i have a 97 A4 1.8T and I hardly ever use my blades because i drench my windshield in rainex, but anyone when i do use them they skip soooooo bad...even when i clean them, and they are brand new, but friend brad has a 99 A42.8 and his do the same thing.....can someone help me? or just dont use the blades</P>

 

Sounds like it's the Rain-X, not your blades. Rain-X was designed for Airplanes which have no wipers. Don't get me wrong, I like Rain-X, but it cost me a new windshield on one of my other cars. Unfortunately, I had a crack in my windshield and was trying to repair it, but the adhesive they use wouldn't stick to the glass. Culprit...Rain-X.</P>


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cool...

 

Clean it off with amoniated glass cleaner and then see if they skip. clean the blades too.

 

same thing hapened to w/ rain x.

 

I have had that problem with the skipping, and I originally thought it was the blades were loose or something. I also load up on the rain-x as well and thought that might be the reason for the skip. Not sure what blades you are using, but I was using the rain-x latitudes and as soon as I switched to Bosch marathon blades the skip stopped. Hope this helps, I know how annoying it can be =S. Good Luck!