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Originally Posted by uberwgn
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The summer blade is their top-of-the-line wiper and it's called HydroClear. Part number is 99-24. The HydroClear blade is not suitable for winter use - - it has a special coating that will be destroyed almost instantly when it hits sand or ice on the glass. The gentleman did not recommend these blades unless you could be assured they would not encounter road debris. These blades are much tougher to find. They got a bad rap since people thought they were failing prematurely during winter use, and nobody seems to stock them. I had to order it on-line. I think it was around $15 + ship.
This is the tricky bit: the required adapter is P/N 48-06 and I got lucky and the little mom 'n' pop auto part store across from my office has a small plastic box with 15 common ANCO adapters....nobody else had these adapters. They are about $0.33 each. Without the adapter, you're SOL.
This setup is quiet, the blades last far longer than the BOSCH (which I've been thru many of) and the sweep is better...no more schmearing.  |
Anco has rebates for wiper blades: $10 for 2 AeroVantage or $15 for 2 HydroClear. Adapter P/N 48-06 is
HydroClear 99-24 is $12.94 each, adapter P/N 48-06 is $0.25 each but you have to buy 6 at ********.com. There is a 5% discount code at ********: 36759490781 expires on January 09, 2007
After rebate and discount, the total cost for 2 Anco HydroClear wiper blades is about $12 includes shipping.