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Not the motor, not the linkage, but the wiper blades. What are y'all using? Do you have a recommended 16" that still has an old school look? 

 

An alternative could be the replacement rubber for the stock blades, though I have a feeling nobody sells the rubber. 

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I had to order mine but one year I did replace them both for about $6. They are cut to size. I like the original blade holders with the down force wing on it and can't stand those plastic things. Double blades are surprisingly, more than twice as bad. Colored double blades are 4X as bad. Locally I have found a single blade for $20!!!! WTF pays that?

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I had to order mine but one year I did replace them both for about $6. They are cut to size. I like the original blade holders with the down force wing on it and can't stand those plastic things. Double blades are surprisingly, more than twice as bad. Colored double blades are 4X as bad. Locally I have found a single blade for $20!!!! WTF pays that?

 

Do you remember where you ordered the rubber from? I've seen a few but never cut to size and that cheap.

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So update; I bought some wiper refills 'specific' to period blades from O'reily's. Trico Classic or some such. Cleaned up my old blades with SOS and a scotch pad. Took a bit of manhandling and manipulation of  the blade's grabbers since somebody screwed with them previously. This was the end result; 

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/157833835@N04/shares/U091sE

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/157833835@N04/shares/826ydS

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/157833835@N04/shares/gY5jc1

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/157833835@N04/shares/Xx632q

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Yes! those are the arms I have with the down force wing on them. How could anyone throw these precious things away and replace them with mere plastic POS????

 

 

Wait you guys have wipers? #rainxftw

 

Yes definitely, I liberally use it as well on trips.

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Yes! those are the arms I have with the down force wing on them. How could anyone throw these precious things away and replace them with mere plastic POS????

 

 

 

Yes definitely, I liberally use it as well on trips.

 

A lot of people use those plastic POS apparently. Considering the time, effort, and cost of replacing the rubber, I see NO reason to simply do away with the classic look for a new blade. Took me maybe 30 minutes total to put the rubber in and clean up the arms and blades. The wiper refills were also around half the cost of blades. 

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