🚗 Subaru Forester OEM Wiper Blade Set 2014-2018 – Front & Rear Windshield – Genuine Quality Review

There is no quality at the price of the Subaru part. The entire blade assembly is plastic and one of the tabs holding the squeegee is broken. (The seller was very good at accepting returns.) The original blade for the 2014 Forester has metal hardware and more grommets that hold the rubber in place; it can accept refills. Subaru no longer sells wiper blade refills and is now a reduced quality, fully disposable part. I bought a wiper filler for $10 and it works great. The front wiper blades fit…

EDIT: A little over a year after installation and they are already broken. Obviously bad blades. I'm in Texas so they don't seem to be of much use. Separated where the blade is glued to the rib, right where I expected trouble at first glance. Avoid. My original Subaru wipers lasted 40,000 miles and several years. With such a cheap lifespan I wanted to order again and decided on a Subaru OEM wiper kit. The wipers I received are not up to date and are definitely not OEM, they are OEM…

I don't know if that is related to the shape of the Forester windshield or not, but I have found these OEM wipers work much better, especially on the rear window, than ALL the wipers I have I tried. I've tried the Bosch, PIAA, AERO and Trico (all bought here at Revain) and they were all worn or streaked after just a month or two, especially on the rear window. I noticed that the design of these Subaru wipers puts a lot more pressure on the rubber in contact with the windshield. The reason I…