How do ya get the dew wipes offa your car?

[Busted07]

I was looking at my car last night, and noticed that somehow i have rust under my dew wipes on the drivers side. I see that its riveted in, but didnt know if i have to drill those out or if its just screwed in some other way. I want to get it off and get new ones on there before it gets anything else to rusting..


thanks in advance!

 

[bottlfed92]

Open your door...Unscrew the fastener at the end of the black top rail....slide that towards you....drill out the rivets on the existing dew wipe....VOILA!

 

[Busted07]

Open your door...Unscrew the fastener at the end of the black top rail....slide that towards you....drill out the rivets on the existing dew wipe....VOILA!

Cool... i didnt think it would be difficult, but wanted to know before i screw anything up lol. I already have that metal rail thingy of there, thats how i saw the damn rust

Im guessing that when i order new ones they will have to be riveted back on there?

 

[85GTlover]

I would think you could use small self tapping screws instead of the rivets, I don't know how exactly it looks behind there but for door handles etc you can use screws for those types of things instead of rivets so I imagine you could for the dew wipes as well. This is something I need to replace on my car as well, but I have yet to do so. The screws are a little easier especially if you have no rivet gun.

 

[Busted07]

I have a rivet gun, but since i started this thread, it seems difficult to find these things.. 50resto.com only sells the metal piece that goes on the outside of them.. anyone have a place they recommend to get these from?