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When preparing my Ranger to go up for sale, I noticed the wiper arms looked really shoddy. Paint faded and chipped and surface rust. The ones on the Beetle had previously been painted but were also looking pretty shabby. I decided to take them all off, clean them up, and paint them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The wiper arms appear to be interchangeable on the Beetle, but they are different. Likely one was just replaced from a different year. The Ranger appears to have identical left and right arms. I kept them all separated and labeled just in case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wiper blades off…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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…and hit them with a scrap of 180 grit sandpaper I had laying around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It smoothed the rough paint edges and left a nice scuff for the new paint to stick to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I wiped them down with acetone to get rid of dust, dirt, and oils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And gave them a coat of Dupli-Color Rust Barrier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And then a couple of coats of Dupli-Color DE1634.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The wipers don’t work very well in the Beetle, like they don’t have enough tension against the window to actually clear anything. I wanted to check the springs, to see if I could cut and stretch them or find beefier replacements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As soon as I gripped it with needle nose pliers, the rusty spring snapped. So, it was time to put the wipers back on the Ranger and go parts shopping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I went first to O’Reilly, figuring they would have that type of thing in the hardware aisle, but they only had bigger sizes, like throttle return springs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s an Ace Hardware next door that usually has better hardware than parts stores and even big places like Lowes and Home Depot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I found a close match here. The spring is a little smaller diameter and a little longer, so I figured I would have to do some surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I didn’t take that picture specifically to post here. They didn’t have any writing implements in the hardware aisle to note the item number or price on the bag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That’s the first time I have purchased something with cash in quite a while. I try not to stick retailers with equal amounts of credit card processing fees and purchase price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They mounted back up without issue and look nice. They kind of disappear into the windshield trim, as it should be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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