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As per PackardDon's advice I bought and applied this to my windshield gasket to help soften it up. Even after one treatment it was noticeably better. I'll be applying this on all my car's seals.

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Glad to know it helped! I really made a major difference on our VW EOS between the top leaking and not leaking in the rain.

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I gave it a heavy application, let it sit over night, gave it another application today and warmed it a bit with my heat gun and that helped some more. By the time I'm done the glass shop will think I bought a new gasket!

One thing that I have learned working on my car is that nearly every project is a rabbit hole!

I'm "only" replacing the windshield, but that means cleaning/paining a bit for rust on the flange, treating the gasket, cleaning the defrost vents, sanding and polishing the stainless steel (not done yet), cleaning/painting the inside of the inside molding, waxing and polishing everything, etc. etc. But I love it!

If I paid someone else to do this my "windshield replacement" would cost a few grand!

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Is there something I could/should do to lubricate my wiper pivots while I have good access to them?

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Ross's comment a while back

Probably 3 in 1 oil would be the way to go.

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Thank you, that's just what I was looking for!