13 inch wiper blade refills

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njoconnor
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13 inch wiper blade refills

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When Blue 72 first arrived, I slapped a pair of basic black plastic wiper blades on it, and promptly lost the original silver blades. Once back on the road, I found that the plastic blades kept cracking where they join the wiper arm, rendering the wipers even less useful than usual. Scored some new blades/arms from Steve (they are quite nice!), but am having trouble finding replacement refills for the blades. Ordered some from NAPA and they are too narrow for the claws.

The original blades have 10mm wide metal strips. Anyone know where to get these?

Thanks....no rush, since it's just about bed time for Fiats here in WI....

Neil
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Madison, WI
72 FIAT 124 Spider
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14 Ram 1500 Laramie Longhorn Eco-Diesel
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Re: 13 inch wiper blade refills

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Neil, IAP has them listed on their web site I believe.
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Re: 13 inch wiper blade refills

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Mike, Jay, saw those during my search. What I really want to find is the blade refill without the arm/holder. I may have a line on some from JC Whitney, but I'm gonna give NAPA one mire chance.

Thanks, though. It may end up being A/R in the end, which is no bad thing at all!

Neil
Neil O'Connor
Madison, WI
72 FIAT 124 Spider
12 Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland Summit
14 Ram 1500 Laramie Longhorn Eco-Diesel
ex-71 FIAT 124 Coupe
and a host of Audi's, Saabs, VW's, MOPAR's, Fords, and a Bimmer....
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