rear wiper delete
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pauljmcnulty
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Used to recommend the Promax bung, I don't know if there are other alternatives.
Did this conversion myself a few weeks ago.
477.845.333 Screw Plug @ £27.21
477.955.439 Grommet x 2 @ £4.46
477.845.331 Washer @ £9.88
N.011.118.14 Hex Nut @ £0.64
There is one O ring that is NLA
The above are list prices before any discount (PCGB) or VAT
Cheers, Paul
As new genuine parts that will fit and look right I dont think its too bad, but then I'm coming from twenty years of restoring classic cars where people will get into bidding wars for parts, £1200 for a NOS £45 spoiler, £1000 for a NOS £120 wing or the one that sticks in my mind £350 for a simple metal dipstick.
In the past I have bought pattern parts that dont fit, look crap or just dont have the quality control, I've learnt several hard lessons.
Cheers, Paul
I ultimately used the ProMax bung, because it was sexy. Prior to that I just used one of those rubber hole filling grommets that come in a multi pack from Hellfrauds. It was lighter and flusher
For the true minimalist approach there's always a circle of foil tape (the stuff favoured by ducting engineers). It's also damn good for filling holes in bulkheads.
For the true minimalist approach there's always a circle of foil tape (the stuff favoured by ducting engineers). It's also damn good for filling holes in bulkheads.
MartinRS2K
Active member
Oli
I agree with Paul, if you want to have your car kept to the highest standard then £56 for genuine parts isn't cheap but it is the best way to go.
Aftermarket parts in most cases are never as good as OPC originals and quite often are not much cheaper.
I have just bought a genuine Porsche 964 toolkit from OPC which was £125.00 + Vat, and there was a second hand scruffy one with rusty bits on eBay being sold by a well known trader for £110.00 and he said it was cheap [:-]
Martin,
I hear your argument, but how much would something like that need to be before you say "that's just stupidly expensive"? Bear in mind that we are talking about something that fills a 17mm hole in glass against the weather; a job that could be done just as well by a piece of sticky tape (as John Sims said.) How about £156? £556? £1056? Is that a lot of money for a nicely-engineered bolt and washer? Does it matter if it is a 'genuine part'?
If it's a part that has a critical function in the car, which has a bearing on safety or reliability or whose failure will cause consequent failure of other parts, I'll happily spend the extra for the proper bit of kit. (Even then, I will see whether there is an 'OE' alternative.) However when we are talking about something that is as trivial as a bung for the rear windscreen to keep the rain out, I am amazed that people consider this to be good value. Each to their own / it's your money / beauty in the eye of the beholder / etc etc etc ...
Oli (the cheapskate).
I hear your argument, but how much would something like that need to be before you say "that's just stupidly expensive"? Bear in mind that we are talking about something that fills a 17mm hole in glass against the weather; a job that could be done just as well by a piece of sticky tape (as John Sims said.) How about £156? £556? £1056? Is that a lot of money for a nicely-engineered bolt and washer? Does it matter if it is a 'genuine part'?
If it's a part that has a critical function in the car, which has a bearing on safety or reliability or whose failure will cause consequent failure of other parts, I'll happily spend the extra for the proper bit of kit. (Even then, I will see whether there is an 'OE' alternative.) However when we are talking about something that is as trivial as a bung for the rear windscreen to keep the rain out, I am amazed that people consider this to be good value. Each to their own / it's your money / beauty in the eye of the beholder / etc etc etc ...
Oli (the cheapskate).
The window is quite thick and the body of a mini thin, so those might not fit. I had an electrical rubber bung in there that cost pence but then went on to a nice machined 2 part one from Jon Mitchell, I think mine was an early test one so very cheap and I am happy to report it hasn't leaked, fallen apart or degraded after 8 ish years
You'll never win a concour like that Oli[
]It does depend what you want to do with the car doesn't it? I'm sure that bung could make the difference between getting a pot in a concour or not... what about when you come to sell the car? If I looked at a car with sticky tape over the wiper hole I would probably walk away.
I manage to sit in both camps - I'll have no hesitation in buying genuine parts for my shiny Turbo, but will put any old cast-offs to keep my S2 running no matter what it looks like. If my S2 needs a new part and I can, I will put the shiny new part on the Turbo and the second hand part will go on the S2... So I have new tyres on a car which does a couple of thousand miles a decade, and old rubbish on a car I cover 30k+ miles a year in...
Of course, the really cheap-skate AND concour compatible solution is to leave the rear wiper in! (I find it really useful for letting the car behind me know I know it's there!)
I've always thought the rear wiper on 944's is dam ugly. So on my last two I fitted the Promax bung, but I've just bought this for another car:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/370629682451?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
£1.35 +P&P
Not sure if it's the right size for the 944.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/370629682451?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
£1.35 +P&P
Not sure if it's the right size for the 944.
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