Another Front Light Bar

[NVSteve]

that looks awesome!

I'd have to agree. Very nice work.

[HillbillyJake]

very nice work. it looks great

[richardekirby]

that looks awesome! I like the square one with the angled middle bars. What would you charge for an unpainted one?

Thanks. I sent you a PM.

[NYPathfinder]

that looks awesome! I like the square one with the angled middle bars. What would you charge for an unpainted one?

Thanks. I sent you a PM.

send me one also please.

[richardekirby]

The light bar for NVSteve is done. I put the finishing touches on it today and coated it with metal prep. Here's the final result:

[NVSteve]

Looks very nice! I humbly bow to your prowess.

Before I get this in my hands, anyone have any opinions on what would look best?

1. Paint the bar with a similar (doubt it would be exact) color as the rest of my Pathfinder.
2. Bedliner the entire thing and leave as-is.
3. Bedliner, then paint with same color as the Pathfinder.

I'm not sure about bedlining & painting. A number of different sites have people who have done it with both good & bad results. One of the bedliner mfrs. posted that it can't be done, but a number of people have done it and the paint has been holding fine for a few years.

[rlh2005]

I'm not sure about bedlining & painting. A number of different sites have people who have done it with both good & bad results. One of the bedliner mfrs. posted that it can't be done, but a number of people have done it and the paint has been holding fine for a few years.

Why not have the bedliner tinted to match? When I had the spray-on bedliner sprayed into my F-150, the sprayer offered to tint the liner to match the truck's color. If memory serves, that liner was Ameriguard or something like that. Line-X's web site says they offer tinted spray-on liners. You can also get tintable do-it-yourself kits.

[GOTGOO]

Looks very nice! I humbly bow to your prowess.

Before I get this in my hands, anyone have any opinions on what would look best?

1. Paint the bar with a similar (doubt it would be exact) color as the rest of my Pathfinder.
2. Bedliner the entire thing and leave as-is.
3. Bedliner, then paint with same color as the Pathfinder.

I'm not sure about bedlining & painting. A number of different sites have people who have done it with both good & bad results. One of the bedliner mfrs. posted that it can't be done, but a number of people have done it and the paint has been holding fine for a few years.

I used VHT black epoxy comes in a rattle can on my light bar seems to be holding up great.

[jasunderland]

I was going to powder coat mine. (that was until my wife said she didn't want/need one ) She did mention chroming it though... Our pathy is blue and i thought a textured black (what we have here at work) would have looked neat on it.

I dont think you should paint it the same color as the car.... make it contrast a little.

on the topic of bed liner, i used a roll/brush on bed liner on my Toro Timecutter Z ZTR mower... where your feet go.... it is turned out really well.
a quart was like 30 bucks at a lowes.

[NVSteve]

I dont think you should paint it the same color as the car.... make it contrast a little.

That's the thing though, I don't really want it to stand out any more than necessary. I'd like for it to blend in as much as possible, speaking of the bar only. Nothing I can really do to make 4x 6" lights inconspicuous.

One of the posts I found out there showed a white Tundra with a matching white light bar. It looked like it was part of the truck & really looked good. But, paint in the front of the car will get eaten up real quick, so that's why I'd really like a durable finish such as bedliner.

on the topic of bed liner, i used a roll/brush on bed liner on my Toro Timecutter Z ZTR mower... where your feet go.... it is turned out really well.

I spent far too much for a can of Duraliner when I redid my sliders, and I still have a bit more than half a can left that I can use for the light bar. Great stuff & very simple to apply. I think the difference between Duraliner and the rest is that Duraliner has a very chunky (not gritty) finish.
a quart was like 30 bucks at a lowes.[/quote]

[jasunderland]

I used something from Menards... called Hurculiner