[stick]

This is just one little thing that always bugs me about Honda's (and a lot of other cars)...the wiper arms were never painted properly at the factory, so the paint starts to chip away over time until it looks like this:

SIMPLE SOLUTION

Since all 4 CRX's in our household all had crappy looking wipers, I decided to sandblast all 12 wipers (3 from each car). I highly recommend sandblasting because it roughens up the surface a bit and cleans off all the remaining junk paint much better than you could do with sandpaper. I then primed them with black primer (so that future small chips won't show), and coated them with a flat black tremclad paint to give them the factory look. Here's the after picture:

 

[grouch]

I hit mine with "BBQ" spray paint a few years back and its held up quite well.
Its a no gloss, rough textured, hi-temp spray paint for refinishing BBQ/Grill exteriors.

But yeah, the stock wiper arms suck a$$.

 

[shorte]

Nice, I did that on my first crx, haven't had the time to do the rest.

 

[iLLA]

Good to see the before and after shots...its sumthin ive always wanted to get done on my car, but always ended up being too lazy to do it. Anyway ever put aftermarket wipers on a rex?

 

[crxter]

That will not last as long as the factory paint job. If you used spray can paint, the paint will chip in a few months. that paint is just not hard enough. The best and longest solution I have found is to use black vinyl used for stickers or signs. That stuff is hard, sticks well and won't chip.

 

[shanghaining]

haha i did that too, i used duplicolor trim and bumper paint to paint the arms. it definally makes a big difference as overall looks of the car

 

[stick]

Well, considering that the factory paint jobs on the wipers started looking like crap in less than 2 - 3 years because they didn't prep the metal properly, I'm saying that this is an improvement. I did the front 2 wipers on my white car before winter and put it through quite a bit of punishment to see if it would hold up, and so far so good. Not a single nick in the paint. I'm using Tremclad paint for a reason...easy to apply and it seems to hold up well to the elements.

 

[downest]

Stick, throw this in the HOW-TO or something. I did this on mine too, my stepdad did it on his CRX back in the day (where I got the idea). It's something we should probably all have to do, and something anyone should be able to do (even Mark!).

 

[stick]

It's pretty straight forward... not sure if it needs to be in the How to section. A sandblaster isn't exactly a common tool that most people have access to either. When the start chipping again (at some point, they will), I'll just sandblast them again and powder coat them.

 

[rex2nr]

I just used high temp paint on the ones on my S-10, 5 months of winter, they were holding up really well. On the CRX I used a dark gunmetal laquer. Its not holding up nearly as well, but still looks decent.

 

[jfrolang]

I did this also, and I used spray can paint. It holds up if you use a bunch of coats, in my case I went with 5 coats of paint and 2 of clear. 18 months including 2 winters and still looking great.

 

[djhankb]

jeff - what's that wing thingie on your wiper arm?

 

[SETI20]

EDM yo. :wink:

 

[Dodo]

The only hard part is getting the wipers off. Actualy, ive never looked hard enough to see if it is hard or not. Any help with this.

 

[jmart]

Is that wiper wing really an EDM piece? I was thinking some time ago about try to get some from a bmw or something and fitting them to my wipers. Anytime I get above about 80 mph my wipers keep trying to lift off and take flight!

 

[SETI20]

Yup. All EDM wipers are like that.
When I was still doing alot of parts and stripping tons of cars I'd throw in leftovers into boxes I was shipping. Wiper arms and side indicators were amongst my favorite surprise goodies.

 

[jfrolang]

Yup. EDM wiper wing. It works too.

I didn't get any sidemarkers from SETI though, I got polished metal window cranks instead

 

[djhankb]

i can vouch for Bas's suprise sidemarkers ;-)
i'm rockin a set right now!