Replaced the factory blades on my '06 4Runner with Rain-X Latitude frameless blades a few weeks ago. Immediately I noticed that water would pool on the edge of the driver side window and, on the return stroke, the driver-side blade would pull some of this water back into view. Now, at highway speeds, this isn't much of an issue since the wind will blow most of the water away but it's more of an issue at slower speeds and it didn't happen at all with the factory blade.
Second, and more annoying issue is that after maybe two weeks, the driver-side blade began to leave streaks in a honeycomb pattern with individual cells maybe the size of my fingernail. The individual cells vary from return stroke to return stroke but the overall pattern is a honeycomb. This only happens on the wiper's return stroke and didn't happen at all until the blades were a couple weeks old. I also do not recall seeing this with the old blades. I've tried cleaning the windshield with Windex and rubbing alcohol and I've cleaned the blades with alcohol with no luck.
Could this be the result of using Rain-X brand wiper fluid? Yeah, yeah, I know but it's the only non-winter formula the store had...
Suggestions?
Second, and more annoying issue is that after maybe two weeks, the driver-side blade began to leave streaks in a honeycomb pattern with individual cells maybe the size of my fingernail. The individual cells vary from return stroke to return stroke but the overall pattern is a honeycomb. This only happens on the wiper's return stroke and didn't happen at all until the blades were a couple weeks old. I also do not recall seeing this with the old blades. I've tried cleaning the windshield with Windex and rubbing alcohol and I've cleaned the blades with alcohol with no luck.
Could this be the result of using Rain-X brand wiper fluid? Yeah, yeah, I know but it's the only non-winter formula the store had...
Suggestions?
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