Scrubblade Platinum Windshield Wiper Blade - Hybrid Style - 22" - Qty 1

Video Transcript for Scrubblade Platinum Windshield Wiper Blade Installation - 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 2500

Rob: Hey, everybody. It's Rob here at etrailer.com. Today we're going to be taking a look at the Scrubblade Platinum series line of wiper blades on our 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 2500.Now wiper blades are one of those things that a lot of people really don't think about until the last second when you need them. A lot of us are caught out in the rain and our wipers are streaking really bad, really can't see, or maybe it's winter time and we haven't thought about it. We come out in the morning, our wiper blades are frozen to the windshield, we try to clean them off, and then we end up tearing them.While your wipers are your first line of defense in inclement weather, because that's what's going to help us see out our windshields. So making sure that your wiper blades are serviceable and they're not tore and they're doing good job is very important.We have one Scrubblade on the driver's side of our truck right now, and one factory blade on the other side.

Now they're a little bit old except for the new scrubbed blade. I'll go ahead and spray so you can see how bad exactly they're streaking. You can see on that passenger side the entire middle section isn't even wiping anything. Right here, you really can't see that well out the window because we have this weird glare because of all the water that's sitting on there. Even after, if I keep wiping, eventually it kind of gets it, but really it's just smearing it around.

Again, it's kind of hard to see out of that spot.Whenever the blades do start leaving a lot of excess water, debris or whatever else on your windshield, it's typically because the rubber is starting to break down, maybe torn, maybe it's starting to fold over and it's just not doing as well of a job as it should be. It's typically time to replace your blades at that point.Now we do have the other Scrubblade with us. We are going to be replacing that and show you how to get it installed, but I'd like to go over some of the features and show you a little bit of the details before we get it in place. What's really going to make this blade stand out opposed to traditional style wiper blades is the fact that it has two blades on it. You can see there's actually two of them instead of just a single blade.Now, if we also look on the outside of the rubber, you can see it almost has a little bit of a texture to it.

That's what's actually scrubbing your windshield. As one goes, it's going to scrub all the dirt and debris off the windshield, and that secondary blade is going to pick up all the excess water and anything that's left. Then as it goes back down the other way, the blade has a textured surface, so it's going to be scrubbing it, whether it's going up or down, and then that second blade is going to continue to do the rest of the job.As you can see, it does a really good job of scrubbing all that water off, or if you have bugs, anything like that, that gets on your windshield. Maybe you go off-roading, get a little bit of mud or dirt on there, these are definitely going to do a really good job of scrubbing all that stuff off so we can see really well through the windshield.Now, the frame itself is going to be completely covered, which helps out a lot in those winter months so we don't have to worry about ice building up on top of the blade. But it's also going to help out with wind lift.

I myself have a Silverado and it seems to be when you're on the highway, if you hit a certain speed, the wipers may start to lift just a little bit off the windshield. But with these, the way they're shaped, they're not going to allow air to get underneath and it's really going to cut down on that wind lift and make sure that the wiper blade is hugged real nice and tight against the windshield.When you get your wiper blades, they're going to have the additional style hook adapter in place. Now, our Silverado doesn't have that style arm on it so we are going to need to replace the adapter. We're going to start by flipping the wiper over. Right in the center you'll see that there's a tab on either side of the rubber blade here. We want to squeeze those tabs and pull out on the large adapter, just squeeze those tabs, and then the adapter will come right out.Then we can grab the flat adapter. It's going to have two little wings, just like the ones on the one we removed. We want those two tabs to sit down into the two holes on the wiper blade itself. Just take your piece, push it down to where it clips in, it's nice and flat. Then for our Silverado, we want to grab the adapter that has the wings on the side. You can go ahead and close those wings in so they kind of fold in and go into that hole or line up our adapter piece. You just want to press down until it snaps into place, just like that. Then can go ahead and pull off the old wiper.If you look on the arm, we're going to have a little button. You want to push down on that button at the same time as you slide the wiper away. Sometimes it can be a little difficult to push down on that. You may need a screwdriver if you can't get it to unlock. You just want to push down on that button and slide out.Now, one thing I will say and I will recommend, is that you gently put the wiper blade arm down. You don't want to leave it standing up because if it does come down, that's all metal and it'll be coming in direct contact with the glass.We'll grab our new blade and we're going to take the arm and we're going to slide the wiper blade in to where that little notch comes popping out of the hole. Just like that. Once we get it in, give it a quick tug, make sure it's locked into place. That's all there is to it. We already did the other side, but you can go ahead and replace yours on the other side and that'll finish up your install and look at the Scrubblade Platinum series wiper blades on our 2017 Chevrolet Silverado 2500.