Fixed up headlight wipers

[R129mine]

My headlight wipers looked a bit dull. Removed them for a quick respray and noticed quite a bit of surface rust underneath. Ended up completely stripping them down to bare metal and building up with primer/base coat/clear coat and cleaned up all the plastic bits.

From a few meters distance you won’t see the difference but up close looks better. Also replaced the fastening nuts as they gone rusty

(new ones came in a bag of 50 and have 48 spare if anyone needs them thanks to RS components)

I know quite a few people remove the headlight wipers to make the car look sleeker but I like them.

before
After

 

[Mattns]

Nice job

 

[Petrol Pete]

I think they are neat, not sure how efficient they are but I do remember seeing them for the first time as a younger man and thinking WoW ! thats brilliant !

Were the early ones brushes ? Or was that (yet again) something I dreamt or made up ?? Rolls Royce ? ?

 

[R129mine]

RR had the brushes

HEADLAMP WIPER (UD25595) - Wiper Arms & Blades - Service Items - 1965-1980 | Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow I, II & Bentley T1, T2

This is the headlamp wiper arm and brush for the later Silver shadow II and T2 models.

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