Powdercoated my wiper arms, before and after pics.

[TegSox]

I finally found a powdercoating place in Concord called TB Applied Finishes and had them do my wiper arms. Got them back today, they look pretty good.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Only cost me $25 for all 3. I did them in semi-gloss black. They told me if I can wait until they have a bunch of items to powdercoat the same color I wanted my arms to be, that I could save some money on them, so I did. My car's not going anywhere trapped in the backyard behind a 10 foot high snowbank anyway. So they had them for 3 weeks, and I saved myself $15.

www.tbappliedfinishes.com

 

[blueDAteg]

looks like my wiper arms after i spray painted them for 5 bucks. but :thumbs up for doing it the right way.

 

[JimmyRos.]

that is fresh lookin'. nice work. do it right or do it twice. you proved it.

 

[TegSox]

looks like my wiper arms after i spray painted them for 5 bucks.

....and your wiper arms will look like my before pics a year from now. I went that route over and over again too, spray paint doesn't last. I had even sandblasted my arms right down to bare metal, covered them with multiple coats of Krylon black and then multiple coat of clearcoat, and they still eventually turned to crap. This is a true powdercoat finish, it's a hell of alot more durable than any spraypaint.

 

[kcombs]

that looks really good.

 

[Ericb]

looks good, i need to find a place to do some parts for me.

 

[dc2GS-R]

Nice.

My wiper arms got to the point where they were all silver. It would blind the hell out of me early in the morning on the way to school. Not a good way to wake up and start your day. lol

 

[Kuchtaboy]

nice!!

I might have to look into doing that... Good call! We have a sand-blaster at school we can use, but I dunno about powder coating.

 

[g3teg97]

Nice. I spray painted mine and a little while later they started to peal.

 

[DA_Integra]

Looks good I need to do that to mine, I'm getting tired of spray painting them.

 

[red98teg]

where did you find a place to powder coat somehtin for that cheap???? i always thought it was REALLY expensive.

 

[JDMxDB8]

Damn that looks good! I wanna powdercoat mine now.

Sorry, I forgot your name...

 

[TegSox]

where did you find a place to powder coat somehtin for that cheap???? i always thought it was REALLY expensive.

www.tbappliedfinishes.com

Like I said, it normally would have been $40, but I let them hold them until they had many items that were getting coated the same color, so I got them done for $25. The dude there named Ed Drelick is really cool.

 

[GSratedR]

thats not bad at all for <40. do it once do it right ftw.

 

[g3teg97]

thats not bad at all for <40. do it once do it right ftw.

I'd have to agree. Sure you spend a little more cash than just to get the spray paint, but with the power coating, they'll last a lot longer.