Yeah. Good video! Same unreliable wiper lenght reported for my R56/R55 Mini. Also that car is really picky about the blades anyway. Wrong one's do not wipe properly even being right lenght. My guess is that the glass is so convex.
Did you actually measure the OEM wipers? I heard that the reason for the confusion is that the driver side OEM wiper is about an inch or so longer than its written measurement. Ie: It is officially 22", but when actually measured it's closer to 23".
That’s a good point and something I hadn’t thought about. I dug them out of the trash and measured them. Smart OE: 22.625, 20.625. Hella replacements 21.75, 20.75. Very interesting indeed, and the smart oe ones had bigger “knobs” on the ends, in other words stuck out a bit further past the actual blade that touches the windscreen. In any case I can report the Hella wipers work fantastic!
sorry to cross post, i'm having a really hard time finding info on this. You guys did a b7 auto to 2,7t 01e. I'm doing a 2008 B7 2.0t auto to 2.7t 01e. Do you happen to know which transmission mounts i need to make this work? Thanks for any info!
Yeah. Good video! Same unreliable wiper lenght reported for my R56/R55 Mini. Also that car is really picky about the blades anyway. Wrong one's do not wipe properly even being right lenght. My guess is that the glass is so convex.
I bought the Bosch wipers last time and they are far better than what I had before. Well priced, too 🙂
I love Bosch
@@PBGarage 👍 🙂
Did you actually measure the OEM wipers? I heard that the reason for the confusion is that the driver side OEM wiper is about an inch or so longer than its written measurement.
Ie: It is officially 22", but when actually measured it's closer to 23".
That’s a good point and something I hadn’t thought about. I dug them out of the trash and measured them. Smart OE: 22.625, 20.625. Hella replacements 21.75, 20.75.
Very interesting indeed, and the smart oe ones had bigger “knobs” on the ends, in other words stuck out a bit further past the actual blade that touches the windscreen.
In any case I can report the Hella wipers work fantastic!
sorry to cross post, i'm having a really hard time finding info on this. You guys did a b7 auto to 2,7t 01e. I'm doing a 2008 B7 2.0t auto to 2.7t 01e. Do you happen to know which transmission mounts i need to make this work? Thanks for any info!
Hey no worries, sorry for the delayed response. Just used some normal b6/b7 automatic transmission moints for the side mount.