All black bull guard with black skid plate?

[05*blk*taco]

Wanted to know if it was out there?

[beastbluetaco]

Here is mine:



It's actually for sale, but shipping to New York would be very expensive.

[05*blk*taco]

Yeah i think it would b, what kind is that?

[beastbluetaco]

I bought it off ebay. The seller's name was gogoparts.

[cheeali]

I bought the Westin Ultimate Bull Bar and painted the skid plate black. I thought about going the powdercoating route but the only shop I got a response from quoted me like $90 bucks and 3 weeks until they even get around to my job. I guess there's a big rush on powdercoating in the SW Florida area...

So I just took a can of Krylon out and went to town. Didn't turn out bad but after a month or two of abuse, I've noticed that there are a couple of spots I need to touch back up. Maybe I'll wait till it gets bad and then revisit the powdercoating idea again. Although IMO, $90 is a bit high for a 1.5' by 3.5" area...

The skid plate isn't hard to take off from the bar itself so maybe I'll just repaint it myself when it becomes noticeable.

[cheeali]

But if I had found the same guy that Beast bought his from, I would've went that route. Its very clean looking.

[SMOKEATR]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/05-06...7631QQtcZphoto


i just might go this way myself.

beast, why u selling? does the bard have holes to mount lights?


also beast, i dig ur coverking covers, what did they set you back?

[05*blk*taco]

Originally Posted by cheeali

I bought the Westin Ultimate Bull Bar and painted the skid plate black. I thought about going the powdercoating route but the only shop I got a response from quoted me like $90 bucks and 3 weeks until they even get around to my job. I guess there's a big rush on powdercoating in the SW Florida area...

So I just took a can of Krylon out and went to town. Didn't turn out bad but after a month or two of abuse, I've noticed that there are a couple of spots I need to touch back up. Maybe I'll wait till it gets bad and then revisit the powdercoating idea again. Although IMO, $90 is a bit high for a 1.5' by 3.5" area...

The skid plate isn't hard to take off from the bar itself so maybe I'll just repaint it myself when it becomes noticeable.

Yeah this is the one i was thinking of actually. I thought of getting it powder coated. It looks really good!!!!!!!

[05*blk*taco]

Wow they both look good now im really not sure which way to go

[rdsaustintx]

I got one from that same e-bay ad. The bar is black, but the skid plate came chromed. It also has 7 slots in the plate. Rugged Ridge brand or something like that. It came VERY well packaged - Took me longer to unpack than mount.

I like the construction better than Westin, plus like hell am I gonna wear a Westin (or Aries) logo across my nose.

[viet2100]

Originally Posted by cheeali

I bought the Westin Ultimate Bull Bar and painted the skid plate black. I thought about going the powdercoating route but the only shop I got a response from quoted me like $90 bucks and 3 weeks until they even get around to my job. I guess there's a big rush on powdercoating in the SW Florida area...

So I just took a can of Krylon out and went to town. Didn't turn out bad but after a month or two of abuse, I've noticed that there are a couple of spots I need to touch back up. Maybe I'll wait till it gets bad and then revisit the powdercoating idea again. Although IMO, $90 is a bit high for a 1.5' by 3.5" area...

The skid plate isn't hard to take off from the bar itself so maybe I'll just repaint it myself when it becomes noticeable.

Woooooh! Another SW Floridian! I'll look out for your Tacoma next time I'm in Ft Myers. I'm up at FGCU a lot. Sorry for getting OT... just excited...

[cheeali]

Originally Posted by 05*blk*taco

Yeah this is the one i was thinking of actually. I thought of getting it powder coated. It looks really good!!!!!!!

Maybe one day I'll bite the bullet and get it powdercoated. Not too chipping from it as of right now, so if the ol' Krylon job holds up, I might paint it again. But powdercoating would be the way to go if it were a perfect world for me.

[cheeali]

Originally Posted by viet2100

Woooooh! Another SW Floridian! I'll look out for your Tacoma next time I'm in Ft Myers. I'm up at FGCU a lot. Sorry for getting OT... just excited...

I'll keep an eye out for ya. I work a little north of Corkscrew and I'm always down in Naples. Give a brotha a honk if I don't see you first!!