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Description:
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The wiping action of PIAA's Super Silicone Wiper makes windshield water repellent so rain water beads and repels easily by wind pressure (in high speed) or by ordinary wiping (in low speed). It has a super-smooth glide and squeaking is eliminated. Annoying and inefficient chattering has also been eliminated.
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Technical Writer for Internet & Print Media
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Hib Halverson
Technical Writer for Internet & Print Media
Registered: January 2001
Location: Southern California
Posts: 5894
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Review Date: Thu May 17, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
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They offer better resistance to heat, ozone, ultra-violet and wear, out-performing the industry standard in all those categories. These wipers seem less prone to squeaking and dragging, regardless of the shape of the windshield.
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It's Fall 2007 and this time of year, everybody ought to be thinking about wiper blades.
For over a year, I've been testing PIAA "Super Silicone wipers from Weathertech Automotive Accessories on some of my cars, including my 2004 Z06, and man...are they great!
The reason PIAA silicone wiper blades work so well is the combination of the silicone rubber compound used in the blades and PIAA's Windshield Treatment Solution which you apply to the glass prior to installing them. The Treatment Solution seems similar in application procedure and results to "Rain-X" but more long-lasting. Since the Super Silicone wiper material tends not to wear down the Treatment as fast as would conventional blades, the aggressive beading effect imparted by the PIAA Treatment Solution lasts a long time.
We've tested Super Silicone Wiper Blades on a C5, a late-model Camaro and an S-10 Blazer with good results in all three cases. They offer better resistance to heat, ozone, ultra-violet and wear, out-performing the industry standard in all those categories. These wipers seem less prone to squeaking and dragging, regardless of the shape of the windshield. Weathertech says its Silicone Wiper Blades maintain sharp, clean edges, even after 230,000 operations and just to put that in perspective, if your wipers cycle once every 2 seconds, that's a bit over 125 hours of continuous operation.
Replacing your stock wiper blades with PIAAs from Weathertech is quick and easy. Remove your old wipers, attach one of the adapters Weathertech supplies to your wiper arms then install the Super Silicone wipers. PIAA wipers from Weathertech offer a two-fold improvement in wet weather vision and safety. Water beads up into droplets at low speeds that are easily removed by ordinary wiping. At higher speeds, wind velocity pushes the water off the windshield, often without even requiring wiper use. The silicone coating also reduces drag and eliminates annoying and inefficient chattering to provide greater comfort for both driver and passenger. And the best part is that Silicone Wiper Blades reapply the silicone coating every time the wipers are used. That they leave behind a slight silicone residue seems to work very well as all the sets of Super Silicone wipers we're testing have been in service for more than a year and still wipe the winshield streak-free.
Weathertech's PIAA Super Silicone wiper blades are available at www.weathertech.com.
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Hib Halverson
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Registered: January 2001
Location: Southern California