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Originally Posted by Goran
Yes! Sergey is right, there are 2 options for LHD cars for drivers wiper arm, a single arm and a double 'pantograph' arm. As far as I can tell both arms will fit any LHD D2?
I got stung by this earlier in the year when my windscreen got chipped and then cracked all the way up and down.
I have the double wiper arm, which needs more room as it has a swivel joint for the second arm which sticks out further. This crazily requires the windscreen to have a cut-out to clear the joint of the second arm!
I was in a hurry to get it fixed so I ended up paying £615 for a windscreen from Germany that has this cut-out at the bottom, and that was with a 15% discount! Had I had more time I should have bought a used single arm from ebay and just got a UK windscreen (non-thermal) for around £200.
Oh well you live and learn. I think I'll be ordering that single wiper arm to have for next time I need a windscreen, I don't want to pay so much again.
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I think you can see the cut-out in the glass below the crank in the main arm for the fixing point for the second, smaller arm. Bad luck about the screen replacement Goran!
I still dont see WHY this mod is needed.  The arrangement is the mirror of the RHD and the swept arc seems OK with the wiper sweeping up to the pillar and down to the scuttle with none of the requirements for an arc greater than 90deg as outlined by 27ltrs. I can see that it might get the blade to lay flatter along the scuttle below the line of the bonnet rear lip (which would be good if that is the case).
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2002 D2 S8 – Ming Blue, Valcona leather, Vavona wood insert, solar sunroof (to be fitted), Heated rear seats, extended leather pack, 18” Avus, ski hatch, Bose, auto dim rear view mirror, rear blind.
Last edited by David's8; 8th June 2017 at 09:58 AM.
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