Wipers - Learn from my dumb experience.

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Old Feb 2, 2008 | 08:17 PM
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Wipers - Learn from my dumb experience.

So, as I'm not the only person that is pretty tired of the streaky stock wipers, I decided to run over to the store and pick up a set of new blades for my car. Anyway, the data that they have for the Fit has you buying a 16" blade for your shorter, passenger side wiper. THIS IS TOTALLY WRONG. If I bothered to look around, and I'm sure someone else has already posted this somewhere else on the boards, get 15" wiper blades for your passenger-side wipers. I'll save the 16" as a backup for the Matrix that my parents drive, but it's time to make a trip out to the store to get new blades.

[EDIT] Then again, I need to take a tape measure to the blades that I bought, just to make sure that they aren't 17" instead. Update to come soon.

New Lesson: Bosch LIES. I need to go and make sure the next set of 16" blades that I buy is actually 16"...
 

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Old Feb 2, 2008 | 08:23 PM
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Can i move this to the proper section so it can be seen by the whole forum?

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Old Feb 2, 2008 | 08:27 PM
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Not yet, lemme double check, because the blades that I bought might have been packaged incorrectly, I don't want to look like a retard in front of everyone^^ A select few is fine

[Edit] Yeah, they were packaged incorrectly.
 

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Old Feb 2, 2008 | 08:47 PM
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please let us know if the 16' works fine.
im looking to replace those craps it came with with the bosch's too.
 
Old Apr 9, 2008 | 11:34 AM
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Just measure your stock ones and buy the same size. Don't believe everything you read.
 
Old Apr 9, 2008 | 11:49 AM
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and don't believe the workers at the stores either. often they're completely wrong. one of them told me that we can't just buy refills for our wipers and that we have to buy the whole assembled piece each time = completely wrong...
 
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