Old style, non J hook blade preference?

[akbrener]

I have an 08 with the older weird clips on my wipers, they seem to be finicky on the blade brand to avoid excessive chatter in light rain.

Any solid recommendations before I throw in the towel and buy the new style arms? Thanks

 

[Doubeleive]

I have an 08 with the older weird clips on my wipers, they seem to be finicky on the blade brand to avoid excessive chatter in light rain.

Any solid recommendations before I throw in the towel and buy the new style arms? Thanks

please provide a photo of what you referring to the J hook design has been the standard on these vehicles for at least the last 20 years

 

[wjburken]

I have an 08 with the older weird clips on my wipers, they seem to be finicky on the blade brand to avoid excessive chatter in light rain.

Any solid recommendations before I throw in the towel and buy the new style arms? Thanks

Yeah, that goofy hook style is a PITA. On my 2007 i had good luck with Trico and Bosch. I used Rain-X in a pinch once but they don’t last. In the selection guide at Autozone, I think they show two styles of hooks on the ‘08’s. Fortunately on my 2013, it’s a Standard j-hook.

 

[akbrener]

This style

 

[akbrener]

please provide a photo of what you referring to the J hook design has been the standard on these vehicles for at least the last 20 years

Theres a period I guess GM got creative. I think theres an old TSB to replace with J hooks, but not for free

 

[wjburken]

please provide a photo of what you referring to the J hook design has been the standard on these vehicles for at least the last 20 years

I think he’s referring to this hook style.

 

[wjburken]

Theres a period I guess GM got creative. I think theres an old TSB to replace with J hooks, but not for free

My wife stopped at an O’reillys once with our 2007 and the store manager couldn’t figure out how to even remove the old wiper so he basically busted it into pieces and got it off, then he couldn’t figure out how to get the new one on. Fortunately he did this to the passenger side. He said maybe your husband can figure it out and wrapped the end of the arm with duct tape and sent her in her way home. I couldn’t believe it.

 

[akbrener]

I'll give Bosch a try, rain-x are on now and are terrible. I had some a few years ago that were great, I dont think they are made anymore, none of the boxes or names ring a bell

 

[Doubeleive]

I think he’s referring to this hook style.
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that's on a gmt900?

 

[wjburken]

that's on a gmt900?

Yep! They are some kind of special. My 2007 and 2008 Denali had them.