It's getting to a point of age when some owners are now driving their GR's for the 2nd winter. Now I don't expect any original wiper to need replacement this year, but something to keep in mind when it comes to the time.
Toyota's wipers for a long time now has been "refillable". You simply change the rubber portion of the wiper blade and you have factory fresh long lasting wipers for another 3-5 years. The best part is that the price of the refills are comparable to cheap Costco blades and significantly cheaper than parts stores. Here in Canada they're $14 ea. I imagine it's around $10 ea in the US. The problem is when you replace the whole blade, people throw away the original wipers and those blades are $60+ each! Windshield replacement people toss them, quick oil change places upsell you to junk ones then toss your originals, etc. So consider this as your PSA!
Part numbers as follows:
Front Right 85214-68030
Front Left 85214-08050
Rear 85214-12320
Fronts
Install is easy for the fronts.
Rears
For the rears it's a bit of guess. You're supposed to split the blade in a certain way, but I've broken a few blades doing it wrong so I don't bother.
The rears don't have a left/right locking tab, just stops on both ends. Just find a way to slip the rubber past the ends and reinstall the same way. The metal guides still need to be correct since they have a predetermined bend to match the back window. I basically do it this way except I don't remove it off the car:
Hope that helps!
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Toyota's wipers for a long time now has been "refillable". You simply change the rubber portion of the wiper blade and you have factory fresh long lasting wipers for another 3-5 years. The best part is that the price of the refills are comparable to cheap Costco blades and significantly cheaper than parts stores. Here in Canada they're $14 ea. I imagine it's around $10 ea in the US. The problem is when you replace the whole blade, people throw away the original wipers and those blades are $60+ each! Windshield replacement people toss them, quick oil change places upsell you to junk ones then toss your originals, etc. So consider this as your PSA!
Part numbers as follows:
Front Right 85214-68030
Front Left 85214-08050
Rear 85214-12320
Fronts
Install is easy for the fronts.
- You slide them off the blade toward the driver's side. If it is easier, just remove the whole blade off the car as long as you keep in mind which way it goes.
- You remove the metal guides off of the old refill - both of them only fit one way as well as the wiper refill.
- The metal guides have a predetermined bend and a notch on a specific side - this matches an opposite notch on the rubber refill.
- The rubber refill has a locking tab on the driver's side.
- All 3 items need to be in the same orientation.
- You install them starting from the driver's side (this includes our RHD friends down below or Japan, since the locking tabs are also flipped towards the right side driver's side).
Rears
For the rears it's a bit of guess. You're supposed to split the blade in a certain way, but I've broken a few blades doing it wrong so I don't bother.
The rears don't have a left/right locking tab, just stops on both ends. Just find a way to slip the rubber past the ends and reinstall the same way. The metal guides still need to be correct since they have a predetermined bend to match the back window. I basically do it this way except I don't remove it off the car:
Hope that helps!
