My Wipers Suck

[H2 007]

I know there are a couple of different threads on this but I figured I'd add this here...

I've done snow plowing on the side for the past 22 years now, and have always changed out the wipers for the winter ones (even though those sometimes tend to get moisture in them and still freeze up).

For the H2 I went and bought the Bosch Icon's. They had them listed in the store as 417A for the drivers side and 417B for the passenger side. I put them on in the parking lot, tried them out as it was lightly raining. The drivers side was fine, cleared it great. The passengers side left the entire center section with water on the windshield, similar to what happens when the stock ones freeze up and don't clear. I tried playing with it for a moment to see if for some reason the simple install was off or something (not that I think you could install a wiper blade wrong) and it didn't make any difference.

Took them back off, put the factory one's back on and they were fine. Asked the auto parts store manager if they were the correct part numbers (417A .vs 417B) and he said 'yes'.

Just returned them at that point.

I did notice that Trico has a similar design as well and was wondering if those would be any different or better/worse.

In short, did they give me miss-information with the 417A for drivers side and 417B for passengers side?

What were the part numbers for those that are having good luck with these.

Thanks!

[Mr. I - Man]

I got those on my 05 and there was only one part number for both blades 417a I think. They work great for me in the snow.

[tower]

Mine work great! And yes, per their (Bosch's) application guide, I put 417A on both D & P sides.

[Adam in CO]

Winter blades and blast the DEF. Open the window if it gets too hot. Works perfectly for me.