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Old May 19, 2008 | 09:14 PM
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Do your stock wipers leave streaks at the pressure points? Mine do, even after 2000 miles, and it annoys the heck out of me. So much, that I went to Advanced Auto parts and tried to purchase some Bosch or RainX Wipers...guess what! They don't make the crappy little 14" wiper, it turns out that the only manufacturer of wipers that fit is Trico. Wonderful, cheap-o wipers that look like what they are, cheap.

Well needless to say, I didn't get them. Going to try and figure something else out.
Old May 20, 2008 | 03:30 AM
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try loosing the wiper arm nut just a little
Old May 20, 2008 | 03:37 AM
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I'll give that a go tomorrow. I do remember them being tight as hell when I tried to take them off to get the cowling off to install my springs. Never could get them off.

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll let you know the outcome as well as others.
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All three of my wipers work fine actually. No streaks from skipping or uneven pressure. Hope loosening it does the trick
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If loosening them doesn't work, I'll be going up to the dealer at the same time I go to get my alignment done and I am going to see about getting them taken care of. I'm not paying for OEM wipers, they're probably an arm and a leg. I wish Bosch made one small enough dang it. I think eventually they will, because more cars are slowly being supported by it.
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PIAA also makes a 14" worse case senario. Theyre expensive but I've have them on 2 of my cars in the past and were great.
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