I painted mine about 2 years ago.. I just taped the wipers off and painted them on the vehicle.

When you tape off.. you use masking tape and news paper and cover the car within about 3 feet of the blade.. on all sides.. and do not use the mil-spec rule.. the bigger the glob the better the job

good luck
p.s. I couldn't get my arms off the vx either so figured this wasn't an impossible way to go