into the dealership complaining about their wipers not wiping correctly and what do you know?
Tricos!
They do suck, so EVERYONE should stick with the factory wiper inserts...

 

Woot woot. My Bosch are amazing.

 

I have Bosch Icons...bling bling wipers.

 

SO TRUE! Tricos suck! They are the Yugos of wiper blades! I too have used Bosch for quite some time. They are quiet, smooth, and longer lasting than most.

 

I have simpler tastes, I guess, NAPA...

 

Go with Valero's. Put them on my dad's Bimmer, and they work great. $19/each on TireRack.com

 

You mean Valeo?

 

I'll stick with the NAPA teflons - been on just over a year in the very wet Pacific Northwest and still slide smoothly over the glass and squeegee it well - figure that's good for just over $4 each for the blades... :D

 

Yeah. Oops.

 

i love using the factory inserts very cheap to buy godda love that!!!

 

Piaa Works For Me