The stock ones were awful, I replaced them within a month with a pair of Bosch blades, and they've been great for almost a year.
The best wiper blades I've *ever* had were Bosch. The last pair I bought lasted over two years, had great contact, and never skipped no matter how dry the windshield was when I flicked them.
I purchased 2 as a drop in replacement for an old 1400VA APC UPS.
I couldn't find the datasheet on the bosch website but I found out via a few online posts that these batteries are actually manufactured by Exide.
Bosch is the OE manufacturer for motorcraft alternators so if you find a Bosch chealt cheaper, go for it. They're the same minus the motorcraft sticker.
Nothing special about it- it's one of the easiest cars I've changed oil on. As others have said, just stick to a good quality OEM-spec filter and full synth 0w-20 oil. And it does help to replace the drain plug washer every time, or else it has a tendency to have a few small drips on the plastic splash guard by the time you next change the oil.Most modern filters will have the anti- blowback valve that the OEM filters have. I use Bosch premium oil filters and Pennzoil Platinum 0w-20 full synthetic.
I have a set of Bosch Icons on mine and they're great, albeit somewhat expensive ($15-17 a blade). They fit in the arms the same way the originals did, but look ever so slightly different than the originals- they're more streamlined and less bulky
The anodized drilled/slotted rotors just got their 2nd pad change with Bosch quietcast ceramic pads. Zero noise,much less brake dust and last longer than the 2 years of the messy oe pads on our 3.7 ton Yukon.
I then used a Bosch Micro Edge to replace the OEM Trico blade. Back when Bosch still made wipers in Belgium and they were actually good.
Yep... she's running again, and now has a brake booster vacuum leak. Hissing sound every now and then sounding like it's under the dash. Runs like crap sometimes.
I'm a technition with many years under my belt.... and had numerouse out of the box brand new BOSH plugs that upon installing them were dead, not just one but two in the same set, i would then take em out, check gap, and spark test the plug wires and coil, swop them to a diff cylender and bam.. still crap, im not trying to knock them and im not and NGP rep, im speaking from experience
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