Rivian now selling wiper blades

[Byulasfjazz]

Is it just me being dumb and missed this? How long have they been selling blades on their site?

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[VSG]

That's new. I scrolled through everything about two days ago and that wasn't there.

 

[Haulin Oats]

The ones that came on my truck are without a doubt the worst wipers I’ve ever had on a vehicle. I’d never buy OEM ones to replace these. I’d rather use two sticks

 

[zymolysis]

The ones that came on my truck are without a doubt the worst wipers I’ve ever had on a vehicle. I’d never buy OEM ones to replace these. I’d rather use two sticks

Mine have worked well. I haven't had to use them often (southern Arizona), but after ten months of ownership, they are still working well (we had several rainy days recently). I bought a pair from Amazon, recently, to have on hand, but the original blades are still fine.

 

[brancky3]

The ones that came on my truck are without a doubt the worst wipers I’ve ever had on a vehicle. I’d never buy OEM ones to replace these. I’d rather use two sticks

I completely agree. Mine streak incredibly badly and my vehicle is garage kept (never really dirty).

 

[HopefullyR1S]

We are in the north east and have had more rain and snow than sun since we picked up our R1S in December. I have been impressed with the wipers and overall visibility in it.
We keep ours in the garage as well and I wash it often (maybe too much, lol).
Wonder if they change rubber compound or something? Odd the difference in experiences.
I noticed they added the wipers in the last few days and had planned on ordering from them when needed.

 

[CruxOp]

30 each? Sheesh

 

[R1Thor]

30 each? Sheesh

Right.
I'd probably just recommend getting some RainX Latitudes, or similar, and calling it a day (or year for that matter)! They're almost always on sale at your friendly neighborhood AutoZone or Advanced Auto.

 

[jerseyff]

30 each? Sheesh

Competitive price for beam style blades. You can easily spend up to $50/ea.

Plus Rivian includes free shipping!

 

[R1Tom]

Competitive price for beam style blades. You can easily spend up to $50/ea.

Plus Rivian includes free shipping!

Plus just not going into an Autozone is worth the difference.

My OEM have been great and ordered the replacement OEM last week. It will be interesting if they changed.

 

[madgrey]

My wipers get used quite a bit here in western Washington state. I gave up on non-OE wipers years ago, there's always something janky about fit or quality, all to save a few bucks? Nope. $60 seems about right for a front set (For my last truck a set cost between $56-$63).

 

[VSG]

The ones that came on my truck are without a doubt the worst wipers I’ve ever had on a vehicle.

I don't even understand comments like this. They're wipers - how good or bad can they be? Even the cheapest, worn-out rubber squeegee will remove all water as long as the entire edge makes contact and the rubber is still flexible and isn't oily or deteriorated by chemicals or sunlight. It's a mechanical process - the blade material doesn't have much to do with it.

My OEM blades work great in the Pacific Northwest, where we get our share of rain. (Like today, and tomorrow, and all this week ...). I've had my R1T for 18 months now, the majority of which were rainy. My wipers still work as good as new. Last month I had an issue where there was a streak they weren't cleaning, so I checked the blades and found a small leaf stem stuck under one. Removed that and the streak was gone.

If your blades are streaking, then clean them. And keep them away from any products you use on the exterior of your vehicle that might coat or interact with the rubber.

 

[C.R. Rivian]

The ones that came on my truck are without a doubt the worst wipers I’ve ever had on a vehicle. I’d never buy OEM ones to replace these. I’d rather use two sticks

Mine are OK..and we get serious rain here. Maybe you got a bad batch.

 

[NY_Rob]

30 each? Sheesh

That's what premium and OEM wipers go for nowadays.. I was just pricing wipers for our i3 two weeks ago

 

[cohall]

The ones that came on my truck are without a doubt the worst wipers I’ve ever had on a vehicle. I’d never buy OEM ones to replace these. I’d rather use two sticks

Same. Replaced mine with Bosch Icons and the improvement was massive. Best $33 upgrade ever.

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