It's difficult to drive if you can't see. And with road crews spreading more salt than mother nature is snow... windshield wipers (and spray) are in high demand.
So I changed the wiper blades on my 2011 Ford Escape this week. They were long overdue. The front wipers are 20" and the rear is 12". It wasn't so bad... once I got the correct style.
Last week I picked up new rain-x front and rear replacements. The back one was easy enough to change. It just pops off with a little finger pressure, and the new one pops on. I finally had to google how to remove the front one, then had a dickens of a time trying to get the replacement to fit. So, back to google. Well guess what? The style I bought only had adapters that work with J-Hook, Pin Arm, and Bayonet Arm. The Escape needs the I & L, or "pinch tab" style. If anyone needs a brand new 20" wiper, I have one with no packaging.
Yesterday I bought a Rain-X Latitude 2-in-1 Water Repellency blade. Supposedly it "treats the window with a water repelling coating." So it clears & repels. Most importantly, it fits all six styles of wipers.
I'm sure it will be awhile before I need to replace them again, so I will have to consult this post at that time. Oh the joys of car maintenance.
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"Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely." - 1 Corinthians 13:12
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