Refillable Wiper Blades still Exist??

Did you order from an online dealer or local dealer?

 

Online via parts.toyota.com from a local dealer not too far from me. This one has the option to pay online with local pickup at the dealership,
but since the free shipping is running right now I used that option. Ordered yesterday, delivered by UPS today. They honor the price discount and
local pickup as long as you pay online.

 

These were $26.99 each ($29.99 list) so they'll almost pay for themselves the first time I refill them. Big brands like Bosch are at least $30.00 each now. I think the Toyota refills are about $9.00 each.

 

Ordered - look legit. Shipped from a dealership. Way more convenient than going to the parts department and waiting for them to find them in back.

 

Anyone have experience with the beam-style wipers? (85212YZZ1HTM & 85222YZZ12TM) Toyota Parts shows them as fitting second gen, wondering if anyone uses them. @Williston @TacoBell07

 

Is 8mm right size for refills only for 2020?

 

Those numbers look like the SightLine product? If so, I used them last year; installed them in September before the winter weather hit (New England) and got a year out of them with no problems before the rubber started to chatter and skip as it got colder. I replaced them in October last fall with same and they are performing very well. No reason to think I wouldn't get another year service of out this set. The dealer in my area regularly has them on sale for $17.99 each. They work well at speed keeping full contact with the windshield. Only comment I would have is that the rubber is a little noisy at the end of travel for each stroke until they break in for a little while. (kind of a "sqee gee" sound. I've had other brands that do the same thing: It seems to be some kind of coating on them. Over time it stops and they are very quiet.

 

No i using Michelin beams right now. Issue is the old style arms are difficult to find i do not think the replacement refills being sold would even fit the old style. When i say old style i mean what you found on basically every car 15 years ago. The slide in refills.

 

has anyone had the issue where the part number for the right side wiper blade insert is too wide? I have ordered 2 and both were too wide/thick to fit in the assembly.

 

Yes.
Both sides recently. My inserts were considerably narrower. My dealer is only four miles away so because i prefer to use oem inserts I had them order complete blades so I'd be able to get inserts. The asst. parts mgr. was sure i must have put on aftermarket blades at some point. I was equally sure i had not. New blades come in, identical to what I had on the truck. We'll see what happens next time I need inserts.