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After years of trying to remedy my poor wipers on my XV I swapped to single peice after market assembly and have never looked back.
The windscreen wipes smear free.
Pros: wipes smear free
Cons: OEM ones worn out
Vehicle:
Subaru XV
I only ever used Subaru blades on my 2011, for 10 years in Upstate, NY, winters. My 21 is on the second set of OE blades (installed under warranty) and they're also good quality. As others said - they're a competitive price and good quality so I see no reason to use something else.
Pros: good quality, competitive price, durable
Vehicle:
Subaru Outback
I just buy the OEM blades from Subaru. They seem to be good quality and the price is comparable to a higher end Trico blade I would normally buy anyways.
Pros: good quality, comparable price
Vehicle:
Subaru Outback
I just go to the Subaru dealership to get OEM blades. They're pretty good for the price !
Pros: pretty good for the price
Vehicle:
Subaru Outback
I might be the only idiot who uses the dealer Subaru OEM blades. They are guaranteed for a year and I walk back in at month 11.5 and am usually able to get the dealership to warranty replace.
Pros: guaranteed for a year
Vehicle:
Subaru
I’ve never had better blades in my 18 than the OEMs. Anything else need a clunky adapter, and none of them have worked as well.
Pros: OEM blades superior
Cons: aftermarket need adapter, aftermarket worked less well
Vehicle:
Subaru
Replaced the blades and nothing changed. Got through one winter of ridiculous streaking and brought the issue up again with the dealer. They replaced both wipers fully under warranty and in rain the streaking is gone.
Pros: streaking is gone
Cons: ridiculous streaking
Vehicle:
Volvo V60
This is the single biggest issue I’ve had with them. It makes driving at night in the rain a hazard. It has always smeared right across the driver’s line of sight.
Cons: biggest issue, driving hazard, smeared line of sight
Vehicle:
Volvo V60
The wipers barely clean and leave a smear. I changed blades and it's the same problem.
Cons: barely clean, leave smear
Vehicle:
Volvo S60
Dealer then replaced them and that worked, then started streaking again. It's just a hassle always returning them or going to the dealer.
Pros: worked initially
Cons: started streaking again, hassle to replace
Vehicle:
Volvo V60
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