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Old 04-18-2008, 06:24 AM
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Anyone try these out yet? I'm starting to need new wipers and wondered if they were worth trying.... ???
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Those the ones with a single bowed spring support in them? One big curve? If so, I don't have the rain-x brand, but the same style on the Zilla. Very impressed so far. Perhaps the best I've owned. Been running them just over a year.
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my brother had those ones on his maxima and they lift do to the excess plastic on top. It acts like a wing. I don't know if you can get them down here but up here in canada we have ones called reflex and they work great. same style of blade but with no wing
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No 'wings' on mine, and they've been tested beyond reasonable speeds in safe circumstances.
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No 'wings' on mine, and they've been tested beyond reasonable speeds in safe circumstances.
like the windshield washer on a land speed record attempt
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Here'* a pic and a link I found on the interwebs:

http://www.rainx.com/Products/Wiper_.../Latitude.aspx



Next time I see them, I think I'll buy them and give them a shot. Even if they suck, they're just wiper blades...
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i've heard good things, yet to try them. i think i'll replace mine with those before the trip th
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im interested in trying them too, im curious as to how they work with snow and ice.
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Hopefully us northerners won't find out how they do in snow/ice till NEXT year...
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I have the same style, but the trico brand. I will NEVER go back to the old style. These windsheild wipers and some rain-x and water doesnt stand a chance


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