vw wiper arms. are they steel or aluminium?

Out of curiosity, what are the vw wiper arms made of?

Debating whether to put a coat of paint on it. 🙂
usually i don't ahve any prob workin it out but there was a slight rust stain, maybe dribbled from the wiper blade holder or something on it.. i dunno, or the arm itself rusting.

Thanks 🙂
Chris.

steel and some of the early ones are staino

Depends which model when talking fatchick beetle.

The SWF ones used to 71 are steel, the Trico ones from 72 on stainless steel.

Synchronicity, I've just finished another little wiper upgrade project that's the only reason I know this 😂

I've painted both the steel and stainless ones before with no dramas, always looks alot better than raw weathered finish.

I have mostly seen stainless SWF wipers. Have seen one metal with silver paint from a N model type 3 but thats it as far as actual metal ones I have seen.

bajachris88 wrote:Out of curiosity, what are the vw wiper arms made of?

Debating whether to put a coat of paint on it. 🙂
usually i don't ahve any prob workin it out but there was a slight rust stain, maybe dribbled from the wiper blade holder or something on it.. i dunno, or the arm itself rusting.

Thanks 🙂
Chris.

ALL early ones were stainless steel which was the industry standard...
some later ones look like they may be steel as they were painted....
I have mine painted matt black...

I don't think any were aluminium...

cheers

LEE


68 WERE a one year only in Australia...
small round shaft ... arm has a grub screw in it... Lee

68AutoBug wrote:68 WERE a one year only in Australia...
small round shaft ... arm has a grub screw in it... Lee

All 1500 bugs were like that Lee, till late 70.
The bolt on splined shafts didnt start till about oct/nov 70

Just alot have been swapped for the later spline style
The grubscrew wipers are a hopeless design, they slip and round out, I swapped my 70 bug for the later type.