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Old 12-23-2018, 05:06 PM
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Default Powder coat roof rails !

I would like to know if there is anyone who knows how to remove the roof rails because I would like them to powder coat gloss black thank you for your help.

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There is a lot of work!!!

Each item within the red rectangle has many more steps for each one, which I didn't post.




























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Have you thought about just plasti dipping them gloss black instead?
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Or have them wrapped. That’s what most people do.
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Ok I will forget the powder coat because it has too much work (thank you to Bob Petruska for the information) I will rather wrapped them because it will be I think more solid than the prasti dip thank you all for worth ideas
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Originally Posted by Warhead
Have you thought about just plasti dipping them gloss black instead?
I've thought about it but not doing it myself and places that do it are still few and far between at least here in SoCal.
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