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Submitted: Friday, Nov 02, 2007 at 07:57

Happy GU Owner

I am in the process of setting up a new vehicle, and have always used Black Powder Coated Steel Bullbars, and I am wondering if it wothwhile going colour coded to suit the vehicle. ARB first Black Powdercoat, rub back, then apply paint colour of choice over the top.

For those of you that have colour coded bars, does the colour coat last OK, or does it just chip off in no time at all?

Would you go colour coded again?

Thanks

Mic
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AnswerID: 269668   Submitted: Friday, Nov 02, 2007 at 08:07

Geoff M (QLD) replied:

Hey Mic,
Have had an ARB colour coded winch bar on for over 100,000k's and so far just one chip, which I used my Toyota coded touch up paint to repair.

Would definitely go this route again.

Geoff

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AnswerID: 269674   Submitted: Friday, Nov 02, 2007 at 08:30

Member -Signman replied:

I think if you used a 2-pack polyurethane refinish- should be good. The black 'powder coat' as used by ARB does tend to go powdery after a few years..
If you intend to paint over the powder coat, it will need thorough surface preparation, as a lot of paint just don't take to powder coat.
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AnswerID: 269683   Submitted: Friday, Nov 02, 2007 at 09:51

Laura aka diver 1 replied:

We are thinking the same sort of thing with our bullbar we got to put on the navara.....either going black but hammertone looks good too....so does powder coated.....we thought about colour coding it but this way Nathan can do it himself....

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AnswerID: 269717   Submitted: Friday, Nov 02, 2007 at 13:28

Member - Hugh (WA) replied:

Hi Mic,

I have an ARB colour coded Sahara bar. No issues after ~ 85,000km. A couple of stone chips. Used touch paint on one - the other minor ones I haven't bothered with. Still looks good.

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FollowupID: 532695   Submitted: Friday, Nov 02, 2007 at 21:59

Member - Olcoolone (S.A) posted:

If you buy a ARB color coded bar, ARB finishers the bar better then their non color codedones so it pays to get ARB to do it.

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