My '21 GMC Canyon's windshield wipers ice up WAY more than is acceptable to me. The issue is magnified by the slush/snow that the wipers sweep down into the trough where they rest freezing onto the blades. I've seldom had a vehicle where it's this severe. No matter how I run the defrosting system - the stuff won't go away by itself, and even if I stop to clean it all off - - it's a crappy-visibility mess again within minutes.
For years I used the blades that have a rubber boot covering everything but the squeegee itself, but I can't find 'em any more. I don't think they'd withstand the slop in the troughs, but maybe... Anybody got a source?
I'll put in heated blades to solve the issue, but since they're about $200 a set I'll ask for ideas, suggestions, or advice from youse guys. I'll consider a heater/heated strip/something permanently installed in the "trough", too. That'd be a good way to reduce the problem, I betcha. Whaddaya think?
By the way, the Canyon is frickin' OUTSTANDING in snow. I've had more 4WD trucks than most of you and have driven in more snow than most of you so that's not an idle brag. We had a foot and a half or so last weekend, for instance, and I drove in it out to our barn and woodshed without plowing or shoveling or anything. I hardly believed it as I bogged a little but didn't get stuck or even in trouble. In 23 years of trying to get out there in funky conditions - this is unheard of.
All I can figure out is that this is the first set of Blkizzaks I've had on a truck. That's all we've had on Nancy's cars, but they weren't available in LT-ratings. I've used Winterforce, and they were good, but these are WoW! good. They were about $1150, which is a coupla hundred bucks of "brand premium", but dang do they make for confident driving for me.
Caveat Emptor, which is sorta another way of saying: YMMV!
