Bought new wipers for my B6 A4 yesterday... tried to put them on at night and failed. What the heck, it even sounds dumb!

I was trying to do that at night time and couldn't see very well but it seemed like the new wipers (ANCO, I think) weren't really the same as the original wipers that were on the car (in the area where they are supposed to fit and lock... seemed like the new were wider), and for that reason couldn't fit. I chose the ANCO's because they were in the store catalog (and yes, I got the correct length)

Could that really be or am I just screwed up? :-)

 

try it in the day light and get back to us

 

Tried it. Didn't work.

Went to Autozone. Bought two of their wipers. Asked an Autozone guy to help. Still we couldn't get them on! Then I tried refills. They seem to be exactly the same in shape & form (unlike the wipers) but I couldn't get the old ones out. Nor could the Autozone guy.

I said "screw this" and went to the dealer. Well, what do you know, their service department was closed on Saturday.

I feel like a complete idiot for having to go to a dealer to change wiper blades :-)

 

OMG.. Im so sorry I dont know if i should chuckle or really feel bad for you.. try going to a different place like another car parts store or something.. and they should be able to show you how

 

You know... the funny thing is, these new wipers (Anco from Walmart and Bosch from Autozone) ARE in fact different from what's on the car. They are wider and won't fit in the holder... or whatever you call that.

I've changed my wipers several times on my Eclipse and on my Mustang (my previous cars) but this is ridiculous! And embarrassing too

 

its okay.. can you tell what kind of wipers are on the car now?

 

I'll take a picture and post it tomorrow night.

 

LMAO.. dont worry im sure its the easiest thing in the world to do.. but you just not used to doing it this way that the wipers require..

 

i changed mine in the dark.......


ok that was sort of mean to throw in your face, but if you knew my skill level at these types of things, you'd be impressed..... so i had to throw it out there

but your's probably didn't come with the right clips or whatever, the ones i used had like 8 different ones and you had to pick the one that worked with your car....

but i dunno what i'm really talking about, so who knows

 

I put Bosch replacements on my car. Yes they are slightly different. But they will go on.
You looked up the right part# in the book right (at the store)?

to be honest, it took me about an hour to figure out how they went on.