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Old 02-27-2008, 03:48 PM   #1
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Anyone with a 93-97 (and probably 98+ as well) ever have problems with their wipers?

My J-Hooks on my wiper arm push the blades down, then it ripples right above that area on my blade, and it makes no contact at all.

I just bought these Rain-X Latitude ones, that are supposed to conform to the windsheild, and like all other ones, it doesn't work worth a shit.


Anyone have any idea what I'm talking about.
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My wipers make the ripple only on low settings. I was thinking about getting those blades when I heard of them but hadn't seen a review on them for fbodies.
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What? Thats not as advertised! The blades I got now fit better than that.
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It's weird, the Arm for the J Hook it fits into pushes them down, then it raises them up right above that as you can see in the picture. I guess I'll just go get some OEM ones.
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It's weird, the Arm for the J Hook it fits into pushes them down, then it raises them up right above that as you can see in the picture. I guess I'll just go get some OEM ones.
Those blades are not made for the maro, those are pre-formed to conform to the window, and are made with a bend in them. Correct blades very hard to find other than OEM replacement (or part-house versions).
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Those blades are not made for the maro, those are pre-formed to conform to the window, and are made with a bend in them. Correct blades very hard to find other than OEM replacement (or part-house versions).
Then the bastards shouldn't put the sizing in their booklets when you go to buy the damn things.
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I bought those for my '81, fucking things don't fit under my hood and the tip of the drivers side wiper got stuck between my fender and windshield and cracked my windshield. I expected more for $17 a piece.
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The Rain-X ones suck. I got those a long time ago on my truck and they lasted like a month.
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