# Painted my wiper arms yellow, check it (huge pics) **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [February 4, 2006, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-wiper-arms-yellow-check-it-huge-pics/92548 "2006-02-04T13:08:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BlitzSix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@BlitzSix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlitzSix)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-wiper-arms-yellow-check-it-huge-pics/92548/1 "2006-02-04T13:08:56Z")
Just kidding lol šŸ™‚ not yellow. Anyways, the paint was coming off on my wiper arms so I decided to see if I can make them look nice. I took them off and bought some flat black paint, primer, and 2000 grit sandpaper. I was planning to start off with 150 grit to get all the paint off and then use 400 grit to polish them up, but after spending 20 minutes and making very little progress with the 150 grit I said ā€œfuck itā€ and got out my dremel with that sandpaper attachment it comes with, itā€™s even coarses than 150 grit (by a lot). This made the job go by pretty quick and I think it turned out nice. After getting all the paint off, I primered the wiper arm for 2-3 coats, and sanded down any overspray with the 2000 grit. Then I put 3 coats of flat black on each (took forever to dry). Here are the pics, comments please. Note that the pic with the flash you can see all the imperfections but from even just half of foot away it looks perfectā€¦so itā€™s good enough for wiper blades IMO. One thing that sucked is I wasted so much paintā€¦ since the blade is long and thin 95% of the spray is wasted ā˜¹ oh wellā€¦ ![http://www.performancescene.net/vadim/wiper/wiper1.jpg](http://www.performancescene.net/vadim/wiper/wiper1.jpg) ![http://www.performancescene.net/vadim/wiper/wiper2.jpg](http://www.performancescene.net/vadim/wiper/wiper2.jpg) ![http://www.performancescene.net/vadim/wiper/wiper3.jpg](http://www.performancescene.net/vadim/wiper/wiper3.jpg) ![http://www.performancescene.net/vadim/wiper/wiper4.jpg](http://www.performancescene.net/vadim/wiper/wiper4.jpg) ![http://www.performancescene.net/vadim/wiper/wiper5.jpg](http://www.performancescene.net/vadim/wiper/wiper5.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sasha\_SG](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sasha_sg/32/5477_2.png) [@Sasha\_SG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sasha_SG)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-wiper-arms-yellow-check-it-huge-pics/92548/2 "2006-02-04T13:31:05Z")
looks real good dude, i was gonna do the exact same a couple days ago but no time. iā€™ll do it soon though for sure chipped paint wipers looks like asss ---
**Author:** ![alesserfate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@alesserfate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/alesserfate)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-wiper-arms-yellow-check-it-huge-pics/92548/3 "2006-02-04T13:33:18Z")
woah i didnt see the yellow than read it scared me there haha ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Beast](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/black_beast/32/5545_2.png) [@Black\_Beast](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Black_Beast)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-wiper-arms-yellow-check-it-huge-pics/92548/4 "2006-02-04T13:58:32Z")
My wiper arms are red, they look good. ---
**Author:** ![cgguy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cgguy/32/5508_2.png) [@cgguy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cgguy)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-wiper-arms-yellow-check-it-huge-pics/92548/5 "2006-02-04T15:34:23Z")
Good thing you used flat black. I remember painting my Nissan Pulsarā€™s wiper arms with regular black spray paint waaay back in the dayā€¦and let me tell you, glossy paint on wiper arms REALY sucks in direct sunlight! šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![jammin1911](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9a28c/32.png) [@jammin1911](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jammin1911)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-wiper-arms-yellow-check-it-huge-pics/92548/6 "2006-02-04T17:27:58Z")
I did the same to mine when I got my carā€¦ didnā€™t spend much time on prep and didnā€™t use primer eitherā€¦ Oh and only 1 THINK coatā€¦ they look _almost_ as goodā€¦ but being wiper blades like you saidā€¦ you never notice unless you actually inspect the quality of the paint job. šŸ™‚ And yours will probably last longer too, mine are still fine but its only been 10 months or so now I guessā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![spd-dmn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spd-dmn/32/5513_2.png) [@spd-dmn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/spd-dmn)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-wiper-arms-yellow-check-it-huge-pics/92548/7 "2006-02-04T17:33:38Z")
yeah but i bet his wiper blade didnt fall off on the highway :twisted: ---
**Author:** ![reconJDM](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/reconjdm/32/5510_2.png) [@reconJDM](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/reconJDM)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2006, 5:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-wiper-arms-yellow-check-it-huge-pics/92548/8 "2006-02-04T17:50:58Z")
looks good vadim. im gonna do my wiper arm as well soon. ---
**Author:** ![Pavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a4c791/32.png) [@Pavel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Pavel)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-wiper-arms-yellow-check-it-huge-pics/92548/9 "2006-02-05T07:06:35Z")
wow, what an achievement. I havenā€™t read a useless post like this one in a very long time. ---
**Author:** ![AnDrEw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AnDrEw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AnDrEw)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 7:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-wiper-arms-yellow-check-it-huge-pics/92548/10 "2006-02-05T07:19:31Z")
> [@Pavel](#): > > wow, what an achievement. > > I havenā€™t read a useless post like this one in a very long time. agreed ---
**Author:** ![alex\_cheetah79](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/alex_cheetah79/32/3196_2.png) [@alex\_cheetah79](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/alex_cheetah79)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-wiper-arms-yellow-check-it-huge-pics/92548/11 "2006-02-05T18:38:04Z")
Those pics are MASSIVE and take forever to load. ---
**Author:** ![Gonad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gonad/32/5481_2.png) [@Gonad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gonad)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-wiper-arms-yellow-check-it-huge-pics/92548/12 "2006-02-05T19:13:18Z")
Did you get any sponsorship deals yet? ---
**Author:** ![BlitzSix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@BlitzSix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlitzSix)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 9:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-wiper-arms-yellow-check-it-huge-pics/92548/13 "2006-02-05T21:33:33Z")
> [@alex\_cheetah79](#): > > Those pics are MASSIVE and take forever to load. Thatā€™s why it says ā€œHUGE PICSā€ genius. ---
**Author:** ![alesserfate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@alesserfate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/alesserfate)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-wiper-arms-yellow-check-it-huge-pics/92548/14 "2006-02-06T00:09:06Z")
bump for a post to read when your bored, i need to paint mine too, im broke so all i been doing is paiting shit on my car cause i cant afford any real mods ahahahahah ---
**Author:** ![GT-101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@GT-101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GT-101)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 12:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-wiper-arms-yellow-check-it-huge-pics/92548/15 "2006-02-06T00:14:13Z")
Good thing you spent some time on it. I repainted the wipers on my beater cuz they were rusting like crazy, but I was lazy so I didnā€™t take the rust off completely, only the surface stuff; and yeah guess what it came back. Looks good. ---
**Author:** ![Jesse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c77e96/32.png) [@Jesse](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jesse)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-wiper-arms-yellow-check-it-huge-pics/92548/16 "2006-02-06T13:05:54Z")
wow not suprised my post was deletedā€¦ did you put performance wiper blades on them yet? ---
**Author:** ![TorontoGT-R33](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/torontogt-r33/32/5500_2.png) [@TorontoGT-R33](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TorontoGT-R33)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/painted-my-wiper-arms-yellow-check-it-huge-pics/92548/17 "2006-02-06T14:12:48Z")
Wow they look great, I say you throw your car on the dyno now and see how much horsepower increase you got!