Thanks... I had ordered the Focus blades as they seemed like slightly upgraded versions of the Icons. Maybe I should have gone that route to begin with given the reviews the Icons have, but thought I was picking the better blade. Guess I was wrong on that.
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I tried icons and they sucked horribly after 3 months, after that I tried rainx truck and suv so far so good they’ve been on there several months probably close to a year now
I never tried Icons when I lived in the snow/salt/rustbelt.
Honestly I don’t remember what time of year it was when I had them on it could’ve been winter time I called to bitch and they sent me a new set that are still sitting in the garage as spares lol next time I may just save myself some aggravation and order oem ones I got a year out of my stock wipers I’d call that good that’s about what I’d expect out of a wiper
For sure! Worth noting for any brand of blades, having clean glass is a must. Clay bar/polishing for best results.
I'm more than a little surprised by this. Is it possible you were sold counterfeits?
Unfortunately, I bought the blades from Advance Auto Parts (a fairly sizable chain store in my area), so would be surprised if they were fakes. They were new in the Bosch retail packaging. I think they're either just genrally crap blades or I got a bad set.
Yep that's what I ended up doing... OEM blades.
Which piaa’s are you using
The factory wiper blades on my 2024 truck are horrible. This reminds me that I should run out this afternoon and get some Bosch Icons before a road trip tomorrow. I have had good luck with those on many other vehicles. I am not sure they last as long as others, but they seem to work well when new.
I had the factory replace the wipers about a year ago on one of the recalls and they literally disintegrated a few days ago. The hot sun here destroys wiper blades, and you don't know until you get into the upper country with light rain, or go to use the cleaner solution, to figure it out. I'm just glad the wiper edge separated from the rest of the rubber and didn't cause metal on glass contact before I could get them changed. I put Icon's on this time. Time will tell how long they last.
Funny how different people have such drastically different experience with what should be the same product. Of course, there could be multiple suppliers for the different model years... I wouldn't be shocked to find out they were resourced as a cost save in 23 or 24.
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Or it could be a runing change or just inconsistent quality. Maybe it was the freezing rain storm that I drove through coming home from Granger that killed them. The ones on my 2022 truck are fine. The 2024 truck now has Icons.
And the icons I bought from recommendations from the F’ers on here jkjk, were hot garbage wasted close to $60 to last 3 months actually less than that 3 months was when I got pissed enough to rip them off. Since oem has started using I-beam blades every vehicle I’ve bought new (several) the oems have lasted about a year, also have had good luck with rain-x blades would like to try piaa si-tech but a little gun shy after the icon epic fail
Followed the link and also checked Amazon and at either place, they seem to sell for within a buck or two of the price of Bosch Icons.Anybody try the black edition blades? Want to order a set but am on the fence.
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