Alloy Bull Bars

Alloy Bars to look good mean lots of polish and hard work.

The best aluminum polish i have used is Purple Polish buy 'California Custom'. Im not sure where you can get it locally, i picked it up from my local 'Truck Bits' shop.

When i picked up my bull bar it was second hand and if i was to guess, somewhere around 25-30years old! It was heavily oxidized? Lets just say it looked OLD, very old.

I first went over the whole bar with an Aluminum De-oxidizer by 'California Custom'. The difference was amasing to say the least.

Then i spent an honest 20odd hours sanding the bar back, starting with 400grit wet and dry, 600,800,1000,1200 and then finally the Purple Polish.

Provided you just want to maintain a nice clean newish look i think the Polish on its own would be more then enough.

Travis.

As already stated they require a bit of elbow grease. I use Autosol, comes in a tube and readly available at Auto stores.
Cheers Dave

I use Mother's Mag and Aluminium polish (available from auto parts shops).
It doesn't take a lot of work and keeps the bar like new.
My bar has a hardened shinny surface and I wouldn’t touch it with an abrasive paste or sand it back as it would destroy the surface. That type of treatment may be suitable for the older type of bars.

Two sides of a coin in regards to alloy bars .....

Most night drivers know to leave the things in a disgusting state .... as the less light reflection the better.

.... and "disgusting" is cheaper than flat black paint or stick on matt vinyl ... lol

hi kent m
i have only ever washed mine with good old truck wash
but i dont go for the polished look it's not worth it imho
i dont have to put up with lights reflecting back off it either

i have only polished my 13 yr old vehicle once
just wash it with truck wash and it still looks good
guess it's a personel choice but hard work and time consuming

you can spent all your spare time polishing a 4x4 or you can spend the same time driving it to a nice location ????
cheers