I was in need of new wipers and did my research on them. I was about to get either Piaa refills or OEM ( Great quality ), but I recently came across a somewhat new type of wiper. Valeo Flat wipers - developed in France.

Read more here about Valeo: http://www.tirerack.com/accessories/valeo/ultimate.jsp

Anyways, I did my research and found out that Trico came out with a blade VERY VERY similar in technology, its called Trico Innovision Beam Blade

Rebate $10 per pair

I just installed and WOW, i like it alot. Pretty quiet, no streaking noise, my windshield is crystal clear. Now as of the longgevity, I just installed , so i dont know. But for $5 bucks a pop AFTER rebate ... i am a happy camper.

Anyways, make sure you bring a copy of the rebate, cuza at pepboys they rang up as $14.99, but the cashier overrode and discounted to $9.99.

I got 24" size, cuz they didnt have 26" in stock. But still works perfectly fine.

The Original Valeo Flat blade are $39 bucks each!!!!! so Trico Innovision Blade is a Freakin bargain... $5 each after rebate.

Other feedback welcome about either blade.
-Anthony

 

Got this a little over a week ago. The price should be $10 each w/ coupon but the girl at the counter didn't understand that part so I went to another Pep Boys where the girl knew how to override a price...

Working great in the rain

 

coo...thanks for the coupon.

 

Are these refills or complete replacement?

 

I see those blades coming as standard equipment of some higher end cars at my shop.
Volvo, Mercedes, BMW ect...

 

so whats the stock size on 4th gen's ?? in "

 

22" driver
21" passenger

As far as I know..

 

so are these better than the Piaa?

 

Complete replacement - plug and play!

 

I'm a big fan of the silicone blades, they coat your windshield so it's like having rain x on it all the time. It works wonders in the rain because the droplets don't smudge on the windshield, just bead up. I'm using triple edges btw, they do wear out but the silicone coating makes up for it imo.

 

i saw these on the r32 vw's and they work great.. i might go buy a pair for myself

 

Looks like those would be great but i can't remember the last time i used my wipers
Tucson heat would make those look like 2 long sticks of beef jerky.

 

Bought them today. They look pretty cool and leave the window spotless. I like the way they look much more then PIAAs or Bosch (stock ones)

 

would these work well in winter? most every blade i try even the rubber winter ones freeze on me.

 

I don't know for sure, since no winter yet. But you could get a spray that melts down all that stuff.

 

I just used the coupon and bought these at pepboys. Thanks for the coupon, by the way mayne. I got the 9.99 per blade discount but didn't really bother w/ the 10 dollar rebate. But if u do, u can get these puppies for 5 bux a piece. Compared to the OEM wipers, the rubber blade looks of a higher quaility. I got the stock sizes, 22' for the passenger and 21' for the driver's side. But IMO, I think the new wipers look a little cheap and bulky. Moreover, I would probably advise that you go for the 24' wipers. But all in all, good buy.

 

damn i went to pepboys and they were out of stock for the 22". anyways i dont really understand the coupon.

are they 9.99 each with the coupon and the 2nd one is free? basically 5 bucks each??

 

Regular price is like $14 and $15 for the 21" and 22" and with the coupon they'll make it $9.99 each then there's a $10 rebate for the 2nd wiper (to make that one free) so you get both for $10 after the rebate comes.

 

where is that $10 rebate at? link please

 

http://www.web-rebates.com/pepboys

 

thanks mate.... =)

 

Anyone know where I can get these online? My Pep Boys doesn't carry this kind.

 

guess im gonna have to take a trip to pepboys this weekend... thanks for the rebate link

 

Did you ask them or did you just check the wiper blade section? They don't keep them with the other blades at the Pep Boys around here.

 

Well Damn. I'm going to call them before I go back out there.

Thanks for the tip.

 

No prob. At one of the Pep Boys, they had it in the front right when you walk in and the other store had it all the way in the back I guess they were too lazy to make room in the front of the store...

 

LOL...you were right...I went there again tonight - they were in the back next to the parts counter. It's a shame that I had to get them after all this rain passed...but they look cool - I just hope they perform well too.

BTW - thanks gxe2se for the coupon - worked wonderfully.

 

my pepboys had it upfront. $5.00 each is dirt cheap, imma buy 2 more for my mom =)

 

Sounds like it's way better than the OEM wipers. cuz my sucks. Let us know how the longeivity is when the next time you have to replace it. It sucks that they don't have a 26 or wasn't it a 28 for driver side on the 5th gen.

 

I have a 2002 Maxima and need to get new wipers. The price for these is very appealing, but as you know they don't make them in a 26", the largest they make is a 24". My question is what would I notice using a 24" on the drivers side instead of the OEM 26"?

Thanks!

 

2" less coverage...

 

on the inside it says that we should replace them every 6 months for maximum performance

 

Replace them when you have to. Regular blades are $5-$7 each anyways

 

I need new wipers cuz i replace the stock a year go from walmart and they suck, after 80 miles they dont do anything.... i was thinking about PIAA, i like the carbon fiber, any pics from piaa wipers?

 

I still have my original OEM wipers on my 02 and they work as good as new. The car has almost 33k miles on it and I have used them quite a bit in the rain over the past 34 months.

 

well today i got to use these. hmm not sure what to say. it does completly wipe off all the water on the windshield with 1 pass but it spreads out the water on the windshield and that blocks ur view by a noticeable amount and then the water quickly dries off and disapears within 1 second, im not sure if this is the way its suppose to work or not. when the water is speard out, it looks exactly like fog but fog on the OUTSIDE of the windshield. but boy does the windshield look crystal clear and clean as hell once it wipes it off.

i just wiped the blades off with the alcohol provided hopin the fog effect would go away. we'll see what happens. but if the fog effect is gonna happen again, this thing is useless during heavy rain cuz ur constantly gonna have a "fog like looking" layer on the outside and its gonna block ur view !!

 

Hmmm intresting, maybe I will just go with regular blades. Anyone else have this problem?

 

thanks for the tip man...I love this place!

 

Is there anywhere I can buy these online for cheap? I saw TireRack had them but they were $40 a piece.

 

I bought some PIAA blade refills. Got them online at Autobarn.com. They were a bit pricey, at $20 shipped. Just got a chance to use them in rain/snow, and they worked great!