I buy the cheapest "metal" blade I can. I replace them every six months to a year. Considering our weather, especially with the snow/frost/ice and big thaw cycles in the winter, they get beat to E36 M3 no matter how nice a blade you start with.
A good rule of thumb is replace before first snowfall, and replace once there is no more snow on the ground.
IF you live in a climate where there is no snow, then I think the one piece style ones make a lot more sense. Or if you park in a garage/underground parking every night.
bastomatic wrote:
For the wife's Fit, we actually order the OE units from Majestic Honda. You can buy the refills for very little, and I think the OE assembly is like $25 each. Not bad, and they seem to last a lot longer than the aftermarket stuff.
We have bought 3 sets in 100k miles over about 6 years. In Michigan.
Interesting, the OE crap on the wife's Odyssey literally ripped apart after ~8k miles and half a winter.
I put the Bosch icons on everything now, just found them for 18/ea at WalMart last week.
And the orange washer fluid rocks, especially when it gets to negative temps around here.
