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on the road at min. Need new wipers. Going to get some at next place selling them. What length are they?! Cheers

Front are both 19" IRC

Although if you had the time I'd have gone for retro fit aero ones!

19 and 21! Drivers is 21 with spoiler

any one got a picture of the vw retro fit wipers?! i had a set on my mini and they looked a bit naff i thought. where they connected to the wiper arm it just didnt look great. How much would i be looking at for some lupo gti aero wipers? and is it a straight one for one swap?! cheers

ben3486 wrote:any one got a picture of the vw retro fit wipers?! i had a set on my mini and they looked a bit naff i thought. where they connected to the wiper arm it just didnt look great. How much would i be looking at for some lupo gti aero wipers? and is it a straight one for one swap?! cheers

Right, lupo wiper conversion involves purchasing two passenger side arms, with the matching blades. I've been quoted over £140 for the full set before by a dealer. But I'm fairly sure if you look around enough, you can get the full wack for under £60.

Aero wipers cost £25, and look like this:


And the Lupos look like this:


I think everyone can agree that the Lupos look better, but I've heard from a few sources that you comprise functionality of the wipers in doing so.

I've got the Lupo GTi aero wipers. The primary issue is that with the new arms and blades, the sweep area is changed and not only does the driver's side arm/blade comes very close to hitting the A-pillar, it also scrubs against the scuttle panel. So in a nutshell, better looking but a ballache to get working properly with hitting the A-pillar etc.

Id go for the Lupo blades and arms, yes they are a pain to set up but once they don't wit the A-Pillar and don't scrape the scuttle they are pretty cool

even better when the whole lot was free

Tom W wrote:Id go for the Lupo blades and arms, yes they are a pain to set up but once they don't wit the A-Pillar and don't scrape the scuttle they are pretty cool

even better when the whole lot was free

Yeh if they were free I don't think I'd complain!

Si_GTi wrote:I've got the Lupo GTi aero wipers. The primary issue is that with the new arms and blades, the sweep area is changed and not only does the driver's side arm/blade comes very close to hitting the A-pillar, it also scrubs against the scuttle panel. So in a nutshell, better looking but a ballache to get working properly with hitting the A-pillar etc.

I've bought a set of lupo aeros arms and wipers, besides it scrubs the scuttle panel, the wiper arms also cannot be lift up! I turn out buying a set of retrofits (6N2 998 002)....

Bosch AeroTwins are £19 on Fleabay. Seems like a good deal to me.