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Old 08-09-2007, 11:07 AM
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Default Confused about A3 wiper blades...

I take delivery of my A3 next week. I really like the frameless wiper blades (went to those on my TT and they're fantastic--Bosch Icons), but the stores don't show A3 information yet. And when I searched on-line, I had a helluva time finding anything. Eventually I came up with 24" driver side and 19" passenger. What the?? Is that correct?
Old 08-09-2007, 11:29 AM
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Default Yes that's correct....

not many good choices yet and it is strange that they are different sizes.
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Very common for cars these days to have two different size front wipers.
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put the icons on my.. work great
Old 08-09-2007, 02:13 PM
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Yeah, I've seen it before, but usually by 1" not 5" !! ;-)
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So they do make a 24" Bosch Icon blade?
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Default I was surprised when the dealer charged me......

like 15 bucks for a set, and installed them for me. I thought that was a sweet deal.
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I have no idea what happened I mean to put ram
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That's it????
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Wow! I didn't realize the difference! That is strange.


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