Wiper Blades ?? OEM or Bosch ?

[BarracksSi]

Cool, thanks. I'll keep that in mind if my Bosch blades ever crap out. My experience with the OEM blades has NOT been good, but I'll give 'em another shot for cheap.

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[Vincent@27WON]

I suggest PIAA

 

[pjw7454]

If you haven’t bought blades yet consider going silicone instead. Lasts way longer although abit expensive. Piaa silicone blades are what I use you can find on amazon. Been on 2 years in Texas heat and still good

How much rain do you get in the Texas heat? I bet the stock ones last just as long when you hardly ever have to use them in severe raiN. Let’s find someone from Washington state to give us their opinion

 

[caspar21]

oem wipers are streaking bad. 40k km in 4 months in wet and sanded snow.
dunno if i should get good ones so i dont have to worry about it for awhile or go cheap oem inserts every couple months.

 

[davidgostbo]

How much rain do you get in the Texas heat? I bet the stock ones last just as long when you hardly ever have to use them in severe raiN. Let’s find someone from Washington state to give us their opinion

Heat is what destroys blades here in Texas especially rubber, but not silicone. So you could have no rain but the stock blades will be useless in 6 months cause of rubber degradation

 

[fitter_here]

I installed TRICO ICE, they are excellent, I had refills from Honda but they don't seem to last very long. I'm very satisfied with TRICO ICE.

 

[Glassjaw121986]

I need blades, are Bosch just as good or the OEM or better? The plastic where it clips in looks very large on the Bosch.. Can anyone comment??

I know this a super old post but next time you buy wipers invest in the RainX Advantedge Silicone Blades. Silicone blows rubber out of the water on every aspect especially durability. I'll never buy rubber super blades again. And if you get them at Advanced Auto they let you put $3 extra warranties on them which gets you replacements for 3 years. So like $6 every time you replace them after the upfront cost.

 

[BarracksSi]

Very very easy, look on You Tube. I don't remember the link.
OEM wiper work great on snow too.

Here I found it , 10 seconds later ;

Coincidentally, this thread got bumped the day after I bought a Rain-X blade for my wife's CR-V.

I think I still have the OEM blades for my Civic (edit: I might own them, but I still have Bosch Icons on the car while the OEMs are in storage), and I'm going to experiment with buying just the inserts next time I'm at the dealer. I tried removing them yesterday but couldn't figure it out — I was trying to remove the end cap first, not the rubber itself.

 

[Romeoridgee]

OEM blades have changeable rubber inserts for 10 bucks each.

 

[SugarRuy]

I have pretty bad experience with the OEM wipers and their insert refills.

The new wipers lasted for less than one month, then began to smear the windshield on place of center of driver side, while the passenger side was fine.

The second set of refills was bought and replaced when my car was 10 months old, because the old wipers were jumping and noisy. The same issue existed. It just smeared and removed the coating I put on the windshield very fast, while the passenger side was also fine.

The third set was bought when it was 20 months old. This set is even worse, jumping and noisy in the second week and also on its second rainy day. What I noticed was that the part number was slightly changed(rear one was from 76632t5aj03 to 76632t5aj04) and the color of the refills was changed from dark black to a more grey black color.

Now I bought a set of Bosch Icon and am trying to see if it is any better. My OEM ones just came with flaws.

I was trying to buy a set of PIAA Si-Tech wipers but was told that the placed it set on windshield is noticeably higher than the OEM ones.

 

[Romeoridgee]

Gotta clean the windshield regularly.

 

[BarracksSi]

Gotta clean the windshield regularly.

Like at every gas stop? That's what I do (been doing that for thirty years).

 

[CTRDre]

 

[McDavid]

My wife's 2016 Civic has the original one and they do the job very well.
Mine on 2018 Civic , 4 months old are like new.
Or it is because our Civic are made in Canada?

Same, mines just over 2 years and are still good

 

[NHCivicGuy]

OEM inserts for me. I keep my window and blades clean, and swap them out roughly every 6-12 months. No skipping, smooth wipes and works great.

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