Windshield Wipers
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Windshield Wipers
hey all, the base of my windsheild wipers, not the actual wiper blades, are turning silver. Should I just take them off and paint them with some black spray paint or is their a better way of doing it to make the paint last, thanks, any help would be appreciated. O, and I de-emablized my car but have a shadowing effect from where the acura and 3.0 were, is there a polish i can use to try to get it off, i want to use wax but some were sayin to use polish first, what kind should i use, thanks!!!
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From: ShitsBurgh
Sup binny, long time no see. You can just take the arms off and paint them, they lift up and off. I'm gonna be doing that soon too. As for the emblems, the shadows go away, just wash it, and wax, you'll be fine.
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From: ShitsBurgh
Originally Posted by Jamz
I took mine off and sprayed a few coats of Rust-Oleum High Performance flat black on (I used the same paint for my calipers)
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Originally Posted by 97BlackAckCL
That stuff work well jamz?
still looked good 3 years after I painted the wipers & calipers (up until I traded it)
cleaned the surface pretty good, then put on about 3 coats
you can find the paint at Lowe's or Home Depot for less than $5 a can
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From: ShitsBurgh
Originally Posted by Jamz
worked really well
still looked good 3 years after I painted the wipers & calipers (up until I traded it)
cleaned the surface pretty good, then put on about 3 coats
you can find the paint at Lowe's or Home Depot for less than $5 a can
still looked good 3 years after I painted the wipers & calipers (up until I traded it)
cleaned the surface pretty good, then put on about 3 coats
you can find the paint at Lowe's or Home Depot for less than $5 a can
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thanks jamz, i'm buyin a can, is it hard to paint the calipers? how did you do it? did you have to take the caliper off?
chris, i bought the Eclipse AVN-7000, shit is hard, check it out!
www.eclipse-web.com/avn7000
I'm getting it installed at Auto Illusions down in pittsburgh behinde the airport on the 17th!!! I'll be posting pics of my car after it is installed, I have to get a new digital camera first...sorry for not being more active but i have been so busy lately at work, I try to get in here as much as I can, I don't know shit about cars so I really can't help anyone...LOL, so I just post in here when I have an issue with my car, I am posting something now about my suspension in another thread, did that group buy ever work out, did you get your hood yet, i'd like to see a pic of the actual hood on a car....
chris, i bought the Eclipse AVN-7000, shit is hard, check it out!
www.eclipse-web.com/avn7000
I'm getting it installed at Auto Illusions down in pittsburgh behinde the airport on the 17th!!! I'll be posting pics of my car after it is installed, I have to get a new digital camera first...sorry for not being more active but i have been so busy lately at work, I try to get in here as much as I can, I don't know shit about cars so I really can't help anyone...LOL, so I just post in here when I have an issue with my car, I am posting something now about my suspension in another thread, did that group buy ever work out, did you get your hood yet, i'd like to see a pic of the actual hood on a car....
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Originally Posted by binny
The base of my windsheild wipers, not the actual wiper blades, are turning silver. Should I just take them off and paint them with some black spray paint?
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Originally Posted by binny
thanks jamz, i'm buyin a can, is it hard to paint the calipers? how did you do it? did you have to take the caliper off?
most of the work was in the prep time:
jack the car up
get the rims off (I did mine 1 caliper at a time)
clean the caliper
mask everything off (I even masked off my quarter panels and doors in case of drifting paint....since my CL was white)
3 coats of paint (which dries pretty quick)........done
cleaning up the wiper arms & calipers is one of the best mods for very little money
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