Got me a roll bar!

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02-13-2009, 11:16 PM
Mr626

Got me a roll bar!

A couple of weeks ago I bought an autopower roll bar from popopo and here it is. I wasnt sure of what I was gonna do. Either paint or powder coat it, I got to sanding it down to remove the coats that it had and in the long run ended up polishing it. I'm very happy with the results so far. It did take a considerable amount of time but it beats $900 for a polished one.

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...r/CIMG1544.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...r/CIMG1547.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...r/CIMG1556.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...r/CIMG1572.jpg

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...8/CIMG1579.jpg

Its still not complete, I have to put a coat of clear to protected it from the humidity causing superficial rust but so far so good.
02-13-2009, 11:37 PM
Nails

Looks good.
02-14-2009, 12:00 AM
trickyrix

Looks damn good!
02-14-2009, 09:03 AM
cone-cerned

Nice.
02-14-2009, 09:30 AM
bnordin

Look'en good!
02-14-2009, 10:32 AM
gabkwong

That is a lot of elbow grease! Nice!
02-14-2009, 10:53 AM
sammm

Very nice. :clap:
02-14-2009, 11:59 AM
black roadster

Blingtastic! I'd be interested to see how the finish holds up. I have polished stainless steel and it's no issue.
02-14-2009, 03:47 PM
aalvarez04

Looks great!
02-14-2009, 04:06 PM
Mr626

Thanks, well for some reason I do have some really light rust on it since its just bare metal. The welds did rust really quick when I sanded them and since I couldn't get all the paint off I ended up giving just the welds a coat of chrome paint to blend in.
02-14-2009, 07:10 PM
Zoomerdude

Good work!:clap:
02-14-2009, 09:17 PM
Miatamoto

Polished looks great! I think the work paid off.
02-15-2009, 06:21 AM
HudsonHawk

That is very nice. I have never been good at polishing.
02-15-2009, 02:20 PM
Magma

That is a lot of work to a great goal!
02-16-2009, 12:55 PM
Darron65

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr626

Thanks, well for some reason I do have some really light rust on it since its just bare metal. The welds did rust really quick when I sanded them and since I couldn't get all the paint off I ended up giving just the welds a coat of chrome paint to blend in.

Well duh, of course it rusted. I mean it looks really nice in the pictures but geez that's a lot of work just to let it rust in a few hours because you didn't put any clear on there.
02-16-2009, 03:43 PM
Mr626

I didn't clear because I'm not quite done, I still wanna polish it some more I'm just short on funds and time since I cant work on it at home.
02-16-2009, 04:01 PM
jrj512

You should paint it black. ;)