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[Shoppinit]

I think your car would benefit from some subtle changes:

1. Stubby aerial
2. Allroad wipers
3. 8mm Spacers on the front. Not sure about the rear. It looks like the rears fill the arches better, but presumably your wheels are all the same size?

Also, I personally prefer OE rings and badges, but that's just me.

[ZedRS6]

I think your car would benefit from some subtle changes:

1. Stubby aerial
2. Allroad wipers
3. 8mm Spacers on the front. Not sure about the rear. It looks like the rears fill the arches better, but presumably your wheels are all the same size?

Also, I personally prefer OE rings and badges, but that's just me.

Yeh wanted a stubby aerial, wasn’t sure which car one would fit, someone said one of a Polo should fit, will look into the allroad wipers.
Wheels are all the same size, worried they might rub if I put spacers on.
And I prefer the badges they way they are, the rings are wrapped so they can come off anytime

[Shoppinit]

Part numbers in the FAQ

[IchBautAuto]

Nice Sportecs

Thanks dude
The whole car was tuned by sportec back in 2006. Previous owner shed a lot of money on it. It’s also for a plaque from them


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You need one of these

and one of these

to round it off. Great car.

[ZedRS6]

Nice Sportecs

Thanks dude
The whole car was tuned by sportec back in 2006. Previous owner shed a lot of money on it. It’s also for a plaque from them


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You need one of these

Sportec.jpg

and one of these

Sportec2.jpg

to round it off. Great car.

Thanks man
I really want that sportec badge, need to source it


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[IchBautAuto]

Maybe I'm missing something. Allroad wipers? I can see that you have the Bosch aero wipers. The wipers my car came with are the same as the allroad ones, with the blade. Did the UK models come with something different or is it just that they have been tossed out?

[ZedRS6]

Maybe I'm missing something. Allroad wipers? I can see that you have the Bosch aero wipers. The wipers my car came with are the same as the allroad ones, with the blade. Did the UK models come with something different or is it just that they have been tossed out?

Yeh I looked in to them, the allroad has a slightly different arm shape/design






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[IchBautAuto]

Ah OK. Another bit that I let go when I sold my allroad. Should have kept it for parts. Can't say that I noticed the detail, just that they both had the 'foil on the blade holder. What people are saying then is to change the arms rather than the blade part. Definitely looking in the wrong place.

[Shoppinit]

Yeah, the retrofit blades look lumpy and clumsy. The allroad wiper arms are slick and look much more the part. I'll try to find a photo.

The rear wiper benefits from upgrading. Not allroad though. Possibly Sharan? Can't remember. Part numbers in the FAQ.

/edit: Touran rear wiper

[Shoppinit]

Before (OE wipers which look better than the retrofit blades):

After:

Rear:

[IchBautAuto]

Perfect. Worth a thousand words in this case. Thanks. Definitely got the dog leg wiper arms on mine. Just did a quick look back and my allroad also had the dog leg wiper arms!!!

Allroad

and my RS6

Maybe the straight wiper arms were either from the earlier A6 or the later ones, or just something different for different markets.

[Shoppinit]

Yeah, there was a change to the more modern arms from chassis number 4B2 000 001. What was yours?

[IchBautAuto]

Display my ignorance and say I have no idea of the Chassis number. Never needed to look. The VIN was WAUZZZ 4B2 1 N 165032. A 2001 build car so one of the early versions here.

[Shoppinit]

OK, that makes sense. The parts catalogue says 4B-1-102 000 and above for the old style wiper and 4B-2-000 001 and above for the new style.

The dashes must represent irrelevant parts of the VIN, so yours would be 4B-1-165032, so the old style.

VIN = chassis number.

I think the 2 of 4B-2 is model year 2002.

[IchBautAuto]

Always known the chassis number from pre VIN days but I've been brain washed into VIN now and the first thought was have AUDI secreted away another impossible to find number for the body itself. Suitably re-educated and now to keep my eyes open for a late model allroad in pieces.