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Date:         Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:20:23 -0400
Reply-To:     Tom Buese <tantonbz@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tom Buese <tantonbz@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Wiper blade recommendation?
Comments: To: Richard A Jones <Jones@colorado.edu>
In-Reply-To:  <509097F3.4060506@colorado.edu>
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I don't see on Silblades for sale on Amazon if they come in Winter blades? Importante here in Maine?

YMMV,

Mr. BZ-have blades will wipe

On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 11:16 PM, Richard A Jones <Jones@colorado.edu>wrote:

> I second that on the silicone rubber Sil-Blades. I'm putting them on >> everything I own. >> > > I'll third that--from this view: My Vanagon blades worked fine. > I prolly bough Bosch. I had cheap winter blades on my Jeep > Cherokee that lasted year after year after year. The windshield > in pretty flat--that might be the key. > > But on my '88 Carrera, Bosch blades didn't work very well after > just a few months. Nothing like even a year. They are little, wimpy > 13" blades--and the windshield has some curvature. So I bought some > little, wimpy (expensive) Silblades and they are still on the car > after 5 or more years. So I bought big, manly 18" blades for my > two Vanagons.... > > YMMV, > Richard >

-- Tom Buese


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