PIAA wiper inserts - where to buy?
Been trying to find PIAA wiper inserts locally, no luck so far. Anyone know any places that carry them?
Mar 28th, 2014 5:26 pm
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Mar 29th, 2014 8:13 am
Touch base with Tires23 in Mississauga and & I'm sure they can order in any PIAA product you need.
Mar 29th, 2014 6:59 pm
Mar 30th, 2014 1:27 am
lennyandcarl wrote: ↑Are these good?
Depends which category you fit in:
Mar 31st, 2014 1:43 am
I saw $25 cheapest in sauga but yeah, not worth the drive, probably $10 in gas alone. Rain-X works wonders too, but I tried Bosch Evolutions after the PIAAs and they were pretty bad so going back to PIAA's.macnut wrote: ↑Depends which category you fit in:
A. Car owners who like to do battle with wipers that judder, squeak, slap and generally don't work well, leading them to an expensive endless pursuit of the latest and greatest heavily advertised replacement blades.
They even buy wipers with the Michelin name on them thinking that the famous tire company actually made them. Wrong!
B. Car owners who actually prefer to see raindrops silently flying off their windshield (instead of forming sheets of obscurity that the wipers try to clear with varying degrees of success).
They are not adverse to having silicon on their windshield.
It's not a perfect solution, just a personal preference for those who don't want to be trapped in category A.
$10 PIAA refills fit into some OEM blades so you don't even have to start off by buying the whole PIAA Super Silicon or premium Sporza blades (but those ones do look nice).
Polar opposites really. Not wise to try and convert people from category A to B. It's a cultural thing. You are an A or you are a B.
Why else would the OP spend $35 on refills? (Although he could probably have got them for $22 in Mississauga instead of Markham.)
Mar 31st, 2014 3:25 am
macnut wrote: ↑Depends which category you fit in:
A. Car owners who like to do battle with wipers that judder, squeak, slap and generally don't work well, leading them to an expensive endless pursuit of the latest and greatest heavily advertised replacement blades.
They even buy wipers with the Michelin name on them thinking that the famous tire company actually made them. Wrong!
B. Car owners who actually prefer to see raindrops silently flying off their windshield (instead of forming sheets of obscurity that the wipers try to clear with varying degrees of success).
They are not adverse to having silicon on their windshield.
It's not a perfect solution, just a personal preference for those who don't want to be trapped in category A.
$10 PIAA refills fit into some OEM blades so you don't even have to start off by buying the whole PIAA Super Silicon or premium Sporza blades (but those ones do look nice).
Polar opposites really. Not wise to try and convert people from category A to B. It's a cultural thing. You are an A or you are a B.
Why else would the OP spend $35 on refills? (Although he could probably have got them for $22 in Mississauga instead of Markham.)
where exactly in Sauga can you get these PIAA wiper blades for $22? i need a 26" and 19"
Mar 31st, 2014 6:59 am
Bosch Evolution ( $27 ' all in ' for the pair ) and Icon are all I use - put in a new pair every November.
Mar 31st, 2014 9:48 am
Mar 31st, 2014 12:21 pm
Garage16 which I linked in my earlier post - but we are talking about a pair of PIAA refills (or rubber elements) for $22.
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Apr 10th, 2014 6:08 pm
I've had two amazon.ca packages arrive in Ottawa from Missisauga next day via Canada Post! I'm shocked to say it but somehow they are getting better!macnut wrote: ↑Just ordered a 20" and 22" insert from amazon.ca and added an Einszett Gummi Pflege stick to come up over $25 for free UPS ground shipping - arrived on 2nd. day.
That's the sort of delivery standard that Canada Post years ago unsuccessfully tried to establish between major Canadian centres for letters (not parcels).
Unlike most on this forum I have no problem at all with UPS - as long as you have somewhere by your door for them to put your packages in it works very well.
Picking up outgoing shipments is fine too - set it up online, put the package out and it gets picked up with no fuss.
And of course register with them for taxes due to avoid the bond fee when receiving international packages.
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Jun 12th, 2021 11:29 pm
Sorry to resurrect a dead thread, but where do you get them for so cheap? I'm in Victoria and have only managed to find them on Amazon and TDOT Performance.
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