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Old Nov 20, 2005 | 10:58 PM
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Are the windshield wipers on a '96 the same size or are they supposed to be two different sizes?
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Old Nov 21, 2005 | 05:44 AM
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when i bought windshield whipers i looked in the little book to see what size i needed (the book was were they sold the wipers) and it didnt give me 2 different sizes

my cars a 84 but my guess would be there the same size on yours to

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Originally Posted by CE1
Are the windshield wipers on a '96 the same size or are they supposed to be two different sizes?
In 96' they modified the wiper system to correct for the colliding blade issues. The passenger side arm is angled differently, both blades were shortened and the metal on the arm was shortened to allow only rubber blade to be exposed on the ends. This was done so that if they did catch each other only rubber not metal would contact. They are slightly different in length but only by a fraction of an inch.

Switching to 96' model arms and blades will cure the colliding blade issue on earlier models.
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Old Nov 21, 2005 | 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by 93JetJocky
In 96' they modified the wiper system to correct for the colliding blade issues.
That is truely a GM trademark, work all the kinks out of a product just before changing the whole platform.

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I know last year C4 got all the goodies. Notice how the new one's have a regular type wiper system??
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