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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 02:13 PM
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Valeo or Bosch Wiper Blades?

I cant decide between the two. From peoples expereince with these which is the better blade?

I'm buying a total of 4, two for the G and two for my Explorer.

Tirerack has a buy one get one free on the Valeos, total with shipping works out to roughly $92CDN for ALL 4.

Local shop has the Bosch Icons, $126CDN ALL 4, personally i think thats wayyy too much. the 26" for the driver side is $38.70 alone!!
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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 02:57 PM
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i had the bosch icons on my last G. Loved them.

I dont know what you guys have in canada, but pepboys had them here for buy one get one free mail in rebate deal. i paid like 22 bucks total for the set.
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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 03:04 PM
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they are all the same...i actually have the rain-x ones on right now and so far i like them...o verall which ever you get, they are all very similar.
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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 06:41 PM
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Valeos are longer lasting, Bosch sucks, I used both Bosch last for 1 year the most, valeos last 1.5 years.
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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 08:36 PM
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i need new wipers badly. drivers side is DOA
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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 09:38 PM
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The blades are "26 and "17 right? I searched through the forums and this was the general consensus?

b/c according to Valeo its "26 and '16?
http://www.valeowipersusa.com/index....el=G37%20Coupe
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Old Apr 1, 2009 | 09:39 PM
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i think it's in the manual, i'll look when i get a chance... i gotta replace mine soon too
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Old Apr 2, 2009 | 10:29 PM
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i had icons, they were ok. honestly, rain-x and oem blades are my favorite.
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Old Apr 3, 2009 | 09:36 AM
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So for some reason on the tirerack website it wont let you select the Valeo blades for the G37, I sent an e-mail to Tirerack, here was their response:

"The Valeo blades are not available for your G37, that is why you don't see a fitment listed. The blade mounting style is different than the Valeo design, or the PIAA that we also offer for that matter. Sorry, we don't carry a blade that fits the G."

Can someone tell me whats going on?
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Old Apr 3, 2009 | 09:44 AM
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Replaced the driver side with bosch right after i got it. Just replaced the passenger yesterday with bosch too. It was 17 inches.
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Old Apr 3, 2009 | 11:22 AM
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26" and 17" are correct. Just put new Bosch Icons on my G yesterday and we've had a good 2 days of rain and they're working great! Anyways, so when I bought them, the guy at Advance Auto Parts insisted they wouldn't fit and wanted to try to put them on....so we went out to my G, and I took the driver's side blade off....and then he tried putting the new one on...BACKWARDS. LOL. It was hard to keep from laughing. Then he says "yep, i didn't think they'd fit." So, I said "well, let me try"....had it on in 3 seconds. He was pretty damn embarrassed. Here's the kicker....before all of this happened, he tells me he used to work at Harper Infiniti (where I bought my G coupe). LMAO!!! You can't pay for that kinda entertainment!!!
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 01:17 PM
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bump! rain-x or bosch? i need new wipers bad.. the rain is pissing me off
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by xlack
bump! rain-x or bosch? i need new wipers bad.. the rain is pissing me off
I got some Michelin wipers and they work for me!

The rain is pissing me off too! Talk about dirty phat lips on those rims hahaha
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 08:03 PM
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At least you guys arent getting snow like we are in NY lol

I need new blades too.
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Old Dec 31, 2009 | 08:55 PM
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I tried the these cheapo blades from eBay, $7 for the set. Had them on for a month now and they've been great. I also put rain-X on every 2 weeks.
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