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 bajachris88
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| posted on July 11th, 2011 at 10:11 AM |
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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.
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| posted on July 11th, 2011 at 11:28 AM |
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steel and some of the early ones are staino
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Joel
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| posted on July 11th, 2011 at 12:32 PM |
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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.
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| posted on July 11th, 2011 at 02:58 PM |
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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
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71 notchback,
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68AutoBug
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 posted on July 11th, 2011 at 04:59 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by bajachris88
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.
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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
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| posted on July 12th, 2011 at 09:07 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by 68AutoBug
68 WERE a one year only in Australia...
small round shaft ... arm has a grub screw in it... Lee
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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.
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