I put the Bosch 424A's on today. I'm driving on salty wet roads from snow melt. It does a pretty good job. It's very quiet. It's a little shorter than stock but I don't notice it with general use. The ends don't put down enough pressure to get a clean wipe. It's 50 degrees F. today -- will comment again when it goes below freezing.
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kgb
Member
After 6 months of owning my Roadster, I was having some streaking from the stock wiper blade. I saw this thread and mid-April I got the Bosch 426A ICON. Just wanted to chime in: after 3 months, still going strong. This is a good wiper blade.
S-2000 Roadster
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Could it be a difference between warranty (free) and post-warranty (typical car dealer service rates)?
I also got free Bosch upgrades for my brand new Roadster 2.5 - they actually prompted me by asking if I'd had any problem with the wipers. I explained that I though my problems were normal, since every new car I've had seemed to experience some skipping until the new parts had a chance to wear in, but they assured me that I would want the Bosch. They stuck the OEM blades in the Bosch box and let me keep those, too, so now I have a backup (even if the OEM isn't up to par).
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Slackjaw
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Jaff
Active Member
I just googled it and yes, we do! Thanks for the tip. I'll see if they have them.
Thank you very much for your generous offer! I've PMed my address but I'll check this Carquest place first.
From earlier in the thread (where I described this problem), it was mentioned this is the result of a dried-out blade -- the rubber doesn't flex to match the direction of the wiper, and thus it skips. The only solution is a new blade (unless it's possible to resurrect the rubber of the old one).
Indeed. I tried the 424 thinking it wouldn't "hang over" at the edges like the 426 does, but the 424 does as well. It's probably just the curve of the windshield vs. the curve of the blade. And it only does it when the blade is on the very furthest of its swing. Both work perfectly but the 424's short enough that it almost made me feel claustrophobic as the dirt built up around outside the arc.
I spun by our local Carquest (obviously been there for ages but I've never seen it before) and they had the blades. $27.80 including taxes. Thanks for the tip; I had hunted for them a bit with no success.
Thanks also to Slackjaw for his kind offer.
I have seen the question about Rain-X, works great. I have had my car in December 2010 and from day one "the jumping whiper", put streat Rain-X on and oké. I have done now 16.500 Km sofar and no problems
I use it also on my other cars.
One other point, if you drive over 85 - 90km/h you don't need the wiper.
I use it also on my other cars.
One other point, if you drive over 85 - 90km/h you don't need the wiper.
S-2000 Roadster
#1244
Almost. I tried Rain-X on my H1, and with the near vertical front windshield you could basically just see the rain drops dance around in circles. But that's not Rain-X, it's the really bad aerodynamics of the vehicle. With a Honda, by the time I reach 40 mph even the lightest rain is sliding straight off the windshield.
Slackjaw
Member
On our recent trip to Maine and back it started raining mid-week and didn't let up. I should have replaced the wiper blade ages ago but hadn't bothered... So it became annoying even on tiny trips. Luckily there was a NAPA auto parts store in Windham near where we were staying, so I came back to this thread, looked for the Bosch 426A and they had to get it "from the warehouse" but it was same-day. I also bought some Rain-X and applied that. The wiper blade cost $40 or something like that, and paid for itself in about three swipes. I was almost hoping it would rain all the way home (6 hrs of driving) just so I could revel in the smoothness of it! Thanks again to TMC contributors as a great resource.
