New series Avalon wiper blades
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From: Ron on 22 Feb 2007 12:45 I had heard horror stories about these new blade's prices. Since it has been thru 2 hot summers here in Redding (Ca) and starting to streak, I shopped. I found them at Tirerack and damned few other online places. These are the new "Valeo" made/style flat blades for the 05 newer and lots of other cars. Are about $65/set at tirerack. Called dealer to check and parts says "we sell maint. items below fair markup so they are only $16.95/each" Gone are the days of the 7 or 8 dollar blade! Ron in Ca
From: JoeSpareBedroom on 22 Feb 2007 13:00 "Ron" <nobodyhere(a)nowhere.org> wrote in message news:1FkDh.1658$re4.29(a)newssvr12.news.prodigy.net... >I had heard horror stories about these new blade's prices. Since it has >been thru 2 hot summers here in Redding (Ca) and starting to streak, I >shopped. > > I found them at Tirerack and damned few other online places. > > These are the new "Valeo" made/style flat blades for the 05 newer and lots > of other cars. Are about $65/set at tirerack. > > Called dealer to check and parts says "we sell maint. items below fair > markup so they are only $16.95/each" Gone are the days of the 7 or 8 > dollar blade! > > Ron in Ca > These are just the rubber blades, not the whole assembly that clips onto the wiper arm?
From: Ray O on 22 Feb 2007 13:06 "Ron" <nobodyhere(a)nowhere.org> wrote in message news:1FkDh.1658$re4.29(a)newssvr12.news.prodigy.net... >I had heard horror stories about these new blade's prices. Since it has >been thru 2 hot summers here in Redding (Ca) and starting to streak, I >shopped. > > I found them at Tirerack and damned few other online places. > > These are the new "Valeo" made/style flat blades for the 05 newer and lots > of other cars. Are about $65/set at tirerack. > > Called dealer to check and parts says "we sell maint. items below fair > markup so they are only $16.95/each" Gone are the days of the 7 or 8 > dollar blade! > > Ron in Ca Generally, "blades" include the metal part that holds the rubber insert. Wiper "refills" are just the rubber part of the blade. -- Ray O (correct punctuation to reply)
From: Ron on 22 Feb 2007 14:28 these blades are apparently one piece, no refill, no apparent metal at all. I'm going to get a set but from looking, they're one piece. (some "blurb" about speed, angle, swept area etc). They unattach by holding in clips and puhsing up/out - arm has just a small hook at end, like nothing I've seen before.
From: Ron on 22 Feb 2007 18:13
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! |