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Arminius

05-10-2008 07:13 AM

Aerodynamic Wipers on Sale

This is just a "heads-up" that Bosch is selling its bracketless Evolution wiper blades on Amazon and giving a full rebate on the least expensive of the two wipers purchased. The final cost of $15+ is hard to beat.

Here's the rebate info: http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/image.../160855530.pdf

Here's the wiper info: http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/image.../163424510.pdf

Sale ends May 31st.

Arminius

05-10-2008 07:17 AM

The entire selection:Bosch Evolution

cfg83

05-10-2008 03:22 PM

Arminius -

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arminius (Post 24698)

Thanks, I went to look but the above URL's were "broken PDFs" (I think that means they were temporary URLs relative to your search). The second post worked fine, though.

EDIT: The first URLs are fine. They work in Internet Explorer. The "broken PDF" happens in Firefox, which is what I was using initially.

CarloSW2

LostCause

05-10-2008 11:58 PM

It depends on the car. From what I've read, the wiperblades are generally shielded in a bubble of stagnated air at the base of the windshield. If your wipers make noticeable noise on the freeway, I'd remove them.

- LostCause

Arminius

05-11-2008 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Frank Lee (Post 24828)

Maybe it's just my cars, but when I drive in the rain, the droplets on the bottom 1/4-1/3 of the windshield just sit there while the top 2/3-3/4 gets cleared by the wind. The presence or absence of wipers and wiper arms does not affect this phenomenon. Tells me (in addition to various aero articles I've read) that there isn't much for air flow in that region in the first place.

Yeah, but when it's raining, they aren't in that position 95% of the time.

Arminius

05-11-2008 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arminius

Yeah, but when it's raining (i.e., when the wipers are being used), they aren't in that position 95% of the time.

dBSteve

05-11-2008 06:21 PM

rainX FTW

of course, rainX works better at high speeds.

Wife and I had an expedition. We drove 40 miles in downpour rain w/o windshield wipers and was able to see just fine.

igo	05-11-2008 10:19 PM

Are these wipers worth more then 1% increase in mpg?

I think the fe gains will be very minor. Well, they would be for me since I rarely get a chance to drive over 40mph.

Arminius

05-11-2008 10:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by igo (Post 25027)

Are these wipers worth more then 1% increase in mpg?

I think the fe gains will be very minor. Well, they would be for me since I rarely get a chance to drive over 40mph.

It depends on a lot of factors. If you're using bracketed wipers in the rain, they would have to have more drag than exterior morrors, I would think.

Red	05-11-2008 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arminius (Post 24698)

Handy, the Insight needs new wipers. Thanks

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