S4 Door blades $240 from over the pond

**Johnny1.8T** · 12-19-2011 05:15 PM

Originally Posted by old guy

Yep..........

Touche!

**Kwarner** · 12-21-2011 07:27 PM

Originally Posted by Stoliguy

anybody know if these will also fit the c5 a6? Look identical, just wondering if the measurements are the same...

No they will not.

**MNAudi101** · 12-31-2011 09:11 AM

Still waiting for pictures of them on the car. Want to see them before I pull the trigger on them. When will they be posted??

**Johnny1.8T** · 12-31-2011 11:15 AM

Originally Posted by MNAudi101

Still waiting for pictures of them on the car. Want to see them before I pull the trigger on them. When will they be posted??

I actually got around to test fitting them before i saw this. Im sorry for the wait! They will require a small amount of modification in order to fit over the tabs on the door. The holes in the back of the blades are just a hair too small so i will need to widen them whether it be sanding them or just cutting them a little to make them wider. I will take pictures of the modifications made and obviously of them on the car when finished

**DBM** · 12-31-2011 02:14 PM

Originally Posted by Johnny1.8T

I actually got around to test fitting them before i saw this. Im sorry for the wait! They will require a small amount of modification in order to fit over the tabs on the door. The holes in the back of the blades are just a hair too small so i will need to widen them whether it be sanding them or just cutting them a little to make them wider. I will take pictures of the modifications made and obviously of them on the car when finished

Ha you are just taking your sweet time.

I'm also looking forward to seeing them installed. Let us know, man

**Johnny1.8T** · 12-31-2011 02:30 PM

Originally Posted by DBM

Ha you are just taking your sweet time.

I'm also looking forward to seeing them installed. Let us know, man

Hahaha no, i havent really! Around the time i got these in the mail i switched from working part time nights to full time days and i have been trying to get used to the schedule change and figuring out when ill have time for me to do things

**Johnny1.8T** · 12-31-2011 02:44 PM

SO. I got around to fitting them with the modifications i thought were necessary and lets just say the fitment was pretty far off. I pretty much expected it considering these were ebay blades. I only tried fitting the driver side blades. I wont be running them on my car because they are too warped and have a "U" shape when sitting on the doors. The holes for the screws dont line up and the ends of the blades dont fit right at the ends of the doors. If anyone would like these to mess around with to see how they can get them to fit we can go $100 shipped in the US. Heres the pictures of the "modifications" i made to the two driver side blades. The rear blade has a different cut in each of the holes to see what would possibly work the best. The front blade i only got a picture of a few holes, but all of the holes have the same type of notch in them. They arent the best cuts thanks to me having my Michael J. Fox pants on today. No pictures of them on the car because they wouldnt stay without me holding them and like i said before, the holes for the screws are misaligned.

In the end, maybe it was just the set that i received, maybe they all suck. But if i were to go back in time when i was looking at these i wouldnt have gotten them. Oh well, we win some and we lose some, right?

On to the pictures (iPhone)
Rear blade 1:

Rear blade 2:

Front blade:

**rollerton** · 12-31-2011 02:49 PM

That sucks. I mean, they went through the trouble to design and manufacture those things ...you think they could have spent a couple extra hours to get them "close" to where they'd be fairly easy to use instead of sending out something that needs what sounds like total rework, more or less.
Glad I jumped on a set of OEM blades a while back.

**MNAudi101** · 12-31-2011 03:02 PM

well looks like oem is for me haha I wish i could see these on a car to see how wavey they are

**Johnny1.8T** · 12-31-2011 03:30 PM

Originally Posted by MNAudi101

well looks like oem is for me haha I wish i could see these on a car to see how wavey they are

Its dark out now, but maybe tomorrow while im recovering from tonight ( ;) ) ill go back out and throw the front one on and see if i can get it to stay on its own. If i can ill get a picture for you

**Kwarner** · 12-31-2011 03:35 PM

Sorry to hear that, good to see that you admit you regret the purchase unlike some people (nobody specific) who stay in denial about their bad purchases.

**Johnny1.8T** · 12-31-2011 03:39 PM

Originally Posted by Kwarner

Sorry to hear that, good to see that you admit you regret the purchase unlike some people (nobody specific) who stay in denial about their bad purchases.

I choose not to let things like that hang on my shoulders. I feel like it just brings me down and makes me not want to move forward. It definitely sucks spending the money and having it not work out the way i hoped, but its life. Things happen that you dont like and you just have to deal with it. Now ive just got my eyes peeled for some nice OEM ones that will be worth the money. I just wish you could find them up for sale more often :/

**MNAudi101** · 12-31-2011 09:21 PM

Thanks

**Johnny1.8T** · 01-01-2012 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by MNAudi101

Thanks

Got a couple pictures for you. In this first one, it shows what i meant by the blade not meeting up with the end of the door. You can also see the start of the "U" shape that it has. Its really cold and windy here in chicago today so i did this all as quick as i could. The other two pictures are my attempts at showing the fitment (after modification). Keep in mind that i am holding the blade up to the door at the one end because i was only able to get one of the two screws in the blade. I only fit the drivers side and didnt bother with the passenger side with the assumption that the fitment would be the same.

Im not going to knock the seller of the blades. I mean, after all he's just another ebay seller so i almost expected the blades to not be perfect. Please bear with the iPhone pictures

**BASARAB** · 01-01-2012 12:52 PM

thanks for sharing

**MNAudi101** · 01-02-2012 06:14 PM

Thanks man this helped me ease the pain of pushing the buy it now button on oem ones for $500 haha

**Johnny1.8T** · 01-02-2012 06:23 PM

Originally Posted by MNAudi101

Thanks man this helped me ease the pain of pushing the buy it now button on oem ones for $500 haha

No problem! Hahaha. I would much rather have just spent the $500-ish on OEM ones. Oh well, we learn from our mistakes

EDIT: Are these the ones you bought? If so, please post about them when you get them installed!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-Audi-A4-...#ht_2429wt_909

**MNAudi101** · 01-05-2012 08:57 PM

bought my oem ones for 499 free shipping, should be here in a week or so, Ill post a install post when I get them

**Johnny1.8T** · 01-05-2012 10:40 PM

Originally Posted by MNAudi101

bought my oem ones for 499 free shipping, should be here in a week or so, Ill post a install post when I get them

Are they the same ones that i posted in the link above?

**32_d3gr33s** · 01-10-2012 08:45 AM

so glad i didnt buy some of these... was looking at them a few months back. still running the flats for now, until i man up and drop some cash on the oems

**MNAudi101** · 01-29-2012 10:34 AM

Yes i bought the ones you linked and they are amazing. The black is just like the flat blades and it also has the much needed rubber seal as well. If you want something done right go oem.

**MNAudi101** · 01-29-2012 11:38 AM

Here is what they look like on my car

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