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Anyone ever found wiper blades for a Tracker that are worth a damn?

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Offline AJMBLAZER

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Anyone ever found wiper blades for a Tracker that are worth a damn?
« on: January 19, 2007, 10:29:54 AM »
No beefy parts questions or anything about hacking to fit 35's but can anyone recommend a good brand of windshield wiper blades for a Tracker?  I've got some $12 each silicone-blade monobeam, supposed to be from the hand of god, work great every time, blah blah blah blades now that do okay except for one thing...

There's ALWAYS a 4-6" streak on the driver's side that they miss right in front of my eyes.  The passenger side is crystal clear while the driver's side does this probably 95% of the time.  It's starting to piss me off a bit.

Man I need to move south...

Not to mention NO ONE up here seems to even know what a silicone wiper blade is and the best they seem to have are either regular wiper blades or the same crap but with a big name on it.
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Re: Anyone ever found wiper blades for a Tracker that are worth a damn?
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2007, 11:02:03 AM »
I have tried alot of the fancy blades as we get a shit load of rain here. teflon this/silicon that triple blad blah blah blah!

I now buy the cheapest blade possible and it works just as good and I replace them every fall when the weather turns bad as they don't like sun much.
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Re: Anyone ever found wiper blades for a Tracker that are worth a damn?
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2007, 12:53:40 PM »
i just use the cheapest ($3) and then spray some of that no-touch stuff on when it starts to rain

makes everything bead off like rain-x and you dont even need wipers past 40mph
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Re: Anyone ever found wiper blades for a Tracker that are worth a damn?
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2007, 12:55:48 PM »
iam having the same problem with mine, i was thinking of getting some of them stiff spring deals that go onto the wiperarms to put more preasure on the blades and maybe work a bit better or burnout the wiper motor :'(
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Re: Anyone ever found wiper blades for a Tracker that are worth a damn?
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2007, 04:46:30 PM »
i had some of those sping deals and tyhey seemed to help alot but they wore out kinda fast. i now have the cheezy ricer style ones that are fake carbon fiber ones. there are 2 blades per wiper and i absoultly love them. if anyone has a princess auto near you i think i got a pair for 5 or 10 bux maxs. just a thought
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Re: Anyone ever found wiper blades for a Tracker that are worth a damn?
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2007, 05:16:06 PM »
I'm with the cheapos, too.  Replace 'em more often, but they work as well as any.  Also agree with the Rain-X suggestion, but I'm too lazy to bother.
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Re: Anyone ever found wiper blades for a Tracker that are worth a damn?
« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2007, 07:14:44 PM »
The cheapos are the theme I'm noticing among replies.  I think I'll take the cheap route and only get one cheapo tomorrow as the passenger side currently does a good job.

I've used Rain-X before but dunno how well it does in Michigan winter, road salt grime, and general icy, dirty, I-hate-winter crap.
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Re: Anyone ever found wiper blades for a Tracker that are worth a damn?
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2007, 10:33:31 PM »
I bought "Roberk" All-Weather wipers before the winter, real cheap and they work great!  (I was having the same contact problem before with metal-arm wiper blades)

http://www.tricoproducts.com/brochure.cfm?brochure=229&location_id=65
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