One of my pet peeves is wiper blades that skip and hop as they're dragged across the windshield, especially when the windshild only has a few sprinkles on it.
Well, just for fun, I picked up a pair of blades from Costco yesterday. They're about $13 a pair, but they're supposed to last a long time, and they have teflon strips on them to make them slide more smoothly.
I found that they really work, even when the windshield is totally dry.
I don't know if all KJs have this, but my driver-side wiper has some sort of wind deflector on it, I assume to keep the wiper blade against the windshield at high speeds. I don't want to replace the entire blade assembly, because I assume that that wind deflector is there for a reason. So I just replace the blade refill.
Well, KJ wiper blades are 19". Costco only has these teflon blades in even lengths (18", 20", etc.)
So, here's what I did:
- Replaced the passenger-side blade assembly with a 20" Costco blade assembly. It works great, and gives you an extra inch of clean windshield.
- Pulled the refill from a 20" Costco blade, replaced the one in the driver-side blade assembly, and then used a pair of snips to cut it down to about 1/2" beyond the end of the blade assembly. (Ends up being about 19", as you might expect.)
I realize this doesn't qualify as a "mod" (comparable to Wally's favorite--Maglite mount), but it may be useful to someone.
[Hmm...interestingly enough, if you try to abbreviate "assembly" as "stupid'y", it comes out as "booty'y".
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