Refurbishing Wiper Arms

[A2Z]

My wiper arms look a bit tired and I have a bit of corrosion on the drivers side around the wind defector so I want to bring them up a bit.

I was thinking I needed to sand the corroded area, degrease and then spray with something like Hammerite http://www.hammerite.com/uk/products/ps_dtr_metal_... then just grease the joints and mechanism and then refit. Have I missed anything?

[DennisTheMenace]

Strip them back , clean up the metal to derease it , spray with a zinc primer then a couple of coats of satin black , thats how i did mine , still looking good a year on.

[e11nos]

That worked for me just a couple of months back - looks about 1000 times better.

[phil200]

Thats how I did mine too, still looking good 6 months on

I wouldnt use spray hammerite though, it just seems to clog up on me, useless!

[MX-5 Lazza]

phil200 said:

I wouldnt use spray hammerite though, it just seems to clog up on me, useless!

That's where you're going wrong then - you should be spraying the wiper arm, not yourself

[Odie]

I was just gonna say buy some new ones, but ive just seen the price and nearly fell outta my chair...

70+ quid...

[MX-5 Lazza]

Odie said:

I was just gonna say buy some new ones, but ive just seen the price and nearly fell outta my chair...

70+ quid...

About £30 each from MX5parts. Still more than I would have expected though...