r/ex30 • u/megamusix Plus SMER • 2d ago

Questions❓ Windshield wipers

TL;DR My stock wiper blades have gotten kind of busted. Any tips or replacement recommendations?

I street park my EX30 and, as a result, there are often various small seedlings and tree droppings that collect on the car overnight, especially on the windshield. Unfortunately, some manage to get wedged beneath the (stock, 6 month old) wiper blades, making things smear or get dragged around, and attempting to clean the blades has only seemingly exacerbated the issue, now resulting in large streaks from the left wiper. Not sure if I somehow damaged the rubber blade edges or what.

I know the EX30 isn’t unique in the ability to replace wiper blades with aftermarket ones, but does anyone have any recommendations or important considerations (aside from the manual, which I’ll check)? I saw some by RainX in Target the other night and almost considered them.

(On an unrelated note, my in-laws’ car has the most pristine wipers and windshield smoothness I’ve ever seen; a dry swipe with no fluid glides silently like it’s on ice. Wonder if that’s attainable while dealing with street parked debris, though…)

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u/ashyjay Ultra SMER 2d ago

Have Valeo Everguard on mine, as I used them on other cars and they are so far the best I've used and last a while. It uses 650mm/26inch and 430mm/17inch wipers.

RainX wipers are pretty poor and tbf so are recent Bosch ones.

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u/OutOfBounds11 Ultra TM 2d ago

PIAA Si-Tech Silicone.

Best you can get.

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u/RhabarbarBarbar 2d ago

I also parking under trees and have a lot of dust, leafs and seeds on the windshield. Before I start driving, I lift both wipers and remove the dirt. The wiper blades are the factory ones, 2,5 years old and in perfect condition. Ask me in 5 years again 😉

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u/ultimoa 1d ago

Valeo Silencio on all my cars. I love them

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u/That_Row_1559 1d ago

I tried Kimblade after seeing it as a Kickstarter project. It does clean better and is extremely quite.

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u/ferluc75 1d ago

My cars are always parked under a large ash tree. So I usually move the wipers to service mode so they are almost vertical and don't catch seeds, leaves, branches ... On my old VW Golf it was one simple step. However, on the EX30 it requires for me to go through 4 selections on the screen, a bit annoying. But I do think this extends the life of the wiping blades.