E70 rear wiper mod! watch out for these nuggets!

[Jackstrath]

Hello all!

like some people have posted i was keen to get a E70 rear wiper and arm and replace the old age looking rear wiper!

went onto Ebay and found this item for sale  http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400446821343? ... 1439.l2649

With 20 or so sold i thought all must be good and went and bought one !

Turned up a few days later , but to my surprise something just wasnt quite right

The wiper arm fitted fine to the jeep , but when i went to attach the blade thats when things got interesting

This is a photo of what was advertised


$(KGrHqIOKocFE2Jk5Fu)BRP2!,86+g~~60_12 by Jack Strathdee, on Flickr



And this is what i have got :/

photo(12) by Jack Strathdee, on Flickr


now you can clearly see what i have been given is not the photo in the link , instead they have gave me a wiper and arm both with male connections on them

So along with the photo i sent a email back via ebay , explaining the above , and what was wrong

The response was typical and got me wound up very quickly !

"send us your reg and car details and we will check the vechical for compatibility"

at which point i replyed are you serious ect ect this isnt a car issue it the wiper and arm issue


any way that wasn't getting through to them so i returned the item .... 4 weeks later and they still didn't apparently have it! , so opened a case with ebay and asked for a refund ,

But they then sent out another item claiming that it would be checked before shipped

Long story short a new one turned up exactly the same as the last one , so now this is why im posting to say dont waste your time or money with these clowns as they clearly dont have a scooby when it comes to real basic stuff

thats all!  >:(

[macca]

hang on are you fitting it to a BMW or a JEEP, because if you are using JEEP in a generic form to describe your E53

my TRUE JEEP CHEROKEE takes offence, not only that but my E53 ultimate driving machine also takes offence


otherwise good catch

[CondorX5]

Do you have a jeep?  Or an X5? Lol

[macca]

actually  both, i have a 2005 3.0d sport, leMans Blue, lowered with 20 inch staggered 7 spoke wheels

and a 1994 XJ cherokee limited also dark metalic blue with sand coloured interior with 4 inch lift 31 inch tyres
and all the goodies

hence my objection to the original poster calling his BMW a Jeep

[CondorX5]

Aimed the comment at the OP actually, sorry it wasn't clear.  I absolutely agree with you on this one, it really riles me to hear an X5 referred to as a "jeep" or a "truck" as it is neither and shows a fundamentally bad attitude to the poor vehicle! 

[scratchpole]

OP Glad you posted this as I looked at them and book marked for a future purchase. Sorry that you have aggravation but you did save others from it. Good luck with claiming through ebay. Than can be a pain at  times.