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Old 04-23-2013, 08:00 PM
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The trim around my windshield, T Tops and back glass are faded terribly. I've all ready taped off the windshield trim and painted it with trim paint but I'm wondering if I can just buy this stuff new instead of masking it off and painting it. Also if I can't buy it new what is the best way of restoring it, painting it like I have? Back to black did nothing for it.
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Wurth satin trim paint, we use it for insurance job trim everyday. Dries fast and lasts great in the Florida sun.
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I used some parts store duplicolor exterior trim paint from Napa, worked out really well. Mine were faded pretty bad and had old wax caked on them.




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Looks great had same problem but wanted glossy to match rest of car also smoothed out (grain) and filled extra holes on pass. side to make even with drivers.pod is for nitrous/fuel gauges!!! have to put up some installed pics!!!
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Also trimmed back and installed a alum. drip rail for heat extraction (leaves lil gap) and took out screens and sprayed alum.
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Do those come off pretty easy? About how long do they take to dry?
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I was rebuilding all the wiper stuff at the same time, so I had the arms off. I found the GM wiper arm puller off ebay pretty cheap along with some other special tools that pertained to the wiper motor assembly. But once the arms were off, just held in by several plastic clips. Doesn't take long to dry. If I can do it, any one can. As you can see in the pic, it's really easy to break the wiper washer lines if they're old and brittle.

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Ok thanks BizZzatch350 I just wanted to make sure I don't break something that is next to impossible to get fixed. I have a car that needs a lot of TLC to get it looking good again.



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