Fabia wiper pricing

[skahigh]

Guys, I ordered the bits for my fabia wiper last week and it came to just over £23, a bit more than most people quote (I know m.r.davies cost him £17).

So I just rang the dealer and queried this and he said the part number of the arm had changed and that was probably why it was more expensive (now £15 on its own). Does this sound right or am I being ripped off?

Its only a couple of quid so I'm not that bothered but I am interested to know if anyone else has paid this much?

Incidentally, I rang them last night to find out when the parts dep. opened and the **** put the phone down on me!

 

[timmahhhhhh]

I got mine from Prestige garage in Cov and had the same experience, new part number for the arm and more expensive, and being a complete I over tightened the arm first time round and had to buy another new one

 

[Andy3004]

Got mine from the Skoda garage in Oxford, cost £18 and a few odd pennies

 

[briggd01]

Just done mine this Lunch time, picked up parts from Local Skoda Dealership in Witney Oxon.

Looks cool, guy from the parts dept fitted for free all at a cost of £17.84

Bargain

 

[stuart86]

i used a golf mk5 aero wiper, i prefered the look of it

 

[G2232]

If the price is an issue you could always take a leaf out of the book of the guy do decided to give mine five finger work out.
All credit given, he did it with some sucess and even left me a replace ment

 

[skahigh]

job done in 10 mins once i found the right spanner in my tool box, now i have a rear wiper that works!