Wiper Arms and Window Seals
 

Well Spring is here so time to fix some simple things for the summer time, first off the pesky wiper arms!:
Guessing I have to remove them, Sand them down, and spray paint, but wandering what kind of sandpaper and also what kind of black paint to match well?
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Also these annoying ugly chipped chrome window seals I have no idea what to do to makes these look great to all paint and sandpaper info as well would help!

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Wow. Anyone?

painted my wiper arms today. sanded with 500 grit, just scratched it up a bit (no need to take all the paint off) then i bought dupli-color matte black paint. i didnt sand in between coats because of the matte, and painted about 5 coats.

+1 On painting the wiper arms, As for the window seals, curious as well, need to do them my car too. Heard that the clips that hold them on are easily damaged upon removal so thinking of going new.

I wouldn't replace the window seals, I would just tape them off, sand them slightly and spray them with flat black.

If you do go new though, tell me where you find them cheap. Mine are all cracked and chipped. New paint won't fix mine. :(

my window seals are flaking off aswell, i'm in the process of scraping all of the old paint off and i plan to spray with matte black aswell

My seals are starting to crack too. They're not too bad yet, but I'm planning on fixing them soon. Are they painted from the factory? I always thought mine were petrified rubber!


As for wiper arms, I have resprayed them twice before, but they keep wearing out. Next week I plan on doing them again. In the past, I have sanded them with 450- 500 grit, wiped with dupli- color paint prep wipes, and sprayed them with Dupli- color Trim paint. Next time I'm gonna do more than one coat.

i just spot-shot mine with some flat black primer. looks fine for me, didn't even remove them, just put some newspaper down, and any other overspray was buffed off.

How long you think they will last spray painted? I'm thinking I might spray paint mine.

^I did a friend of mines and they lasted about 6 months before it started cracking and chipping

Ooo nice, thanks

It takes all of about 5 minutes to take off the trim to paint it correctly. This shows how to remove the window trim without breaking it. YouTube - ‪Honda Civic Lower Window Trim Removal‬‏ Although, if it's that old that its chipping, you might as well just buy new ones because the felt is probably gone and letting a lot of water down into your door panel.

no clue, but i figure it is easier and cheaper than actually replacing them. if i have to repaint it 2x a year, then such is life, i am alright with that.

Replacing them is actually easier, been there done that but to each his own.

You don't even have to sand them down if you're really lazy, like me.

I just used automative spray paint from a can and re-sprayed my CR-V wiper arms. Five minutes and I was done.