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Old 12-20-2010, 07:23 AM
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20's will work better...I bought the 22's and the whole blade does not contact the windshield..I will try 21's next time.
my first set of 21's didnt contact the windsheild at the end... but i went ahead when i got the new rain x wipers and got 21s and they are alot more flexible and they are perfect... i went mudding a last weeknd and got mud snow ice rain everything.. and they never made any noises... they are super quite always kept the windsheild clean... i would never buy a another set regualr wipers.. haha if i traded for a new truck i prolly wouldnt trade unless i got to keep my wipers
Old 12-20-2010, 10:35 AM
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I use the Rain-X and on the passenger side it doesn't contour to the windshield perfectly. There is a spot about 2" wide and 3" high where the blade SHOULD hit but doesnt. Not a big deal, the blades are great.
Old 12-20-2010, 10:43 AM
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22" and 20" Rain-X Latitude. Expensive but worth it, IMO.

Edit: Also the passenger side, even at the 20" isn't a 100% fit. It did rattle a bit more at highway speeds than I would like but it isn't terrible.
Old 12-21-2010, 11:56 AM
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I often wondered why we can put men on the moon and locate people on earth with a satellite from space, but we can't make windshield wipers that stay on your windshield when we go over 20 mph.
Old 12-21-2010, 12:57 PM
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I often wondered why we can put men on the moon and locate people on earth with a satellite from space, but we can't make windshield wipers that stay on your windshield when we go over 20 mph.
They can it just costs more than $22
Old 10-11-2012, 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by SallyTwoDiqs
I use the Rain-X and on the passenger side it doesn't contour to the windshield perfectly. There is a spot about 2" wide and 3" high where the blade SHOULD hit but doesnt. Not a big deal, the blades are great.
I put a Rain-X set on last month, after 38,000 miles on my OEM blades. The OEM blades were great, lasted through snow, ice, hail, were clean and quiet. But like all wiper blades, they finally needed to be replaced.

My Rain-X blades do not wipe clean, not contacting with the windshield properly on the drivers side.

I'll be going back to OEM blades after winter season is over.
Old 10-12-2012, 05:57 AM
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Originally Posted by tynker
You might try replacing your cabin filter
That would be nice if we had one....
Old 10-12-2012, 05:59 AM
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Originally Posted by CrashTECH
22" and 20" Rain-X Latitude. Expensive but worth it, IMO.

Edit: Also the passenger side, even at the 20" isn't a 100% fit. It did rattle a bit more at highway speeds than I would like but it isn't terrible.
This is what the rain-x book tells you to install...22 drivers side and 20 passenger side..
Old 10-12-2012, 07:27 AM
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Same here, Bosch and rain x, love em. I convinced a buddy to buy the rain x, and he did get a bad set. They chattered and didn't make contact. So now he buys cheapo's twice a year, and thinks I'm the stupid one.
Old 10-12-2012, 08:34 AM
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I tried out the rain-x latitude and they worked great for a while but wore out very quick. Didn't work very well in heavy fog either. I just put on a pair of trico onyx, hopefully they hold up.


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