NickVR6 0 Posted December 6, 2005 At the risk of being strung up by my interesting bits, LUPO WIPERS WTF! Went in to the dealers today armed with part numbers from the many posts, but did'nt get that far cuz the bloke said, a ha Corrado, Lupo wipers, done loads mate and you wont pay the £100 non kit rip off price. Nice one i thought. 2 mins later handed all the bits for £60 on the nose, lovely jubley, yeah right. I have 6X2 955 410C Plastic bag 6X2 955 405 Plastic Bag 1J2 955 426B Nice long white cardboard box The two arms have on them 6X2 955 410C 6X2 955 409C One of the blades is two long but the shorter one seems to work on the drivers side. But i generally get the feeling these are not all the right bits. Bonnet scrapage and length issues. The way he did it was order a passenger side kit and then another bit? I didnt understand but he said he'd done loads so i trusted him. One of the bags had the arm and wiper in. The box had just a blade in and the other bag had just an arm in. Am i going mad or did he spot the sign on my ass again that says, "do me here please, i'm getting used to it" :evil: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Walesy 0 Posted December 7, 2005 hmmm...not good.....from what I can make out your raddo is narrower than it should be, it's the only possible reason for this wiper arm being to long. sorry. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Leningrad Cowboy 0 Posted December 7, 2005 If they don't work, I guess check the (Lupo wiper) thread (for part numbers) and take back the wrong bits? At least you can do that with VAG, rather than poxy eBay (OK, I don't have ETKA!). I paid about the ton mark three or four months ago. They didn't give a discount then, even though I asked about eight times. But last week they gave me 8% - go figure! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickVR6 0 Posted December 7, 2005 Saves me cleaning the roof! Every fecking time, it must just be me! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ben16v 0 Posted December 7, 2005 have you tried them the other way round mate?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickVR6 0 Posted December 7, 2005 They have to give you 10% with ccgb, but ive never been asked, they just give me 10% anyway, probably because they know they are selling me the wrong bits! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Leningrad Cowboy 0 Posted December 7, 2005 I have to say, although the general wiping is now excellent, the coverage I get from mine still isn't great - the tip of the passenger side doesn't touch the screen at any point, and the driver's side could wipe more consistently up closer to the pillar. Still, a lot better than the standard crap! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickVR6 0 Posted December 7, 2005 Ben, i think i need two drivers side arms dont i. One of the arms is just wrong wherever i put it, its got no dog leg. I know where ill be putting it tommorrow though.................... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted December 7, 2005 I bought the last arm and blade set in the country last week so they can't be the correct parts I don't think... The arms should be exactly the same (2 drivers side) The blades should be the same length but one has an offset centre - bassically you need one drivers and one pass from a lupo but use them the other way round on the C Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickVR6 0 Posted December 7, 2005 The drivers side i got working with the shorter blade on the wrong arm worked great but juddered horribly on the way back down from the top!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickVR6 0 Posted December 7, 2005 He wrote on there that the even numbered parts go on the drivers side. I presume he was thinking about the lupo then. Im totally confussed now! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickVR6 0 Posted December 7, 2005 One blade is 2 inches longer than the other, but the longer one is offset? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickVR6 0 Posted December 7, 2005 Perhaps i'll try the "corrado specific" mudflaps they sold me for £65 (that dont fit and they wont take back because i got them dirty figuring that out) on the wiper splines and try the wipers as mudflaps. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dinkus 10 Posted December 7, 2005 Sounds like your dealers really are a bunch of parasites... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted December 7, 2005 One blade is 2 inches longer than the other, but the longer one is offset? Completly wrong then, lupo blades are the same length... Look in the thread I stickied for the latest (correct) part numbers... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickVR6 0 Posted December 7, 2005 Cheers Supercharged, i had them on me but he sounded so confident i did'nt want to tell him his job, heaven forbid one should ever need to hey! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickVR6 0 Posted December 7, 2005 Dinkus, yes mate and i was going to buy some coolant tommorrow there too. Thinking it through tonight though, i'd rather not end up with brake fluid in my radiator. Perhaps i should order a new headlight bulb, never know, might get lucky and bag a new 2.9 block! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dinkus 10 Posted December 7, 2005 :lol: You can get G12+ from GSF... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted December 7, 2005 :lol: You can get G12+ from GSF... I've heard Stevemac uses it and replaces with Ribena... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dinkus 10 Posted December 7, 2005 It doesn't taste far off... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bcstudent 0 Posted December 7, 2005 I normally s*** out when it comes to anything like Lupo 'wipers too but, thankfully, the main dealer I went to in Norwich got it right (and for £32 all in). Unfortunately though there's such a lot of play in the 'wiper arm linkage that the Lupo gear is barely any better than standard for me. Anybody know if the Corrado uses the same 'wiper linkage as the Mk2 Golf? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickVR6 0 Posted December 7, 2005 "I'd like some reasonably priced correct genuine parts please, i've made it easy for you........" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
matthewb1985 0 Posted December 7, 2005 i bought the last two drivers side lupo wipers with the old part number. £50 inc vat lovely. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
