97QuasarBlue3.8

Has anyone tried these on their Camaro? These are the new style wiper blades without a wiper bracket that come on a lot of new cars. Very sleek look IMHO, but they cost 2x as much as a good set of blades.

My old ones need replaced, and I think it might be neat to replace it with something other than the huge raptor-wipers that come stock.

Anyone tried them or have pics of them on their Camaro?

Brangeta

I went through this wiper crap last month. Does a '97 have the '93-'96 wiper arms with the big plastic part on them, or the smaller '98-'02 wiper arms?

The only wipers I could find that were a PERFECT fit for my '95 were NAPA 60-024-9R Exact Fit wiper blades. They are $36 but well worth it.

The cheaper brands that O'Reillys and Autozone carry would NOT fit, so don't even try them. Just go to Napa and buy the ones I said above. The advantage is you can buy rubber refills next time you need wipers and they are a lot cheaper.

97QuasarBlue3.8

I picked up a set of the Bosch blades today. It was a complete ripoff at $45 for the two of them, but they are supposed to last a long time. I usually go through a set of normal refills every 2-3 years.

97+ cars don't have the huge wind-deflectors on the wiper Arms.

They look good, especially since they get rid of the big metal spider-leg brackets. Very much like a new car.

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Brangeta

Did they fit? Or have you not put them on yet?

97QuasarBlue3.8

They seem to fit great. They're the exact length as the old ones, and it's a very clean looking installation. If I had my home computer, I'd post a pic...

Brent94Z

I bought what I think were Bosch blades (rubber and "holder" part) at Autozone. They were expensive. Installed them and the lower 1/3 portion on the driver side wasn't even getting touched! Not sure if they were the "IKON" ones or not but they didn't work worth a darn. So far I have had the best luck with sticking with the factory arm and just replacing the rubber blade part. Seems as though our windshields are a bit "odd" in their curvature because I had another aftermarket set that didn't work well either. From now on I'm done buying the entire setup and just getting the cheap rubber insert

Brangeta

I was going to just replace the rubber inserts on my stock wiper arms for the '95, but I was having trouble finding the narrow version of the 24 inch blades. Or were they 28? Either way, the regular size doesn't fit, and I had trouble finding the proper, narrow refills. So I ended up finding another Camaro owner who worked at NAPA, and he told me the ones I listed above worked perfect, and they do.