# Wiper blades

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/wiper-blades/25077>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [January 17, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/wiper-blades/25077 "2009-01-17T17:08:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![bedrock](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bedrock/32/868_2.png) [@bedrock](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bedrock)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/wiper-blades/25077/1 "2009-01-17T17:08:28Z")

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do they still make windshield wiper refills,all i can find is blade and wiper together.

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**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/wiper-blades/25077/2 "2009-01-17T17:13:25Z")

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Stores no longer carry low-profit items like blade refills. Maybe you can find them online.

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**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/wiper-blades/25077/3 "2009-01-17T17:19:36Z")

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Too many different manufacturers of blades to know whitch width will fit your blades. It’s such a crap-shoot to stock refills that ( as you’ve found out ) they stopped even trying.

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/wiper-blades/25077/4 "2009-01-17T18:12:09Z")

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You might try at the dealer. Frankly the only place I have ever bought refills is from the dearer and that has been some time ago. The OEM refills not only worked better, but they lasted longer. Today I just buy high end blades and I consider it worth the money. The Bosh ones I generally use don’t have an external frame support so they are good for snow and ice as well.

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**Author:** ![ChrisTruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@ChrisTruck](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChrisTruck)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/wiper-blades/25077/5 "2009-01-17T20:08:33Z")

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I’ve been buying just refills for years. They still sell them at Advance Auto parts. I bought a pair of Trico refills just a few months ago for $4. I have to take the metal clips off the new refills to make them fit, but they work fine.