Audi S6 C6 2007 wiper change

Audi S6 C6 2007 wiper change

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youngsyr

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14,742 posts

191 months

Wednesday 24th May 2017
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OK, so I've officially handed in my man badge and admitted defeat!

Can someone please tell me how to remove this wiper blade?!






Edited by youngsyr on Wednesday 24th May 14:35

SteBrown91

2,360 posts

128 months

Wednesday 24th May 2017
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Push that tab in on the arm and the blade should then slide off

youngsyr

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14,742 posts

191 months

Wednesday 24th May 2017
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OK, so the tab on the side is a total red herring! On my wipers at least, you don't need to push that tab at all - just pull the wiper blade up and away from the screen and it pops off (doesn't slide off).

Also, the recommeded fitment blade for my car at many places is the A017S, but this is not a direct replacement for the blades on my car at all. The connecting mechanism is completely different.

You can however remove the rubber strip that does the actual wiping from the existing arm (just pull it out from one end) and replace it with the strip from the A017S (slide it in from one end), but the A017S does need to be trimmed by about 1/4" in length as it's actually slightly too long for the existing arm!

Anyway, who'd have thought changing wiper blades could be such a faff! mad

Dr G

15,159 posts

241 months

Thursday 25th May 2017
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Those aren't Audi wipers and the arm doesn't look right either.

youngsyr

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14,742 posts

191 months

Thursday 25th May 2017
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Dr G said:
Those aren't Audi wipers and the arm doesn't look right either.
So I'm not going mad then! I couldn't find anything that looked like them when searching for Audi A6 or S6 wiper change videos.

I wonder what the story is with them then?

Trev450

6,314 posts

171 months

Thursday 25th May 2017
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youngsyr said:
So I'm not going mad then! I couldn't find anything that looked like them when searching for Audi A6 or S6 wiper change videos.

I wonder what the story is with them then?
If the prices of genuine S6 wipers are anything like they are for an R8, the previous owner probably got them from eBay and saved a pile.

youngsyr

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14,742 posts

191 months

Thursday 25th May 2017
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Trev450 said:
youngsyr said:
So I'm not going mad then! I couldn't find anything that looked like them when searching for Audi A6 or S6 wiper change videos.

I wonder what the story is with them then?
If the prices of genuine S6 wipers are anything like they are for an R8, the previous owner probably got them from eBay and saved a pile.
Not just the wiper that's different, but the wiper arm too, apparently. Not sure why the wiper arm for the S6 would be any different to the one for the A6?

KungFuPanda

4,324 posts

169 months

Thursday 25th May 2017
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Maybe someone wanted to retro fit the Bosch flat style blades but were too cheap to buy proper Bosch ones.