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Old Oct 24, 2004 | 08:24 PM
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Painted my wiper arm over the weekend

While i was painting my aisin hubs i got in the mood to paint some other stuff on the rig. One thing i noticed was the wiper arms. They where rusty and faded looking. So i painted them yesterday here is a few pics of them.
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Old Oct 24, 2004 | 08:25 PM
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here is another pic
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Old Oct 24, 2004 | 08:38 PM
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so where are the pics of them all painted up?
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Old Oct 24, 2004 | 08:45 PM
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Yep, looks kewl, man...

When I de-chromed the side mirrors, I also did the wiper arms. I didn't take any pics since I thought for sure my neighbors would have thought I lost my mind completely. Like yours, mine were faded and had a small rusty spot or two, but after the black primer and paint? Man, it's looks SOOO much better.

I'll post pics of my de-chroming efforts this coming week though.

It's the little things that make all the difference, isn't it?

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Old Oct 24, 2004 | 09:55 PM
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oh ok... i see you did post pics of it painted....... the flash is just too much for my eyes and they almost look the same.... took me a second and third look to figure it out... looks goood..... im probably going to paint mine red like my truck....
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Old Oct 24, 2004 | 10:15 PM
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What kind of primer did you use? What should I look for if I wanted to paint my stock steel wheels, wipers, and the wheel hubs? I took the chrome caps off, and I want to get rid of the rust and just paint them black.

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Old Oct 24, 2004 | 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Erich_870
What kind of primer did you use? What should I look for if I wanted to paint my stock steel wheels, wipers, and the wheel hubs? I took the chrome caps off, and I want to get rid of the rust and just paint them black.

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I used Duplicote to paint my lisence plate suround 2 years ago and it still looks flawless so I am sold on that stuff personally.
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Old Oct 24, 2004 | 10:50 PM
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I used Duplicote to paint my lisence plate suround 2 years ago and it still looks flawless so I am sold on that stuff personally.
Nice, I'll have to check it out. Hey, you've got a PM too Miles.

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Old Oct 25, 2004 | 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Erich_870
What kind of primer did you use? What should I look for if I wanted to paint my stock steel wheels, wipers, and the wheel hubs? I took the chrome caps off, and I want to get rid of the rust and just paint them black.

Erich
I used Plasti-Kote black sandable primer and Plasti-Kote black wheel paint. I sand blasted the wiper arms - cleaded them with soap and water- then primed with 3 thin coats- then painted with 3 coats and baked them in a my homemade oven @176° for 2hrs

One thing i should do is clear coat them but i guess i will do that next time
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Old Oct 25, 2004 | 11:34 AM
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I did mine a couple of years back. I used rattlecan bedliner. It's holding up well...
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