So my car looks close to perfect, except...after a nice New Year's weekend at the slopes in icy conditions, I get back home and notice this .

And it's REALLY bugging me. Is there any way to make it look near perfect without replacing the entire arm?

 

why dont you grab, some sockets and take the arm off (2 minutes) then paint it (20) minutes


22 minutes and 5 dollars later.. perfect again

 

did u just bomb can it? or actually get a color match spray?

 

just get primer, and black.. then paint both of them

 

Same shit happent to my car. It was like that when i got it.

Would regular spray paint work?

 

mine used to look like that. I just used a can of black Krylon spray paint. they look great now.

 

Mine are faded too, not that bad but still faded. Got the paint just haven't taken em off cuz winter sux.

 

A coat of primer and gloss paint should make it look like new again. I hate how the sun reflects on the metal; it hurts my eyes.

 

shiney is right, it's realllll easy to do, and only takes about 20 mins, my car looks so much better with that little improvement. but dont spray the wind deflector, it'll chip off quickly, and it's plastic anyways

 

thanks for the info. So...should I remove the paint on the entire arm, then prime & spray (?) or just prime & paint the small affected section? Did you get the paint from Acura or just aftermarket stuff?

 

Remove the whole arm, it should lift up and then out after you unbolt it

 

I mean in terms of painting it. Should I paint the ENTIRE arm or just the affected section. Also, wonder if I should strip the paint from the whole arm and paint the entire thing. Decisions, decisions. Anyway, this will have to wait until April. We could always have a rough Jan & Feb weather-wise yet.

 

I'd take all the paint off prime it and paint it, don't just paint that section or it'll keep peeling and look lik

 

just paint the whole thing...it will be easier

 

the previous owner did that to my car, and the paint he put on is chipping now as well.

 

yeap, same thing is happening to my car....wish I had it to fix it!

 

You should do it with Flat blk and use the kind that you paint the BBQ grill with it sticks better and longer than regular paint. Of course use primer and sandpaper

 

I did this on my last car (Eclipse) that had the same problem but i didn't prime it. It looked ok but after about a year the paint looked very different from the rest of the arm (i didnt do the whole thing). My question is if I prime the whole thing and spray it will it be good to go for at least a number of years, or do I need to sand everything off to get good adhesion? ALSO I see 3 types of paint listed: BBQ grill paint, flat black, and glossy black can someone with knowledge of the longevity of these different paints chirp in?

PS what is that grill paint called?

 

paint the whole arm. get the flat black industrial strength spray paint, it works great. just let it dry completely before you try to put the wipers on the arms.

 

use high temp just in case...or black paint with UV protection.

 

painted wiper arms plenty of times.....take off the arm, get it nice and smoooooth with sand paper, primer and paint with flat black or regular black for glossier look.....give it plenty of time to dry.

 

i didn't even sand or anything...when i did my black housings i got bored waiting for the paint to dry so i took them off and painted them with the primer..looks mint

 

just take them off, dont forget plenty of rainx.
i have my hood shaved so it makes it look cleaner, i think.

 

nice..

always thought of that but way too lazy for that shit