$38+ on Amazon!!! I'll spend this amount within 5 years. I replace driver's Michelin from Costco once a year, and passenger's - every other year. Total $7.5 per year - it's really nothing (several times per year Micheline blades are on 30+% sale).
PS: I didn't like Goodyear blades at Costco.

 

I still use Wipers123 online, but have tried the smartset monsoon by trico and like them. They also have this new speedset that I tried that go on in seconds and fit like every major arm without changing adapters. So far so good. The website is accurate as far as the sizes they send out based off my vehicles I enter.

 

true this; usually; as the saying usually applies and goes; ya do usually get what ya pay for; so if u pay for a more expensive blade its probably gonna last that much longer. I know i need to replace mine as well i just havent gotten around to doing so; Might have to stop and pick up some new blades today.

 

The two main competitors Bosch & Trico offers so many different beam style blades, one look at your local auto parts store shows. Trico has the Titan & Force vs Bosch which has the Icon as many know & the Focus. I ended up w/ the Bosch Focus blades after 20 minutes or so looking at each one. IDK, I possibly would have thrown in a pr of the Costco blades in the cart, if we would have gone to Costco over the wkend.

 

this reminds me; i need new front blades myself; but i dont want to spend a arm and a leg. When i was working at pep boys; we had the bosch icon blades i believe but i know they werent cheap at like 20 some odd bucks a blade. So; from all these posts; if i wanted a blade that is decent quality but not outrageously $; what would be good there.

 

yea; i dont know if i can force myself to fork over the 20 plus bucks per blade for these. Does anyone know what brands autozone carries and what would be good from there? what is the best place to get new blades? oreilly? autozone? napa? I would say pep boys; but i was working there and apparently they just werent able to say afloat and weather the market as of late so they are closing their stores in the phoenix market after a very very long time in this area sadly.

 

Hitup your local Costco......$9.00 a blade. I've used them on a few different vehicles before. I'm not going to Costco just for one or two items, hence I didn't get them this time.

 

Several times per year $5 per blade...

 

sweet! well normally i wouldnt go to costco just for wiper blades; but in this case I just might have to; unless i think of some other things i know i need.

 

Honestly, the OEM Lexus blades are the best blades. I've used them all, and even tried again recently. Tried the Icons, tried the Michelins, they all make noise or skip wiping area more than the OEM blades, and putting the OEM blades back on is like a breath of fresh air.

 

how much are the oem lexus blades? And I assume u can only get these from a dealer?

 

You can order them online. I think I paid $9 each side for refills. If you no longer have the factory arms you'll have to buy them too, my guess is they're not cheap, but the difference is well worth it.

 

How clean is the windshield? Is the glass free of debris & smooth? Chips, ect? Rubber? A synthetic/rubber blend w/ a polymer edge is what the marketing ppl came up w/ for the Bosch Focus blades...a few dollars less then the Icons....I also checked out the Titan & Force by Trico....to me they just looked alot heavy/chunky compared to the Bosch products, IDK possibly they would of worked thou.....

 

Whenever I replace windshield wipers I always scrub and clay bar the windshield first. The OEM Lexus blades are significantly better, and they hold up much better.

Lexus doesn't make them, they're made by some outside company. My Pacifica has the same blades as did my Kia Sedona. Same story was true with the Pacifica, tried Icons and Michelin etc and both sucked in one way or another, when I went back and got the OEM wipers it was like night and day.

 

For what it is worth, I replaced mine with Bosch Icons on the front and whatever I could find for the rear (in this case a Duralast). I have a RX400h.