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Originally Posted by nalc

Apologize if this is a dumb question (this is my first new car, my prior ones I bought the typical Bosch or RainX universal replacement blades in the right sizes and swapped them out).

I noticed my BRZ has some pretty fancy metal blades that look nice.

When you say inserts, do you mean that the rubber strip separates from the metal blade and is replaced separately, so you keep the original blades and just replace the rubber strip as it wears out?

I am not familiar with the mechanics of it, and I have been feeling like it would be wasteful to throw away the fancy metal blades and replace them with cheap universal ones from the auto parts store. So, if I understand it right, I can go to my Subaru dealership and buy just the rubber strip, and replace it in my existing blades?

That'd be fantastic, I think the factory blades look very nice, and I've been impressed with how well they have held up (I used to get the higher-end $15-20 wiper blades and even those don't seem to last as long)

Yes just the rubber is replaced