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#1 ·
Hi Guys/gals,
2015 Pilot Touring. What are the wiper blade sizes for the driver's and passenger size's. I don't have the original's and am looking to put on winter blades. I had the NAPA sales gut give me 22 inch for both. Is this okay? I looked online and it was stated on one website 22 inches for the drivers and 21 inches for the passenger. Is okay for them both to be 22 inches? I actually don't like that the passenger side is shorter and doesn't clean as effectively.

Thanks in advance for your responses...
 
#2 ·
Mine are 22 and 21. You can put them on and see if the longer passenger would work, but I would just get the correct size. Just because the passenger side is slightly shorter shouldn't affect how well it works. I've never been bothered by the very slight difference. I had a van once with a 28 and a 20.
 
#4 ·
Hi Guys/gals,
2015 Pilot Touring. What are the wiper blade sizes for the driver's and passenger size's. I don't have the original's and am looking to put on winter blades. I had the NAPA sales gut give me 22 inch for both. Is this okay? I looked online and it was stated on one website 22 inches for the drivers and 21 inches for the passenger. Is okay for them both to be 22 inches? I actually don't like that the passenger side is shorter and doesn't clean as effectively.
The original blades were metric sizes that convert to about 22.25" for the driver's side and 20.67" for the passenger's side.
I go with slightly shorter blades for winter, so 22" and 20" for your 2015.
With a longer blade, there's a chance that the end of the blade will hit the windshield surround molding.
 
#7 ·
For what it's worth, I have found the OEM blade assemblies to be better overall than aftermarket, They are designed to fit the curve of the particular windshield where aftermarket often develop spots that streak. If you want heavy duty blades you might try something like this.

 
#9 ·
For what it's worth, I have found the OEM blade assemblies to be better overall than aftermarket, They are designed to fit the curve of the particular windshield where aftermarket often develop spots that streak. If you want heavy duty blades you might try something like this.
However, there is no OEM winter wiper blade available.

The traditional winter wiper blade has a rubber boot covering the frame to prevent ice and snow from accumulating in the frame and preventing the blade from fully contacting the windshield.
Some beam-type blades are claimed to work as well, but I still prefer the traditional winter blade design.

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#20 ·
The Michelin winter blades at Costco have been fine for winter use here, and that's at about 4000ft altitude and less than a dozen miles from Mt. Bachelor ski area.

The arguments about measuring/specifying blade length in inches or mm are moot. A quarter inch (6.4mm....) difference in blade length translates to one eighth of an inch at each end installed. Can you really tell that difference while driving and the wipers are running?

A slightly shorter blade might offer a bit more specific pressure at the blade edge. A slightly longer blade less, plus the need to curve more at the outer end of the passenger-side blade so it stays in full contact with the curved glass.

Running the defroster hard might seem to help the wipers work better clearing snow, but... That risks having wipers frozen to the glass when you return to the refrozen car. OK to prop the wiper arms off the glass when you park in that condition making it possible to clear the glass surface with a scraper without damaging a blade edge that's frozen to the glass.

Do your blades a huge favor and completely clear the ice and snow from the glass before you run the wipers. The blade suffers when you ask it to grind and drag on ice rather than wipe the glass. I keep both a 10" hand scraper and a longer brush/scraper in the car for the duty. Judicious use of that defroster helps manage ice formation quite a bit.

I have a big bottle of Rain-X that gets used in winter to make the glass a little more hydrophobic. It works well until dirt gets added to the snow mix. There are certainly better glass treatments available these days. I'll do more research when the bottle I have now runs out.

I haven't yet seen a need to use any of the miracle winter washer fluids like Rain-X yet. Does anybody have results to share? Regardless, do make sure you use a non-freezing fluid in the washer tank. Freezing and dirt are the killers of washer pumps and spray nozzles. The washer tank really needs a fine strainer in the neck under the fill cap.

Make the effort to keep the glass clean. Our car lives in the relative comfort of a climate-controlled garage at home, so actually cleaning the glass isn't at all inconvenient.

Discourage passengers (and drivers...) from wiping the inside of the glass to clear fog, especially with bare hands. Fine if they do it I guess, but this forces another glass-cleaning. Better to use one of the better anti-fog glass treatments if this is a chronic need, and keep a few microfiber towels handy for those who just can't seem to help themselves.

The AC is usually pretty good with reducing humidity in the cabin, but only after the cabin temp comes up to at least 40ºF or so with the heater. From that point the AC evaporator can be the coldest contact surface and will condense most of the moisture for you.

A neighbor has an all-you-can-eat deal with a local car wash. For about $40 a month, he can get an exterior wash and blow-dry whenever he feels the need, and that includes an undercarriage blast to clear cinders/sand and the deicer slurry pre-treatment that's used on roads here instead of "salt". The place is open whenever temps are above about 30º in the daytime. I'm generally not a fan of commercial car washes and all the scratching they do to paint, plus I have hot water wash-bay capability in the workshop. But for the less-obsessed and -equipped, it's a great option for keeping the car and the glass clean and ice-free.
 
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#21 ·
The arguments about measuring/specifying blade length in inches or mm are moot. A quarter inch (6.4mm....) difference in blade length translates to one eighth of an inch at each end installed. Can you really tell that difference while driving and the wipers are running?
Experience with my 2003 Pilot has demonstrated that the point about blade length is not moot.
The horizontal flexibility of the blade (in the plane of the windshield) and its mounting may be contributing factors, as well.

I haven't yet seen a need to use any of the miracle winter washer fluids like Rain-X yet. Does anybody have results to share?
Again, with my 2003 Pilot, I use the winter formula washer fluid (rated for -25C or lower temps and typically purple in color) because the all-season blue formula tends to freeze up in the tubes between the reservoir and the spray nozzles (despite the fluid's claimed -20C rating).
This has never occurred with any other vehicle I have owned and would seem to be the result of the lack of an under-hood insulating panel.
 
#25 ·
I saw that as well when I Googled Honda OEM parts, but nobody goes to the auto parts store or the dealership, and looks for, or asks for 565 and 525 mm wiper blades. Honda may make them in millimeters, but nobody buys them in millimeters. If you bought your wiper blades at a Honda dealership, would you ask for them in millimeters, or would you ask for wiper blades for a 2015 Pilot? We both know the answer to that. I suspect the vast majority of people who change their own wiper blades buy aftermarket, and aftermarket wiper blades are sold in inch measurements, not millimeters. The OP asked for the proper size blades for his Pilot. Do you suggest he go NAPA and ask for 565 and 525 mm blades? They’d either pull out their phone to Google the conversion, or ask what type of vehicle. Most likely, it would be the latter.
 
#36 ·
Wow I should have known opinions would be strong on wipers as they are with everything else on this forum. I personally have never had major issues with most aftermarket blades. I've had some that streak from day 1 and some seem to last a year or longer without streaking. When I notice the streaking I do try and give the rubber an IPA wipedown and that seems to clean the blade pretty well.

I do typically get the beam style wipers over the metal frame wipers.

I tried the Sil blade silicon wipers and did not have a good experience.