Longer windshield wipers than stock sizes?

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badboyeee

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2002 mazda protege5 upgrading to a 2003

• Oct 24, 2014

• #1

I am wondering if any of you ever got longer windshield wipers for your Protege5's
Stock sizes are:
driver 21"
passenger 19"
rear 14"

I am thinking about going 1-2" longer to get more wiper coverage. Or is this a bad idea?

 

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njaremka

Wiggity-Wack-O-Tack

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2012 Mini R55

• Oct 24, 2014

• #2

just measure the windshield to make sure they won't overhang any of the edges. i would think you could go 1" bigger without much issue. 2" bigger and you might get interference with the windshield frame.

 

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RABID_MP5

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2002 Protege5

• Oct 24, 2014

• #3

You can go like 15" on the rear one. On the front I just get 20's all the time. Then I keep moving the drivers to the pass side and change just the drivers twice as often for the same $. I never miss the 1/2" lost top and bottom. The 20 is OK on the pass side.

 

i12drivemyMP5

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-- 03 P5 / 23 CX-5 --

• Oct 24, 2014

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I've run 22"/20" up front and out back I took a Valeo and cut it down to work since the shortest silicone blade wipers I could find were 18" before I swapped to the M6 wagon rr wiper setup. Still on the oem blade in it.

 

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kms1990

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2011 mazda 3 hatchback GT

• Oct 24, 2014

• #5

if you want good silicone blades that last a very very long time for about $10 each go to thewiperstore.com and put in the car info they have all the sizes we need and just about any car will need