Comments by "flagmichael" (@flagmichael) on "How to change your Wiper Inserts on your Toyota" video.

  1. I like the towel idea!
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  2.  @rstuff1605  Rain-X is good stuff, but I learned the hard way it is seriously incompatible with Mr. Clean AutoDry Car Wash. I did the Rain-X and then washed the car with Autodry. Soon after that we were caught in light rain on the freeway so I turned on the wipers. AAAH! the wipers appeared to be spreading thick white paint on the windshield! I rolled down the window and stuck my head out enough to make it to the next off-ramp where there was a gas station. Nothing helped; when I operated the wet wipers I go the white paint effect. We continued after the rain stopped and made it home. There I tried every cleaning product and solvent we had with no help: both the Rain-X and Autodry had bonded with the glass. I got cerium oxide and used that for about half an hour, which made the car drivable in rain but left streaks of white madness around the edges of the windshield. It only went away when I replaced the windshield a year or two later. My recommendation - avoid Autodry or similar products like the plague.
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  3. I wish I had seen this years ago. I usually get the wiper blades off okay but spend a long time trying to figure out how it goes back together. Let's see... I push this hook up through here and. - no, I got something backward. I'll flip it over, and push the hook up through... aargg! I'll take your advice and get the original blades and do the inserts every Spring (after the ice) and Fall (before the snow and ice). I have also found rubber stands up to accidentally running the wipers over an iced windshield than silicone does. BTW, this afternoon I am replacing the cells in my son's 2002 Prius hybrid battery. The originals made it 19 years and 210K miles. In the old days I would have hefted the battery out by myself, but I'm 68 years old (and enough wiser) so I have a young buck helping me with it. I hope to do better than I have done with wiper blades!
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