Mk4 Golf Aero wipers/arms don't fit?

[seppuku]

Hi all,

recently bought the mk4 golf r32 aero wipers and arms, went to fit them today and the passenger side wiper is too long? It fouls the windscreen surround which makes it not lie flat and it looks cack!

Obviously I've been a doofus but I thought these were a straight swap - am I missing something?

 

[LEE69]

They are not a straight fit, you need to trim the passenger side down and inch

 

[seppuku]

I'm a bit annoyed - in this thread

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=258010

You said they'd fit without trimming. So how on earth am I supposed to trim an inch off this wiper when it's got a metal strip running through it?

 

[LEE69]

Oh, i did aswell, sorry.

Pliers, hacksaw, snips.

No Mk4 golf aero's fit without a trim, i tried to find a different wiper to use on the passenger side but i never did.

I trimmed the trim running down the windscreen, rather than cut the wipers.

 

[seppuku]

Hacksaw doesn't make a dent in it - the metal's too thick, and I don't have any snips, so I guess that's f*cked.

Oh well, I'll put the old wipers back on I suppose, list them on here see if anyone else wants them.

 

[leon cupra r]

I may invest, how much you want for them?

 

[seppuku]

Well they cost me £90, and save for the nick in the rubber on one wiper where I've attempted to trim it, they're brand new. £80?

 

[seppuku]

Awesome, in the process of replacing the original arms I've just overtightened the nut and cracked one of them. What a fantastic day. Moral of the story: I should just leave my bloody car alone.

 

[seppuku]

I may invest, how much you want for them?

Actually, £70 - want rid of them asap.

 

[leon cupra r]

where abouts are you based mate? wondering whether collection is an option....

 

[seppuku]

Based in York buddy.

 

[leon cupra r]

Ill be back up home in Huddersfield for a week at the end of the month mate, £60 collected?

 

[seppuku]

£70 collected, I'm not losing £30 on them I'm afraid, they're brand new.

 

[leon cupra r]

Meet halfway at £65? I can collect em on 1st of April...

 

[LEE69]

You can just raise the arm slightly too http://www.seatcupra.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=519&Itemid=6

 

[seppuku]

Yeah I tried that but it looks cack, because you can see the passenger wiper above the black area at the bottom of the windscreen.

 

[DannyC87]

Buy a cheap dremel for a tenner, or an angle grinder for £15 and job done!!

 

[godber225r]

I lifted mine a bit and it dont look out of place at all the wiper sits about 5mm above the trim looks fine.

Didn't cut a thing!!

 

[Moshymosh]

they cost you 90 ?? i just bought mine brand new today from my local vw speicalist and the cost me 68.99 brad new never used

 

[godber225r]

Mine were 90 odd quid about the right price for these