[s-cars] Bosch Icon wiper blades...wiper blades (sing along)

[Levent Cur]

Just a quick note: The windshield on the S6 was cleaned throughly.  I 
guess it stems down to the wiper arm loosing its strength?  But kudos to 
TireRack for their support! The other set of Icons that was purchased at 
the same time works very well on my g/f's domestic turd.

-=Levent=-

Levent Cur wrote:
> Yeah, I bought some from TireRack cause they were on sale there with the 
> 2nd one free. Got em, put em on, they skipped and chattered like crazy. 
> They also looked odd. The stock audi ones with the fin look much better 
> on the car.  Tirerack took em back cause i told them my frustrations.
>
> Stick with the stock ones... I buy the 22" stock Audi ones from Scott in 
> Maple Hill Audi Parts. $26 for the set and work VERY VERY WELL.  I don't 
> have the part numbers off hand, but they are in the racks to left and 
> right as you enter inside the small parts dept area.  Be careful 
> though... The one for the drivers side is obvious cause its 22" and has 
> a plastic fin attached.  The passenger side, you also have to be careful 
> and find the 22" without the fin and that doesn't have a convex curve to 
> the metal structure & blade itself. Those are for the C5 A6's.  They 
> have a straight flat 22" blade there, or should! GOOD LUCK!!!
>
> A sidenote:  The part numbers in ETKA at the dealer for our cars are for 
> the one with the convex curve for the passenger side and no fin on the 
> drivers side.  The ones I have pointed out are damn near exact to the 
> 1993 or 1995 ones we always have had.
>
> -=Levent=-
>
> chris chambers wrote:
>   
>> So, driving home last night on I-94 I through a terrible
>> lake effect snow squall at speeds as low as 15 mph I
>> decided it was time for new wiper blades.
>>
>> Remembering the threads earlier of the Bosch Icon blades I
>> stopped by Autozone and purchased one 422A and one 422B.
>> Installed said blades with the 422A on driver's side and
>> 422B on passenger's side (redundant info huh?)
>>
>> Man am I disappointed..upon testing (in the driveway) 
>> the driver's side didn't wipe away any windshield washer fluid at all!
>> In fact the 2 year old stock blade did a better job of
>> wiping on the driver's side. Now the passenger's side did fine,
>> but that really doesn't help much.
>>
>> I've returned the Icons and have decided to poll the list to
>> see whats what.
>>
>> If you have said Icons, do they work well for you?
>>
>> Is it possible I just need to "retension" the spring on the
>> driver's side...could the Icons be more sensitive to spring
>> tension then the stock blades?
>>
>> Any and all input would be greatly appreciated...
>>
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>  
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