New series Avalon wiper blades
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From: mack on 22 Feb 2007 20:00 "Ron" <nobodyhere(a)nowhere.org> wrote in message news:OspDh.342$BE2.61(a)newssvr27.news.prodigy.net... >I just bought a set, pair was 34.21 at dealer. they do have an extremely >thin piece of metal imbeded in them - the latch is attached to that. The >rubber portion on top is curved to allow airflow to hold it tight to >windshield - there is no fram at all, the blade is it! > On the newer Avalons, is there a two-position business for when the wipers park? On my '03, they can either park down low, at the level of the hood, or a couple of inches higher for use during snow season, where they might get buried at the lower setting. You just have to (carefully) yank on the arm to change positions.
From: Ron on 22 Feb 2007 21:24 our 02 had that also Mack but the 05 doesn't. Other than expense, these are an easy change and seem to wipe good when new. Definite hardening in ones I pull - had a date of manuf of May 05 "mack" <mackerel(a)dslextreme.com> wrote in message news:12tsf5dlfto4t50(a)corp.supernews.com... > > "Ron" <nobodyhere(a)nowhere.org> wrote in message > news:OspDh.342$BE2.61(a)newssvr27.news.prodigy.net... >>I just bought a set, pair was 34.21 at dealer. they do have an extremely >>thin piece of metal imbeded in them - the latch is attached to that. The >>rubber portion on top is curved to allow airflow to hold it tight to >>windshield - there is no fram at all, the blade is it! >> > On the newer Avalons, is there a two-position business for when the wipers > park? On my '03, they can either park down low, at the level of the > hood, or a couple of inches higher for use during snow season, where they > might get buried at the lower setting. You just have to (carefully) yank > on the arm to change positions. >
From: Art on 22 Feb 2007 21:37 Consumer Reports claims wiper blades only last 6 months. I think they are nuts. Last time they tested (a few years ago) they thought highly of Toyota blades. "Ron" <nobodyhere(a)nowhere.org> wrote in message news:ffsDh.425$LF6.193(a)newssvr11.news.prodigy.net... > our 02 had that also Mack but the 05 doesn't. Other than expense, these > are an easy change and seem to wipe good when new. Definite hardening in > ones I pull - had a date of manuf of May 05 > "mack" <mackerel(a)dslextreme.com> wrote in message > news:12tsf5dlfto4t50(a)corp.supernews.com... >> >> "Ron" <nobodyhere(a)nowhere.org> wrote in message >> news:OspDh.342$BE2.61(a)newssvr27.news.prodigy.net... >>>I just bought a set, pair was 34.21 at dealer. they do have an >>>extremely thin piece of metal imbeded in them - the latch is attached to >>>that. The rubber portion on top is curved to allow airflow to hold it >>>tight to windshield - there is no fram at all, the blade is it! >>> >> On the newer Avalons, is there a two-position business for when the >> wipers park? On my '03, they can either park down low, at the level of >> the hood, or a couple of inches higher for use during snow season, where >> they might get buried at the lower setting. You just have to (carefully) >> yank on the arm to change positions. >> > >
From: larry moe 'n curly on 23 Feb 2007 02:38 Art wrote: > Consumer Reports claims wiper blades only last 6 months. I think they are > nuts. Last time they tested (a few years ago) they thought highly of Toyota > blades. Those crappy Tripledge silicone blades may not wipe well, but they last forever in the sun, for me 14 years and counting.
From: Ron on 23 Feb 2007 13:02
It quite often gets 115+ up here and there seems to be about roughly two years maximum of blade life. I've got the triple edge silicon on the highlander for past two winters and they're starting to streak pretty bad also. (up here is Redding, Ca. - HOT summers) Ron in Ca |