Eggplant Cab

I'm about to replace my wipers on the cab. Always used the Bosch and had ok results. But I just found Valeo wipers. Just wondering if anyone has any experience with Valeo and how does it compare with Bosch? I'm in Socal so after this month I've got to be ready for 4 days of rain for the rest of the year LOL.

ltc

Valeo are OEM on Cayennes....and IIRC 9x7 vehicles as well.
I put a pair on my wife's 05 Excursion and have been happy with them so far.
Interestingly enough, my new Ford Hybrid Escape uses 1 18" and 1 20" wiper, but I think TireRack sells them individually for such vehicles.

springer3

My experience with Bosch wipers is they are average at best. Where did you find Valeo? I have not heard of them before now.

Larry Herman

I have had a set of the Valeos on my Denali for the last year or so and they work very well. They are great at wiping the windshield clean from rain and moisture, and after a year, still work like new. They are very flexible though, and do not handle debris and leaves very well, so occasionally you have to wipe any foreign items off of the blades. I got mine from Tire Rack.

kris

Valeo is a very large French consortium making a wide variety of different car parts. I'm not to keen on them as I've seen way too many parts in my RR with the Valeo logo that were worn out pre-maturaly. That said, I use them all the time for wipers on all my cars, much better IMO than Bosch.

anewbill

I have looked for 13'' Valeo's everywhere including there website, but I don't believe they make that size. If anyone has found Valeo's that fit, please let us know.

warmfuzzies

You can find them on EBay here:-
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VALEO-front-wi...QQcmdZViewItem

Kevin.

anewbill

I don't see a size listed in the auction??

Eggplant Cab

Thanks guys. you can get them at Pelican.

ltc

That Valeo blade looks very different from the newest Valeo 'frameless' blades on the newer Porsches:

http://www.tirerack.com/accessories/valeo/ultimate.jsp

Not sure which one you were looking for....

Larry Herman

That's the ones that I have, as shown on the Tire Rack website.

pete000

I tried the Bosh and the left side will not follow the curvature of the windshield as well as the Valeo does. The Valeo seems to be more flexable and is the OEM for Porsche. I like them better...IMHO

ltc

There has been at least one TSB/service action/replacement regarding the Valeo wipers on the Cayenne....and the frequent complaint about the wipers "sounding like an elephant having its *** dragged across the windshield", but they seem to have worked those issues out.

Also interesting to note that TireRack does not offer the wipers for the Cayenne (they used to) and the dealer charges $80-$90/pair.

JasonAndreas

The two OE blades (964-628-901-01) I bought from Sunset came to $18.94USD, Pelican is selling Valeo aftermarket blades for $8.75USD each.

Wachuko

Thank you. I just ordered a pair. I hate the fact that the bosch units do not follow the contour of the windshield... so I hope these work better...

On another topic... browsing Pelican I came across this text:

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