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Old 02-20-2017, 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Siber Express
$19.95 for both Ford OEM Blades at my local Stealership, bring your own oil and filter it is $7 for an oil change also.
Say what?!
You must have the only dealership left with the customer in mind. Everything around here just tries to nickle and dime you to death, for the smallest things.
If I ever have to go back to a dealership for anything, I think I'll just drive down by you. Even with the trip from Wisconsin to Tennessee, I'll probably still come out ahead.
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Originally Posted by TexasRedfish
Walmart here in Texas has Latitudes and Icons for $19 each.

Autozone/Advance are always more expensive.
Yeah but Wally world is farther away, I paid for the convenience.
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Originally Posted by Siber Express
$19.95 for both Ford OEM Blades at my local Stealership, bring your own oil and filter it is $7 for an oil change also.
Not OEM they are Motorcraft and they suck. I wish you could buy OEM, mine lasted 4 years, I doubt I get a year and a half max out of the rainX blades.
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Originally Posted by Summers22
I prefer Icon over Latitudes, best price is Wal-Mart as stated. $17.97 ea.
I was looking at those as well, depending how long these rainx last I may go with them next.
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Originally Posted by Siber Express
$19.95 for both Ford OEM Blades at my local Stealership, bring your own oil and filter it is $7 for an oil change also.
yeah that's dirt cheap. the dealer I just left charged $19.20 for just the labor. though most of the lube techs made $9-10/hr. and flagged .4 hours. and wipers for an F150 were anywhere from 15-24 bucks depending on which parts monkey was at the counter and what style blade they felt like giving you.

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Not OEM they are Motorcraft and they suck. I wish you could buy OEM, mine lasted 4 years, I doubt I get a year and a half max out of the rainX blades.
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I was looking at those as well, depending how long these rainx last I may go with them next.
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I tried the Latitudes twice, I really wanted to like them but both sets were streaking within like 3 months. I switched to the Icons and have always been happy with them.
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I swore off the rain x wipers about 2 years ago.
The clip that holds the wiper to the arm, broke on one of them after about a week. I went back and forth with Rain x about trying to be able to get just that piece, seeing as though the wipers were $15+.
After explaining to them that this brand new wiper was now junk, because it would just fall off while going down the road, I was given an answer of, "we don't care."
Rain x....never again.
I now buy the Goodyears from Costco. Dirt cheap, and they last.
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Originally Posted by powerranger262
I swore off the rain x wipers about 2 years ago.
The clip that holds the wiper to the arm, broke on one of them after about a week. I went back and forth with Rain x about trying to be able to get just that piece, seeing as though the wipers were $15+.
After explaining to them that this brand new wiper was now junk, because it would just fall off while going down the road, I was given an answer of, "we don't care."
Rain x....never again.
I now buy the Goodyears from Costco. Dirt cheap, and they last.
I work for Costco. We have a buy one get one free sale on wipers a couple times per year and that's really a steal. I need a set right now, it's been a wet winter here in AZ.
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Originally Posted by Rnlcomp
I was looking at those as well, depending how long these rainx last I may go with them next.
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I see about 2 years out of the Icons.
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Well all the negative about this $52.00 set of wipers is a little disheartening, hopefully they made changes to them maybe not, time will tell.
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Originally Posted by FiveInADime
I work for Costco. We have a buy one get one free sale on wipers a couple times per year and that's really a steal. I need a set right now, it's been a wet winter here in AZ.
I was thinking I got a set buy one get one, but wasn't positive.



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