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Old Nov 20, 2004 | 01:49 PM
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Is anyone elses wiper arm coating chipping off? I'm thinking about pulling them off, stripping them down and repainting them.
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Old Nov 20, 2004 | 01:57 PM
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Mine are chipping also, looks like poo. I've often thought about doing the same thing, just haven't gotten around to it.
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Old Nov 20, 2004 | 02:47 PM
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i've done this on several other vehicles, pretty easy just sand down the chipped parts and hang them up and paint away. luckily my trucks wipers hasn't done this YET!
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Old Nov 20, 2004 | 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by OBXMarine
Is anyone elses wiper arm coating chipping off? I'm thinking about pulling them off, stripping them down and repainting them.
take this oppurtunity to paint them hot pink
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Old Nov 20, 2004 | 03:41 PM
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mine chipped too. i just ended up replacing them
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Old Nov 20, 2004 | 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by moregrip
take this oppurtunity to paint them hot pink
It ain't 1991 anymore
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Old Nov 20, 2004 | 10:34 PM
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replacing them?... I just bought a 3 dollar can of semi-gloss black Dupli color spray paint... took them off and put one coat on them... Good as New.
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Old Nov 20, 2004 | 10:57 PM
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OK, dumb question to some, but how do you get them suckers off? I can get the bolt out, but they are still stuck on the shaft...any tricks to getting them off?
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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 12:29 AM
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Originally Posted by chris99gmc
replacing them?... I just bought a 3 dollar can of semi-gloss black Dupli color spray paint... took them off and put one coat on them... Good as New.
Looks like I will doing this to both fo my Sierras.
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Old Nov 21, 2004 | 09:29 AM
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I've repainted wipers arms before, I used a high strength black exopy primer from ppg. It's pretty chip resistant and it has been holding up to the UV rather well. The only downfall is the price of the paint, A bit over $3.00.

Jeff
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