Wiper blades?

Clammy · 10-28-2012, 11:01 PM

I need to replace my wiper blades,. and the idea of paying $84.00 + tax from a local dealer isn't too appealing, so I looked around and found these at RMEuropean:

http://www.rmeuropean.com/Part-Numbe...4-6ce849b91670

http://www.rmeuropean.com/Part-Numbe...e-5ef4d472dad4

According to the site, they're genuine OEM blades. Anyone have any experience with these? Are they the real deal? I'm curious, because they're about 1/3 the price quoted from the dealer.

Thanks for any insights.

Cheers!

mrwolnik · 11-08-2012, 10:13 PM

I generally like to stick with oem but wiper blades are one item you can go cheap on. I like the Goodyear Assurance wiper blades at Costco for $8 each. Every couple of months they have a buy one get one free sale so it comes out to $8 pair vs $80+.

Spydeputy · 11-09-2012, 03:39 AM

Nice find. Says manufacture is BMW, so OEM.

N8N · 11-09-2012, 04:49 AM

Tire rack & amazon sell valeo ultimate blades, they appear identical to the blades that came off. Sometimes tire rack has specials on these making them a really good deal. There was a thread on this recently but it might have been on bf not here...

Clammy · 03-21-2013, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by N8N

Tire rack & amazon sell valeo ultimate blades, they appear identical to the blades that came off. Sometimes tire rack has specials on these making them a really good deal. There was a thread on this recently but it might have been on bf not here...

I went with the Valeo 900 series Ultimate blades, and got them from Tire Rack. They look and fit exactly like the OE (Valeo makes the OE blades too, but they're the SWF/800 series) blades. Put them on 2 days ago, and have driven through a bunch of snowfall/messy/dirty roads, and they're great! Dead quiet, and no streaking.

Cheers!

Carl64 · 03-21-2013, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by mrwolnik

I generally like to stick with oem but wiper blades are one item you can go cheap on. I like the Goodyear Assurance wiper blades at Costco for $8 each. Every couple of months they have a buy one get one free sale so it comes out to $8 pair vs $80+.

Not if you live up north! There is nothing worse then being blinded by dirt/wiper streaks/crap from a cheap set of wipers.

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