Windscreen Wiper Options

[andykingfishers2]

Just happens I have a set of these spare, blades 'n all
I can trim the passenger side if required
pm if interested

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[GazzaG60]

im not bad. doing a lot of lurking.

last stint of chemo in hospital. 2 more day cases left.

next its finish the wiring and get the 16v out. I await the engine mount brackets from sam then hopefully I can get stuff mounted.start on the surprises of conversions. luckily I found all my wiring brackets for the bulkhead.

how much were the wipers And arms alex.

[Error404]

I got them off David (S2Driveruk), can't remember how much to be honest, but less than the dealer

[andykingfishers2]

Morning guys,

Well as the new wipers arrived yesterday, thanks recurveandy, I decided to fit them.

Got the old wipers off easily enough, went for a trial fitting of the new A6 aero wipers and that's where the fun began!!

Once they were fitted, I was unable to close the bonnet, as the passenger side arm stuck up too much and was fouling on the bonnet.

It tried fitting and refitting see real times, but still had the same problem....

I then decided to get my spare wiper motor that I took off my 90q, then looking at the motors side by side we realised that there is a difference between series 3 and series 4 wiper motors!!

Where you bolt the wiper arm on the passenger side is slightly longer on the series 4 than on the series 3!!


So once we'd discovered that, we set about swapping the motor assemblies and fitting the series 3 motor instead.

This gave vital space when being able to close the bonnet.

They are now fully fitted and fully operational. Think that they look awesome compared to the originals!!




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[recurveandy]

How odd
Etka doesn't show any difference in p/ns for wiper linkage/motor etc across the 80/90/coupe 87-96
My coupe is an '89 as I believe is Alex's, but there must be a difference somewhere

[Error404]

Yeah that is weird never knew there was a change over the model years

Unless someone has rebuilt the linkage and missed out the washers on the spindles?

[s2driveruk]

ah i loved those wiper arms on my a6 avant and they look awesome on the coupe...How did you shorten the passenger side wiper Alex?

[Error404]

Pull off the end cap, then trim to size with a dremel or similar, and then file the locking profile into the cut end so the cap fits back on correctly.

[newsh]

One of my fave mods on my coupe Bought the conversion kit from Vagparts back in the day

[andykingfishers2]

I couldn't believe that there was a difference on the spindles either! They look awesome, but the drivers side jumps something chronic on the up wipe... 😞


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