chrome wipers

As far as I know, somebody painted them. Becks come with black wipers.

> On Jan 23, 2016, at 1:48 PM, SpeedsterOwners.com <**************> wrote:
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Get you old ones media blasted and powder coated silver/chrome.  Will hold up better than any modern day chrome plated ones.

Go to your local auto parts store and get a spray can of dull aluminum paint. Clean the wiper arm very good and get all the wax and oils from it. Light coats it the best way to make them look great.

• Some of us have painted the black wipers and blade bodies that came with our cars, using VHT- Ford Argent silver, wheel paint... 6$ at auto zone. Looks great...  You can search some older post for additional information and ictures of owners who have done this.  Hope this helps.

 

I got mine off eBay. They were already powder coated silver. I think they are both right side 69 or 70 bug. The blades were from Sierra Madre. They were about 5/16" longer than the black blades from VS but still don't touch the top of the windshield fram so they work all right. I'm not sure which model Porsche they fit but they are the shortest ones which fit the hook type arms. I also got the aluminum wiper nuts from Sierra.

I painted mine, I figured I could upgrade them if I didn't like they way they turned out.. 

I'm extremely happy with them and the price was right. 

 

 

When I painted my wipers, I found this list of silver paint for 356 wheels helpful:

https://porsche356registry.org/article/151

I ended up using Duplicolor ceramic engine enamel 1615.   The wiper arms and blades aren't accurate,  but the car is a replica and they look better to me. 

 

On real 356s, like this 1955 speedster, the spindles to which the arms  are attached seem to be situated much closer to the windshield than they are on replicas.  Wipers do come in handy and I don't know if putting the correct wiper arms/blades on a replica might require a lot of bending and twisting to get them to:

1) actually work, and

2) park at the bottom of the windshield. 

I could be wrong, though. 

Lfepardo posted:

• Some of us have painted the black wipers and blade bodies that came with our cars, using VHT- Ford Argent silver, wheel paint... 6$ at auto zone. Looks great...  You can search some older post for additional information and ictures of owners who have done this.  Hope this helps.

 

How did you remove the wiper arms? I can't see any allen screws or anything that holds them in place on the shafts. What's the trick?

There are little caps on the shafts that you can pop off with a screwdriver.  The caps hide the wiper arm nuts.  You'll want to paint the caps along with the arms.

Yeap... I painted the caps to math the wiper arms.  

Ted posted:

There are little caps on the shafts that you can pop off with a screwdriver.  The caps hide the wiper arm nuts.  You'll want to paint the caps along with the arms.

Yep. Little buggers came right off. Clever those Germans.  I got the nuts off too as they were only on hand tight (more VS craftsmanship). Unfortunately the wiper arms are on the shafts pretty firmly. Should they just lift off or do they need to be pried off? I don't want to use force and possibly damage something.

Mine just required some gentle wiggling and coaxing with a cloth-wrapped screwdriver.  

VHT Argent Silver all the way.  

I also used the same paint to overhaul the black plastic horn button that I found to be tacky.  Sanded the textured black plastic smooth, painted with VHT Argent Silver, and then applied a Porsche hubcap emblem using an epoxy adhesive.  Below is the before and after.

These SS wiper arms will fit several makes of cars including some VW if you have a screw down fitting on your armature, they are sold as a Cobra accessory by Finishline. They are what I now use on my Cobra. Great finish, easy to fit, polish up very well.

www.finishlineaccessories.com/p-310-wiper-arm.aspx

A bit pricey at $90 a pair including wiper blades though...

GT MAN;

That's a nice looking wheel!

Art