Aero Wiper kits - Coupe / Avant - any interest?

[Rusty]

Just got some aero wipers on the alpinweiss and didn't know if anyone was after a bolt-on kit? Prices are somewhat higher than they once were and discounts/margins are minimal... looking at

Front kit (Coupe / Avant)

• 2 arms
• 2 wipers
• 2 caps
• 2 nuts
• 2 washers

£125 delivered

Coupe rear kit

• 1 arm
• 1 wiper
• 1 cap
• 1 nut
• 1 washer

£65 delivered

Avant rear kit

• (parts as coupe)

£30 delivered

£10 discount when front and rear are purchased together

[Rusty]

Here's a picture of the end result:-

[Smiley]

The price is a bit high - maybe I would try these aeros for standard arms first..
But before that i have to check the rear wiper which is not running at all

[Rusty]

Yeah, VAG's prices have gone a bit snooker loopy

[dest]

With a few mods they should look like this:



Also, you can pick up the Avant rear aero wiper and blade off ebay for £25 delivered.

[als2]

Those different parts then dest? or just set up different??
AL

[dest]

Pic was taken from this thread
http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=405

This is the old VAG Parts kit, Doug has bent the arm a little to get it to line up.

But Paul N also made this comment:
The long (UK) passenger side blade is pants in my opinion - you have to run the blade much higher than driver side and becomes much less visible. I run with two front wipers the same size... then I can keep much lower profile. I have no clearance issues.

Sure I had to bend the drivers side just a little before fitting but thats all. Wiped area with the shorter passenger blade is obviously a bit shorter than stock but its not in important areas of the screen.

[irishs2]

Just an honest inquiry, How is this different than the U clip aero blades?

[Rusty]

Just an honest inquiry, How is this different than the U clip aero blades?

Uses the aero wiper arms as well as the blades (they attach completely differently to the U clip blades). The arms are most of the cost Am looking for an alternative but VAG aren't stupid, a lot of conversions use Lupo parts so the price goes up. D'Oh.

[Rusty]

Those different parts then dest? or just set up different??
AL

Mine need a little tweaking when I get the time. The parts quoted are different. They need a bit of work to fit them, originally look like this when Martyn did the first kit:-

[epic]

I bought the right hand drive Avant Aero kit from VAG Parts the week before they stopped trading

6X2 955 409 C front arm
6X2 955 409 C front arm
6Q6 955 707 C rear arm
6Q6 955 425 A rear wiper blade
1J2 955 425 B front wiper blade
1J2 955 425 B front wiper blade

They're all from VW GOLF acording to Martin an VAG Parts

Also the divers arm needs to be bent to stop it touching the windscreen trim

[Rusty]

As for replicating the VAG Parts kit, the latest parts they used were the lupo items, as per epic's post.

Here's the Lupo part numbers I've fitted.

• 6X2 955 409C
• 6X2 955 410C
• 1J2 955 426B
• 3B2 955 425E

On the coupe the longer passenger side arm is required to prevent the blades from interacting, not sure if this is the case on the Avant. A driver's side arm could be used with a shorter blade, I'll look into this.

[s2avant]

OE Golf parts used by VAG Parts are NLA and have been for some time.

[Rusty]

I'll have a look at the 2 driver's side arm option with a shorter blade, should be able to use the passenger side item I have on the rear.

[Acidburn]

There is some old threads on here about using a merc rear aero blade arm on a coupe - works out around £22 quid for one, stiglet has one on his and I think wolfgang was the other.