How do ya get the dew wipes offa your car?

Busted07

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Feb 27, 2007

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• Feb 27, 2007

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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

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Feb 27, 2007

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• Feb 27, 2007

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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

I need my gorilla to be about an inch longer.

Nov 15, 2005

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Feb 27, 2007

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• Feb 27, 2007

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bottlfed92 said:

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!

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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?

 

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85GTlover

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Mar 1, 2007

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• Mar 1, 2007

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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 need my gorilla to be about an inch longer.

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Mar 2, 2007

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• Mar 2, 2007

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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?