Windsheild wiper arms

chubsmagee44 · Sep 11th, 2004, 02:57 PM

my windshield wiper arms have lost all their paint and i want to take them off...is it as simple as popping off the cap, unscrewing the nut....and then prying it off somehow??

RivStar · Sep 11th, 2004, 03:36 PM

yep it's as easy as that... they'll be just a bit hard to put back on because of the spring that keeps the wiper down... but anybody can do it... ^_^

one more thing... please don't do that single wiper thing... it looks tacky in my opinion... i've only seen one VERSION of this mod where it looked good...

chubsmagee44 · Sep 11th, 2004, 08:19 PM

dont worry....i think that woujld be very not cool....im just rep[ainting them.....

Shawn · Sep 11th, 2004, 09:00 PM

Almost every b14 I've seen has silver showing through on the wiper arms.

RivStar · Sep 12th, 2004, 12:01 AM

yeah mine does that too... i should prolly repaint mine as well... i guess it's time to whip out tha ol' fashioned finger paints...

Honest Bob · Sep 12th, 2004, 12:13 PM

Yeah mine need repainting too. I was thinking of flat black.

RivStar · Sep 12th, 2004, 03:32 PM

i've seen flat white wiper arms on a black b14 once... draws just enough attention to it but not enough to make it look ricey... thinkin i might do that...

apachewoolf · Sep 12th, 2004, 10:48 PM

I painted mine while it was still on the vehicle for the simple fact that the paint faded only on the top so I just turned the ignition off while the wiper arm was in the up position and put newspaper behind them and taped it all off.
Then it was a case of simply sanding down the make it rough, cleaning it off and then putting a few coats of black paint and then a couple coats of clear coat in hopes that it won't fade again

Radioaktiv · Sep 13th, 2004, 07:46 AM

^ghetto

just take em off and paint em
it takes like 2 mins to get em off

pete? · Sep 13th, 2004, 08:42 AM

pop the cap off and the nut then spray some wd40 on there let it soak in for a little and use a pry bar (small) but put a rag under it and they will pop off with some persuation and paint them but dont use a compltly flat color cuz then then u wax ur car if any gets on it it will either chalk up and there will be whight spots on the arms or it will shine it up alittle and the rest wont use satin (i use that on every thing) or at least a semi flat and use krylon its the best paint drys crazy fast

RivStar · Sep 13th, 2004, 12:09 PM

you know what i would like to see though... a single wiper conversion that uses a mercedes benz wiper... the reason being that mercedes' wipers actually extend a few more inches as they rotate to wipe... now that would be the shit... it'll seem rice to the people who don't know about the mod but i think it'd be cool...

Radioaktiv · Sep 13th, 2004, 12:13 PM

^ i know what you mean

a single arm would be cool
one that doesnt stick up on the windshield

chubsmagee44 · Sep 13th, 2004, 07:52 PM

It was easy with a gear puller...well the one in the middle....and then 3in1 oil on the driver side ones and it came right off....

my car is black...and i left the arms black...white looks tacky.....and gloss black looks better then white...plus where the nissan on the side is...that i painted white....not noticable...but it looks neat if ur up close

wickedsr20 · Sep 13th, 2004, 08:13 PM

Mine are powdercoated black.

Works real well and looks real slick. A "finishing touch" mod.

RivStar · Sep 13th, 2004, 11:39 PM

who did your powdercoating and how much did you pay for it?

i'd imagine it costs a good chunk of change compared to spraying it yourself...