Date:         Mon, 28 Feb 2005 06:14:18 -0500
Reply-To:     Christopher Gronski <gronski@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Christopher Gronski <gronski@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Larger Windshield Wipers / Less Can Be More
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Good point George. I suppose the best of both worlds would be to run
stock size in the winter and oversized in the summer, kind of like
changing over to snow tires (I actually run all seasons, but I the
analogy works).

Chris

On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 22:09:18 EST, George Goff <THX0001@aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 2/27/05 7:30:33 PM, Don_Dixon@BELLSOUTH.NET writes:
>
> << I use 21" for the driver's side, and 19" for the passenger side (stock is
>
> 18" for both).  >>
>
> This is fine and dandy as long as you don't have to drive in a snowstorm.  In
> my ample experience, the longer a wiper blade is over the stock size, the
> faster ice builds on its outer tip.  The more the ice builds up, the more the
> blade is lifted from the windshield until much of the blade is riding on built up
> ice.  Then it is time to get out and slap the blades against the windshield.
> If a windshield has any curve to it, the outer tip of an oversized windshield
> wiper on the passenger side might not even touch the windshield whenever the
> wiper sweeps to the parked position making matters even worse.
>
> George
>