Soda Popinski Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 Ok, so today was the first day that I got to drive my new car in the rain! Fun... but the wipers make a rubber-on-glass squeek at the end of their extension, no matter how little or how much water is on the glass. They clear the windshield perfect, it's just a little annoying when you can hear it go 'scree... scree... scree... scree...' all the way home from work. Variable speed does nothing but space out the inevitiable. Is there anything I can put on the windshield to stop this noise, or are the OEM wiper blades POS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vet Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Try wiping the rubber insets with a rag soaked with some alcohol. Or try some strong cleaner on the windshield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzztech13 Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 I had the same problem with mine. I purchased some new Rain-X Latitude blades. WOW what a difference it made! The only thing i don't like about them is on the back stroke they do seem to lift a little above 70MPH on the highway. Supposedly they are graphite empregnated ( uhhh huh uh) and this prevents the squeaks and chatters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaGe Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 did you try oiling them? OTM. Sorry I didn't mean to start a war which mainly forum people is all about . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grimbeaver Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 Ive had a bit of a sqeak with the OEM blades, but i switched over to PIAA's and theyve been great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bdubs Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 An alcohol prep. pad usually gets rid of the squeak on new wipers. Replacements used to come with one, but I haven't seen any blades with one enclosed in years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs6er Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 +1 on the PIAA inserts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tito_b0y Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 rain-x + bosch icons work well too. 2006 SWP 3.0R 5EAT VDC BBQ 2008 OBP 2.5i 4EAT BBQ [RIP] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzztech13 Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 rain-x + bosch icons work well too. That reminds me i need to rain-x my windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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