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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: stainesy on 10 November 2012, 10:56

Title: Why are my wipers left hand drive?
Post by: stainesy on 10 November 2012, 10:56

Ok since we have been having bad weather it has been bugging me that I have a dirty area in the corner of my windscreen where the wiper do not touch.
On my early mk2 jetta the wipers are the wrong way round for a right hand drive car.
They are on the left hand drive side. 

Just want to no if this is normal for early mk2 golfs and jettas and why they are like it.
As you can see in the pic the passenger gets a nice full clean area and I get the dirty top corner so I'm constantly having to duck to see out.

(http://i1189.photobucket.com/albums/z430/slammed_golf/B7F78D46-054C-4274-A6B4-A8771B0498CB-3099-0000030ED7FA9597.jpg)

Title: Re: Why are my wipers left hand drive?
Post by: Gambit on 10 November 2012, 11:10

Yes its perfectly normal on all mk2 golf n jetta up to 88. The germans where just being lazy

Title: Re: Why are my wipers left hand drive?
Post by: stainesy on 10 November 2012, 15:03

Ah right cool. Bloody annoying  :grin:

Title: Re: Why are my wipers left hand drive?
Post by: sparkplug on 11 November 2012, 10:52

Quote from: Gambit on 10 November 2012, 11:10

Yes its perfectly normal on all mk2 golf n jetta up to 88. The germans where just being lazy

just makes you one of the select few , welcome  ..  :grin: :cool:
adds millions of £££££ in "VW Ebay rare" too :wink: :wink:

Title: Re: Why are my wipers left hand drive?
Post by: stainesy on 11 November 2012, 20:08

What????  :grin: :grin:

Title: Re: Why are my wipers left hand drive?
Post by: sparkplug on 12 November 2012, 10:08

select few = the chosen ones better than those with  boring normal wipers

millions of £££ "VW e bay rare" = gullible mugs will pay more for it  :grin:

  :cool:

Title: Re: Why are my wipers left hand drive?
Post by: stainesy on 12 November 2012, 19:59

Ah sweet how much more?  :grin: :grin:

I looked up online about early mk2's with left hand drive wipers and it said somerhing about them being called TYP19 or something.

Title: Re: Why are my wipers left hand drive?
Post by: Dolly on 14 November 2012, 17:26

scene points, i have them 2, only annoying when it rains  :cool:

Title: Re: Why are my wipers left hand drive?
Post by: cняis on 14 November 2012, 17:42

Try having a single front wiper!  :angry:

Title: Re: Why are my wipers left hand drive?
Post by: Wayne on 14 November 2012, 21:54

Quote from: cняis on 14 November 2012, 17:42

Try having a single front wiper!  :angry:

They were never a good idea :sad:

Title: Re: Why are my wipers left hand drive?
Post by: jv on 15 November 2012, 13:23

Harsh.

Title: Re: Why are my wipers left hand drive?
Post by: luke on 18 November 2012, 13:41

Mines a type 19, 1986 gti 8v and mine are the same, can't say it bothers me as I'm normally singing along to Craig David  :grin:

Title: Re: Why are my wipers left hand drive?
Post by: stainesy on 25 November 2012, 19:50

so is mine a TYP19 then? its not a gti but a 1985 1.6 carb CL

Title: Re: Why are my wipers left hand drive?
Post by: lewis1641 on 26 November 2012, 11:54

in the winter i fit a longer wiper on the driver's side. it looks sh!t but clears more of the screen

Title: Re: Why are my wipers left hand drive?
Post by: Gambit on 26 November 2012, 12:30

Quote from: stainesy on 25 November 2012, 19:50

so is mine a TYP19 then? its not a gti but a 1985 1.6 carb CL

Type19 is determined by the chassis number (look on VIN plate) wvwzzz19-x-xxnnnnnn where as later models will be wvwzzz1G-x-xxnnnnnn

someone decided to make their early mk2 golf sound more scene by declaring it a Type 19. its like referring to the later chassis model as a Type 1G

i.e. its a load of bóllocks.

Title: Re: Why are my wipers left hand drive?
Post by: gm8 on 26 November 2012, 18:15

get some Gtechniq G1 , you wont need them after that.