96_vette

Be aware of the Rain-X Latitude wiper blades. I bought a set for $35.00 today. With all the rain here in WA state, i needed a new set. The problem with the blade is not the performance, they work very, very well. Its the adapter on the blade itself, as you can see in the link below. Its such a fat, tall mount that when you turn off the wipers, and the blades stow, the mount hits and gets stuck under the front side of the hood. This causes the blade to pop up pretty hard when you first turn them on. I will try and grind down some the fat mount and see what happens. Or go back to OEM. Hopefully this post will prevent others form installing these wiper blades on there cars!


http://www.rainx.com/Products/Wiper_.../Latitude.aspx

j-vette

Thanks for the info

Batman0913

Good man ....!

Thanks for the info...

cv67

Most the replacement arms hit the hood found its better to replace the blade only.

jon0108

excellent blades. I bought a set at costco for $16.00, marketted as Goodyear. However not good for C-4's. Hood clearance problems.

96_vette

lexman52

I cant find any blades that will clear my hood. 86 any ideas

fc_soldier

I put the rain x blades on my 96 brackets. Just the blades not their housing.

samsonb

There are several to choose from. Don't see the point in having the only option of replacing the rubber only. Plus, it is getting harder to find refills. I just replace the whole blade, you only save a few dollars going through the hassel of finding and doing refills anyways.

Here are some that are known to work:

Trico Exact Fit
Trico Teflon
Anco Aerovantage
Dealer 95-96

I wouldn't get the 84-94 dealer blades. They are flimsy, and the ends are too tall and don't fit in the wiper blade catch for the driver blade.

I would also say the regular Anco blades would probably work too. I've also heard the regular Rain-X blades work.

Duralast and regular Michelin blades look like they would be low enough too, but I haven't tried them. I'd probably just get Trico anyways.

dogfish246

Check this out... http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c4-t...f-the-day.html

96_vette

Awsome! Just what I was looking for!

MK 82

Trouble is that it is hard to buy just the blades. Folks want to sell the whole arm.

cv67

True...

samsonb

I don't think $20 a year for new wiper blades is bad at all.

j-wireman

Thanks for the info. I was going to buy a set of those. Saved me some money. Thanks.

in-vette-uation

I looked at your link and I must have the weatherbeaters. They fit great and no problems with the hood. Maybe the latitude model is taller?

As far as arms go, I haven't seen them sold with the blades, the arm would be very expensive in comparison.

http://www.parts123.com/parts123/yb....Z5Z5Z50000050F

cwyates4

The lattitude model is an entirely different style blade. It is a one piece contour design, not the old 6 pressure point stlye we are accustom too, and they do not work on c4s due to hood clearance issues as stated above!

samsonb

When people are saying arms, I think they are just talking about the blades. I guess they forget the rubber part is called a refill. And the whole thing is called a wiper blade.

kenv

Thanks, I was looking at those. Guess I`ll stick with the $3.99 Pylon brand from Wally World. They work great on all my other cars.

runner140*

Thanks for the heads up. I'd probably would have tried them sooner or later.