Hey all,

I recently bought 2 new wipers for my bird...and about 50% of the wipes dont even touch the glass...when they travel across my windshield, they miss about 50-60% of the glass...I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this with a 93-97 firebird? I was thinking the arms were'nt pushing the wipers themselves down against the glass enough...beats me.

Anyone know a specific make / model of wipers that will remedy this?


Thanks so much!

/brian

 

What kind of blades are they?

 

well im at work right now, but i believe they're Everblades? 22''s or so...cant recall off the top of my head...

just wondering what other people are running, and if they / have they experienced a similar problem

 

I have had the same problem on my Camaro. I just bent the blades a little bit, and it worked.

 

bent the blades themselves or the arms??

 

The blades. You have to do it carefully. If you bend the arms, they probably wouldn't go down all the way.

 

my pass. side wiper missed about half the windshield....I havent tried messing with it since we are going through a drought...I put a set of anco's on it...

 

On our cars you cant just run normal replacement blades from o'reillys or autozone you have to get them from a dealership. Yea its stupid but what can we do

 

yea Technically 93 to 97 F-bodies use a dealer only blade, all aftermarket blades dont fit perfectly, you have to bend the blade slightly until it touches the windshield fully, after you install them, push down on the blade into the windshield and you will get good contact.

I have contemplated changing over to the newer LS1 style wiper arms, they just use regular any brand blades.

 

doesnt sound like a bad idea captain...Im going to go search ebay now....the whole bending of the blades seems pretty primitive...gah.


Out to go bend my blades!

 

i have the same problem with my passenger blade, the problem with it is the spring that holds the arm tight up against the window doesn't do its job anymore, may e the same with you check it out.

 

also check and make sure yuor arms are pushing tightly against the glass if not pop up the arm cover piece and tighten the arm nut this will make it press harder on the glass, good luck

 

mine does the same thing. I guess i understand why my friend put ls1 wipers on his 93. i thought he was just being ****, but now i see it serves a point. what all is involved in this? is it just replacing the arms??

 

You want blades that work 100x better than the ones the dealer carries (guess who makes 80% of the blades for GM and Ford? Anco! I.E O'reillys and Autozone brands) But, if you want the BEST imo Get the new Bosch ICONS. They curve like crazy and are so flexable and real silent even on high in heavy rain. Not too mention they last longer than standard blades. Only downside is they are $22-24 a piece. I have a work beater piece of **** Saturn and the windshield on it is curved as hell andeven they reach all of the windshield.

And thats totally not true about dealer only blade being the only real option for F bodies. Maybe if you were refilling the factory blades or something. But, refills are all garbage anyways.

 

I bought Rain-X brand wipers, and they miss about a saucer sized spot on the bottom of the windshield when the arms are straight up(same spot on both arms). Now I wasn't happy with this at all, but it seems to be alot better then what you guys have.