You're from Chicago so you know. If you go north from O'Hare on 294 at 75mph you'd better be in the slow lane.

 

[FONT=Verdana]My understanding is that the funky "wing" on the OEM driver’s side has some function in feeding air into the cowl at higher speeds; can anyone confirm or deny this? Would there be a difference in having or not having that little wing? (Probably imperceptible, but there are those who will fight for 1 hp...)[/FONT]

 

A buddy of mine, his dad now carries this type of blades at his garage! I might look into them in the future, but for now I will stick with my silicon blades.

Garrett

 

That spoiler on the driver side wiper arm did nothing for the cowl.. It only helps the wiper stick on the windshield at high speed. If your remove it, you won't loose any hp.

 

when i got new wipers it only added like 500hp

but when i got that short antenna it added like 6,000hp

 

A good dose of RainX on the windscreen, rubber (NOT silicone) inserts in the factory blades, and you can drive through a hurricane at any speed you dare..... Try it!

 

I converted my Audi A3 from std wipers to the "Aero-Wiper" and found that the overall "Performance" of the wipers was DRASTICALLY improved

However, the Valeo Wipers were one of the first things I purchased for my MCS and for some reason (Angle of the windshield??) I experienced WORSE performance from the "Aero" style There were streaks in the center of the blade that lifted off, the blades didn't "Flex" enough to wipe smoothly, etc. Needless to say, I'm running std wipers again.

HTH