Lexus IS250 wiper arm.

[KenMavor]

Are ALL Lexus parts expensive?

Looking for a passenger wiper arm for my IS 250 as the existing one has some flaking and white rust (or similar) on it.

Gone to a couple of spares suppliers and getting quoted £35 and £42.  What!!!

Any where else to look or go to?  Probably take it off sand it down and repaint.

Thanks

[is200 Newbie]

Best to take it off / sand and repaint like you have said as if replacing it then you would have to take it off anyway

I know what you mean about the quality of the arms as mine have bubbled and I have often thought about repainting them. May well do so when I change the wiper blades.

 

[juicestop]

Chances are a wiper blade from scrap yard will corrode soon enough. Best bet is to take them off and sand/prime/repaint. Then you know they're going to last many years, if not the lifetime of the car.

[Linas.P]

Arms are made from aluminum and covered in not great primer (that is the white "rust" you have described). Best thing to do is as described by @is200 Newbie - sand and paint them with spray paint, ideally primer+paint+lacquer. £42 seems cheap for me considering other car prices, it is probably not OE part, but made under license somewhere.