Last week I had my tires rotated and when I picked up the car naturally there was a list of stuff that needed to be done. One item was new wiper blades but when I examined them the material was pliable and there were no tears or gaps. It rained a couple of days ago and the wipers worked well. No str…

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[image] davepsinbox_157004: Giving people the benefit of the doubt certainly can be costly but again wiper blades are comparatively cheap. Have you seen how much many shops charge to replace them? For that matter, have you seen how much wiper blades cost these days? That’s actually a bigger c…

Wiper blades come in all price ranges and I never thought any of them were all that expensive . Also the last ones I bought Advance Auto even put them on for me .

[image] ptesterman_156278: For that matter, have you seen how much wiper blades cost these days? $6.27 each for Michelins at Walmart. Is that what you call expensive? Edit - I just checked rockauto, $2.20 each for Trico.

[image] texases: $6.27 each for Michelins at Walmart. For the next few weeks, they are only $5.99 at Costco. Their normal price is $8.99, but they are reducing the price for a few weeks.

This sounds like the Oil Change shop that told me to replace my car’s battery several months ago. Fortunately, some of the posters in this forum advised me not to trust “the wolf, guarding the sheep.”

How many of you remember just replacing the insert, not the whole blade?

Wiper insert equals at least one sliced finger .

What’s a little blood if you can save money :wink: though I don’t think I ever bled replacing the inserts. Imagine the toll the full blades have on landfills.

Replacing wiper blades?

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davepsinbox_157004 March 16, 2020, 6:35pm 44

Advance Auto Parts has Bosch on sale for about $45 for a set. Not chump change and I can certainly buy some cheaper but inexpensive compared to, say, a new alternator.

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Replacing wiper blades?

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