wiper blades?

[davidfox123]

Hi, Are rs6 blades the same as ordinary a6 ones?

[mattysupra]

i guess so. go to halfords and see if they list the same blade for the 2 cars. Some mug before me paid 72 quid for 2 wiper blades from Audi according to my receipts! Bet you can get Bosch ones for 15 -20 quid from halfords.
A tip to ,is to get yourself a trade account if you can at halfords. Massive discount. 25 quid pair of wipers from halfords for my supra came to 6 quid with the trade discount. In fact another one, 68 quid battery was 22 quid with trade card. I have loads of trade accounts and halfords are beating them all by miles on price. But dont think you can get parts for the rs6 there.

[skiwi]

correct, they are a standard a6 part - i believe that the carrier is different, but common with the v8 & s6

[davidfox123]

I've got a trade account at a local supplier but the book shows conflicting info. The ones I bought, which were model specific, had completely wrong fitting. The book says fit up to 2004? Will pop to local Halfrauds and see what there books say.

[GardinerG]

I'm pretty sure that the wipers changed during the production years for the A/S/RS6. I had standard wipers (although the sprung blades were "encased" rather than open), but later models had the aero wipers IIRC.

I now use the Aero wipers from VAGParts for the A6 4B. The refils for these are about £30 for both.

Cheers

[skiwi]

definitely different wipers between the our rs and the 2004 allroad. probanbly the same blades but the allroad doesn't have the aero blade holders that the rs does....

[Rek]

Can the rubber blades be changed? I did this on my rear wiper, and the Audi dealer gave me that for nothing.

[Rupert]

I bought standard A6 Bosch wipers from halfords, they were the wrong type. The standard RS6 blades from Audi should be around 45 inc vat for all three.

[SteveH]

I pay £30 fitted for two at Audi. Cant believe some muppet paid £70 for wipers!!

[SteveH]

Car serviced today, was charged £26 for new wipers fitted.

Did an exceptionally good job of cleaning car inside & out, usually get a quick outside hose down, but they excelled themselves and topped it off by charging less than quoted service price and a text-book tin of sweets, which i ate half of the tin sat in traffic on the way home. must now book a trip to dentist.

[skiwi]

and pump up the air in the tyres to account for extra weight.....