We made the switch to Bosch from Anco a couple years ago and found a difference. I now have the Bosch Excell (whatever it's called) and I haven't noticed much difference over then non-excell. BUT on my wife's car, her Bosch are wearing out quickly and we may try the excell on there.
Fascinating I know. Brian 83 240D 84 Saab 900 00 Honda CRV On 12/13/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Buy the Bosch Excell I believe. Work great and if you treat them once in a while with 303 Aerospace jisim they last me at least two years and I drive alot in the rain Tom Scordato ----- Original Message ----- From: "TimothyPilgrim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 8:25 PM Subject: [MBZ] Wipers >I bought a new refill windshield wiper blade for the 124 today > thinking I'd be smart and change it out instead of replacing the whole > assembly, saving myself a few bucks. I got the old wiper rubber out > and tried to install the new one but the rubbers are different between > the old and new. What's with that? The parts guy looked at the VIN to > get the right part. They both have two grooves running on either side > along the length so that it can slide in place, but the new one has > blind ends - the bottom groove doesn't go all the way to the ends. I > wasn't able to relocate the clip and the two long metal rods from the > old one to the new rubber. > > I'm thinking I should just return the refill to the dealer and go buy > a whole assembly at the auto parts store for half the cost. > > Tim > 1982 300TD (still for sale) > 1991 300TE 4Matic > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
