Wiper blades... what to buy?

[Yonzie]

My windshield wipers are getting to be pretty crappy... So, I went into a gas station and looked at their selection of Bosch wiper blades. Found the car in their guide, found the right blades, but looking at them and the car, I can't see it working together.

The car has some kind of screw-on system and the blade that bosch claims will fit uses the same quick-attach mechanism that my 206 does...

So: What do I do now? Go to the dealer and get some or is there a simpler solution...?

EDIT: The picture below is similar to the Bosch stuff (and won't fit :-( ). The car has a flat plate that goes out diagonally from the wiper blade with a pop-rivet-ish thing that holds it to the blade, so the choice is between the screws or crummy wipers...
http://www.thansen.dk/viewpicture.asp?c=...=368867527

[Ivan141]

Just get it from the toyota dealer...try getting a part nr. off the original wiper though cause the part nr that EPC comes up with is wrong.
It's supposed to be a little square mounting plate with a big hole in the middle and 2 small holes to put little screws through.

I forgot the exact partnr myself, maybe Robokill still has it written down somewhere..

[Yonzie]

Hmm... mkay...
The only text I can see on the wipers are a 2/3-letter/number code (like 12 S / 1 T) and "Made in Japan". Is that good enough?
I'm gone for the weekend, so don't despair if you don't hear from me until monday ;-)

[Jan Pedersen]

Buy Toyota wipers - they are better than Bosch

[s.bjelke]

All propper gas stations should sell a small thing that you put on your wiper arm, wich is an adapter from the old, "screw system" to the new "quick attachment" system. Just ask, Im sure they hav it

[ZaX]

Jan Pedersen Wrote:Buy Toyota wipers - they are better than Bosch

I bought Denso (toyota) wipers and they are crap. They squeek and don't do the job properly.

I prefer Bosch twin-blade.

[Jan Pedersen]

ZaX Wrote:

Jan Pedersen Wrote:Buy Toyota wipers - they are better than Bosch

I bought Denso (toyota) wipers and they are crap. They squeek and don't do the job properly.

I prefer Bosch twin-blade.

Mine doesn't (didn't) squeek and I have never tried anything better...

[ZaX]

Jan, maybe my denso wipers were from old batch? rubber was kinda hard, not soft like it should be.

[Apolan]

how about Nipparts? They go for 9 eur.

[jamiemirror]

I use Champion - 2.50 EU per blade. They work fine for 2-3 years.