I have been browsing through and wondered if anyone had a swap for the third gen wiper arms to change them to the new beam style or even the clip on connectors.

 

i would like to know too

 

Swap? The should be plug-and-play. You don't need to replace the entire arm, just the blades.

FWIW, if you have "wet" arms, the beam type blades may keep the windshield from getting a good spray pattern across the glass.

Edit: The Rain-X Latitudes may not clear the back edge of the hood. I have frame-type Anco blades and they come pretty close to the edge of the hood.

 

im getting trico tech memory blades. hoping they clear since they are the curved blades aswell

 

AFAIK, those new Bosch wiper blades (whatever they're called, but they're like $25 a side), still don't have an adaptor for our older pin type attachments. I had a set of Trico blades that were similar (Innovisions, I think, they were $15 per side), and I STRONGLY advise against those. I split 2 on the driver's side in less than a year, WITHOUT snow. I currently use some super-cheapos that cost me $4 per side and wipe a TON better than those things.

 

Same here, I had the expensive molded rubber Trico's on my '02, and they wouldn't properly stay on the car even with the correct adapter, much less do a good job of wiping the windshield. I'm currently using the expensive Rain-X equivalents, which (assuming they have the correct bayonet style pin adapters) should work great on a third gen since the windshield is completely flat.

 

I want to change the arms to the umbrella style hook on the end instead of the pin type. I have had so many come loose from the pin and dont want to scratch my new windshield I just had installed 2 days ago. So has anyone went from pin to j hook arms yet.

 

If your wipers have come loose, you installed them wrong. I'm amazed at the amount of people that incorrectly install wipers and apply rainx/aquapel/rainshield.

Yes people have swapped. The wiper arms are two piece. The end piece with the pin mount uses a single rivet to hold it to the base. Find some J hook arms at the junkyard and drill out the factory rivet and rivet the 'new' ones to your factory bases. I can't remember which side has the bend in it but it's fairly simple to duplicate with a torch or something.

FWIW, even with the J hook mount I rock the Bosch Excel wiper blade + rain x and have excellent visibility. Excels can be used on pin style mounts as well.