HELP! Has anyone sprayed the sports aluminium bar black on d22?

Aron1991 · Sep 25, 2011

I'm very keen to spray my rear aluminium sports bar black.. never sprayed aluminium before anyone have any tips?

Leprechaun · Sep 25, 2011

Cheaper to get it powder coated and probably more durable.

sparra04 · Sep 25, 2011

aluminium can be painted but to get a good lasting result it needs to be done right
powder coating might last longer and may be about the same price

Aron1991 · Sep 25, 2011

ah i see, looks like powder coating will be the way to go, at the moment my navara has the whole black theme going, white nav, black bar, black checker plate steps, just need to finish the rear off!

loco12 · Sep 25, 2011

I had my sports bar and factory rear bar powder coated, cost $40-50 each from memory and has lasted well. Dulux do a black with a metallic fleck in it that matches the factory bul bar perfectly.

Aron1991 · Sep 25, 2011

awsome thanks loco, i just had a thought how can they powder coat my rear aluminum bar if it has black plastic on the left and right hand side, dont they bake it? i dont know alot about powder coating

calcal · Sep 25, 2011

my mrs old man owns a powder coating business. what he said was the bars have to be sanded back with fine sand paper to take the finish off before its powder coated. alot of places wont sand them back for you so it might pay to sand them back yourself so you will get the best finish

Jez_D22 · May 3, 2014

Aron1991 said:
awsome thanks loco, i just had a thought how can they powder coat my rear aluminum bar if it has black plastic on the left and right hand side, dont they bake it? i dont know alot about powder coating

I would like to know this also. How do u get the plastic bits off??

fourocker · May 3, 2014

The plastic bits against the tub lip are just caps that fall off when you unbolt the bar from the tub, at least on mine they did.

RustyNav09 · May 3, 2014

Loco.

Do you remember what the black is called? Is it powdercoat or is it in a rattle can?

Thabks

Stellafella · May 3, 2014

Plasti dip it

loco12 · May 3, 2014

Rusty it was a dulux powder coat, was called "precious onyx pearl" or was "onyx pearl" in the precious colour range but definitely dulux and was pretty much a perfect match.

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