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well i was sick of seeing my wipers half chrome / half lack so i decided to make them less of an eye sore and paint them...

Remember this is a DIY i am not responsible for you messing up... but ask questions if needed.

DIY Duration: Approx 1-2 HR(s) to finish

Materials Needed - Shown:
Metal Primer
Matt Back Rust Paint
Steel Wool / Fine Sandpaper
Socket Wrench if needed

- Materials Used - All found at Canadian Tire / Home Depot


- Now first things first you gotta remove the wiper arms
I found it easier to pop the hood, i have big hands so couldn't get a hold on them with the hood down, you fruity guys might be able to do it...


- Now with mine i needed a socket wrench to get mine off, but you might be able to use your bare hands...
oh don mind the engine bay, spring just began so will wash soon don worry


- Now seperate the wiper blades from the arms...
if you have trouble here well u need to be taking the bus ad shouldn't be touching a car...


- Depending on the condition of your blades clean em up, if rust is isible grind it down, scrape old paint off and get them ready for primer...


- Set them onto your designated painting surface. I chose the garage floor with cardboard... oooo ahhh KONIGS...


- Ready for Priming- Now Light even coats is the key


- If needed sand after if imperfections are made, cause if they are there in the primer they will be there in the paint - Let Dry - should only take bout 15 min

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- Ready for Paint - Remember light strokes, even flow, and thin layers...


- Let dry, sand in between if needed, 2 coats should be good... let dry in between, depending on where you paint it the drying time will vary...


- Now refer to the first steps and backtrack and re-intall em... hopefully you remember which is which...


- Ta-dahhh... all done


- Nice and Clean...
Before vs After


- Misc Shot of car / my garage while painting...

Notorious

Another good write up.

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why thank you

imported_Team Rukus

good writeup.

but no need for the primer stage.
either way the paint will stick to it.

none the less good writeup.

cibs

really? i did just the paint last year and it barely lasted the summer, i'm going to prime for sure this time around...

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i deceided to prime, why not, i made sure i scuffed the surface so the primer had something good to stick too ...
then the rust paint has good nice primer too stick too...

oh well came out good..

imported_kIeRaN

i clearcoated mine and they are super shiny nice rite up MArco

imported_italstallion

haah thats weird i just did mine today but i didnt prime.just went straight to black coat.when u reinstalled yours did u have any trouble calibrating them back to normal because mine make a loud clunk sound at the very top of the motion whenever i turn them on.and i can see where they bolt onto and it looks like its moving???

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i didn't clear coat them, realy no need to, if want shiney buy glossy paint...

but i didn't want my wiper arms to be well a focal point so by making them matte they are more subtle...

i did have a mix up on the wiper arms, they are so similar but once i tested them i realized right away.. no problems with them at all, just like new

imported_BoOsTd

i do it like once a year, the paint always comes off again

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i think as long as you do decent prep and use the right materials it should last a longer time, more than a year...

imported_loudsubz

i did mine with paint as well, no primer, heck I didn't even clean the surface lol and they lasted with no problems

i just used some tremclad rust paint

scarlemthug

nice wall of pasmag's

Gallagher

lower ur 4x4 :P


looks good, i'm going to do mine soon

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be quiet.. lol
i have the springs waiting to get shocks so i can do the drop right...
but my first set of wheels i had to put em on...
wheel gap aint that bad lol...

imported_slowandfurious

hey nice to see people taking the time to do a nice write up. I'll do the same when the wether gets a little warmer. Nice rims have the same kind.

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thnx... i try... usually when i do something that i think others can benefit from i'll do a diy... and hell tonn of people need to do this one... nothing liek having a pip civic, with nast wipers...

imported_alwaysoverkill

just did this myself last week, decided against glossy finish though. i went with gun metal grey so it'd match my CTR style headlights and brake calipers/drums.

i never understood how people can detail the hell out of their car, but neglect something so easy. very nice write up

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very true...
depending on your trim colours you could go with n e thing you wanted...
i chose matte black cause its less notisable...
n e thing glossy to me would be tacky.. lol