Here's what I can share about the ANCO parts. It took a phone call to ANCO to sort this out.

I am using two different blades on our W210 cars...a summer blade and an all-season blade.

The all-season blade is the AeroVantage with P/N 91-24. These are widely available. I've purchased them from Autozone for $9.

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.


You can purchase refills for the AeroVantage and they are cheap. I am quite certain there is a traditional winter blade. They also offer two value blades that could be fitted. I was told to stick with the AeroVantage product line.

Link to their catalog: https://mfr.activant.com/mfrserv/extsrv <<