xjohnkdoex

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i don't know if this was to replace their own, or some sort of revenge for me parking in a spot they liked, but when i walked out last night to move my car for streetcleaning, i turned on the wipers and all i heard was metal hooks tracing over glass.

normally, i wouldn't be as pissed, but considering--
1) i'm driving to PA for the weekend
2) it's been raining for 5 days straight in NY

this is kind of a irritating inconvenience. i called up autozone last night to see if they had bosch icons in stock. they all have the driver's side, but no passenger side. it needs to be special ordered.

anyone have luck with the bosch microblades? i know some old threads on here stated they were decent. i don't have time to go to the stealership, so i'm going to have to settle for something.

f'ing people. wtf.

acuintegra

I used them on my previous Volvo and they worked fine; no complaints but given your circumstance and being that it's going to continue to rain, you are better off with anything right now!

xjohnkdoex

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true. i'm just trying to avoid wasting money on blades that i'll toss in like 2 months.

Audioserf

If you step back for a second and get aside from the fact that it's inconvenient, this is actually sort of funny. What kind of stupid asshole steals wiper blades from a parked car? Sorry dude. Hopefully the wiper hooks didn't scratch your windshield.

If you had time I'd recommend going to the dealership. I've only ever used OEM wiper inserts and they serve me just fine.

xjohnkdoex

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lol. i would probably chuckle at the absurdness of the whole situation if it wasn't my car.

i'm going to call acura of manhattan and see if the OEM replacements are reasonably priced. if they are, i'll trek over there during lunch. if not, then i'm going to have to go to autozone and try and pick up the bosch microblades.

Audioserf

Did they steal the entire wiper arms, or just the inserts? I bought both inserts for $20 last summer when I replaced mine for my 04.

xjohnkdoex

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the entire arm. even the parts guy was like 'why do you need the entire wiper? why not just buy the inserts?'

acura of manhattan charges $54 for both wipers, paragon $64.

holy ripoff, batman. now i see why someone would steal them.

ChingTSX

Wowww... I've never heard of people stealing windshield wipers. It's kinda funny, but sorry for your loss. Hope you didn't scratch your windshield up when you turned it on.

ofusball21

That is ridiculous. Who does that?

xjohnkdoex

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it didn't scratch it up too bad. there is this really tiny micro-hairline scratch at one section closer to the top, so it's no biggie. my windshield already has a crack from a rock, so i'll probably get it replaced eventually.

anyways, i went to autozone before my trip and picked up some bosch microedge's.

the good: pretty quiet and smooth, relatively cheaper than OEM or icons

the bad: kinda bulky vs. oem's (the metal frame kind of gets into your view), and it seems to skip a pretty large section of the middle of my windshield which was pretty annoying.

the worst part about it--it didn't rain all weekend in PA. haha.

also, i noticed one of the bolts holding together my front license plate frame is missing. i began to wonder if someone just jacked my car for random spare parts.

godfather2

wtf, economy must really be taking it's toll on some people

davidspalding

OMFG that sucks mightily. I feel your pain. Some poor (*%& musta needed his drug fix, baaaaad. i hope he OD'ed.

I'm an Amazon Prime member, and on one or two occasions I really like the small upcharge to 1-day shipping. I bought ICONS last year and got them quick, but sent them back. Weren't a appreciable upgrade from my stock 2006 wipers.

I would'a just got cheaply what would work for the weekend and then order the right part mail order....