Wiper Refills

[vintageracer]

I just went to the "Zone" to get some wiper refill's for the 68 Camaro I just bought. I wanted refill's to fit the original blades.

The Zone no longer carries wiper refills, just wiper blades. That means if you want continue to use the correct steel blades and just replace the rubber wiper you are now SOL! The reason given by the zone manager was the fact that many newer cars now have "staggered" size wiper blades, the refill packs of 2 were causing return problems and lower sales since a customer must not buy 2 different refill packages.

I drove down the street to Advanced and while they did still have refills, they did not have the 15 inch refills needed for a Camaro. I asked David who manages the store if they also were going to discontinue refills and he responded that they probably would since the Zone did.

Moral of the story, if you are OK with the ugly black new style wiper blades on your classic car, you are OK. If you want to keep the original blades and install refills you should probably buy a spare set if you can find them!