Pep boys or advanced sell them. They are by the small packets of screws/bolts.

 

Hello Everybody,
Question,will the wiper arms still function OK if the keys are lost? My cowl is to far gone so I'll do a replacement. I've taken the arms off on other vehicles but my 05 Lariat is the
first Ford I've owned.

 

Yes, they will I removed the keys on my 05 to change the wiper position.

 

Thank You, I was concerned about it.

 

I had to replace the wiper hoseline T or Y-set becaused it had cracked so I looked here to see how to take off the cowl. Thanks it help tremendously in taking off and I thought while I had it off might as well clean it up and paint it. Looks great! The only thing I hate is not being able to replace the rubber on the end of each side that was so brittle that it fell apart in my hand.

 

do you know where i can order the little rubber pieces on the side of the cowl? mine are all dried out and cracking.

 

Here are the results of me painting the wiper cowl I decided just to paint it silver and use Hammerite just to do something different.
Cleaned it really well using Simple green and a 3M scratch pad then used alcohol.

Before



During



After




I did manage to put a scratch in each side when I installed it where the hood meets the black rubber which i gave 303 and then mothers back to black.

Once again thanks for the write up made everything easy as cake.

P

 

Has anyone tried using the plastidip on the cowl and bed rails? As for the cowl ends I just ordered new ones from cowlends.com. I haven't gotten home to see how they work (I'm a truck driver that stays out 6 to 8 weeks) but I saw a lot about them on another part of this forum. I'm also looking for any info on removing all the extra chrome like the "B" pillars and the door handles. I can live with it if I have to but I'd rather not, it's a bit much.

 

I did that just today. I chose Plasti-Dip after hearing about someone else using it, and I'm glad I made that choice over paint. I suspect it will hold up to flaking much better than paint. As for the results, well, they look like new and more natural than the high gloss I've seen in photos in this thread. If you want something that looks new but doesn't draw attention to itself, this is the way to go. I came up just short of completing the job with one $6 can (cowls, 2 bed caps and the tailgate cap. My plastic was in pretty bad shape after 9 years, so others might be able to make it. But, I've got extra for the fender guards or possibly the door handles/guards if need be.

Also, for those interested in doing the bed rails, don't just yank up on them and possibly break some of the tabs. If you take a moment and look underneath, you'll see where the tabs are. If you pinch them together, you can lift the rail starting at one end and work your way down. The tabs are basically plastic spreader bolts.

Now, for the pictures:

Picture of bed rail in bad shape. It looks like a dirty footprint, but that's actual fading.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14638031@N08/8621100662/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8397/8621100662_731b738749_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="Bed rails before rejuvenation"></a>

Here's a close-up of how bad things were
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14638031@N08/8620000865/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8266/8620000865_3b26298937_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="Close-up"></a>

Another part
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14638031@N08/8621099426/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8239/8621099426_c3f9f63730_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="Another close-up"></a>

OK, now that you've seen the worst, here's the result, installed. Any imperfections you see here are just my dirty fingerprints from the re-install.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14638031@N08/8620001257/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8242/8620001257_cb3bdef293_b.jpg" width="683" height="1024" alt="Untitled"></a>

Here's the cowl before the wipers were installed (I couldn't resist hitting them with some black paint to freshen them up as well)
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14638031@N08/8621101508/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8241/8621101508_7f0ab3790f_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="Another view of the cowl"></a>

 

Would this work for the door handles as well? Both my cowl and handles have faded pretty bad like timhoods.

 

So now it's a year later. How did the Plasti-Dip hold up in the Utah climate? I'm debating whether to go the paint of Plasti route.

Thanks.

 

I was just thinking of this thread the other day...

Can anyone confirm if these are the clips that hold down the cowl



ClipsAndFasteners.com

I'm missing one and I want to tackle this project this summer. Thought about ordering these. Although they come in packs of 25.

 

Looks like them to me. Go over to cowlends.com. They sell them there, you can compare the two.

 

Another here curious how well the plasti-dip is holding up.