valeo wiper blades

chicken n waffles · Post by **chicken n waffles** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:23 am

suck.

no really. they're awful.

i bought a set during one of their discounts mentioned on here (i think?) after reading about how great they supposedly are. about a month into their lives, the driver's side blade started streaking pretty badly. i got out, cleaned it with one of those wiper blade treatment pads i received from 303 aerospace cleaning products. didn't do much good. so i lived with it for a few more months.

then about a month ago i bought another set, thinking that i had just bought a defective set prior. THESE blades began streaking IMMEDIATELY... like... the VERY FIRST TIME I USED THEM. it's so bad that i almost prefer to drive in the rain without them running. the streaks/smears practically blind me in heavy rain conditions.

conclusion: f*** valeo. i'm going back to the cheap s*** at autozone, which never smeared like this (at least... not for 7 or 8 months).

WRXWagon2112 · Post by **WRXWagon2112** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:27 am

Now that's really strange since the two sets I've owned (and the set on Christy's car) have been perfect. Combine them with Rain-X and it's like your very own little Moses parting the rain for you as you drive.

:shrug:

Perhaps you got the sub-standard Chinese knock-offs?

--Alan

chicken n waffles · Post by **chicken n waffles** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:28 am

lol, i bought the same valeo-name-brand crap the rest of you got!!!

sirwilliam · Post by **sirwilliam** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:29 am

That sucks...I used the bosch aero blades and liked them...decided to grab a set of the Valeo's on sale as well. Never got a chance to put them on though...might still try it since I got them. I never heard anything bad on them before you. I use RainX as well.

Did you notice a chicken hanging by a string w/ it's throat slashed above some strange writing on the ground near your car prior to Valeo installation?

...for those that didn't pick up on that last part...I was hinting at there being a curse on his car.

Post by **complacent** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:45 am

WRXWagon2112 wrote:Now that's really strange since the two sets I've owned (and the set on Christy's car) have been perfect. Combine them with Rain-X and it's like your very own little Moses parting the rain for you as you drive.

:shrug:

Perhaps you got the sub-standard Chinese knock-offs?

--Alan

No problems here, valeo ftw.

Post by **Sabre** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:07 pm

Yep, I'm still on my first set (have a spare set downstairs) and Suzie has them as well. Been great for me!

Maybe you should stop fap'ing on your windshield?

zaxrex · Post by **zaxrex** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 12:10 pm

I got around to putting on my set for the Saab last week.

They seemed a bit flimsy. On use, they chattered around the window and made pretty loud screeching noises on the back swing.

I cleaned the windshield very well before I put them on and used some of those wiper blade prep pads before I installed them.

I wish I knew how these worked on Mein Battle Sedan. Next month maybe...

Libra Monkee · Post by **Libra Monkee** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:00 pm

Wow this is like the first bad thing I've heard about those wipers. The only reason I haven't switched mine yet is because my stock ones still work so I didn't see the point.