Bed Armor Nerf Bars

[hawk8945]

So thinking about cleaning and spraying the bed armor on them to keep them protected and then a layer of matching paint. Anyone ever done this?

 

[ram-head]

I didn't paint on top of them. But I put some bedliner on my chrome ones.

 

[KGBIGCOUNTRY]

I think doing that would look good. Do they make the spray on in white to act as the base coat? I see spraying black then a light color being the issue unless your truck is black.

 

[ram-head]

I'm not sure if they do or not. I know bed-liner companies offer different colors, but I'm not sure if they're available in DIY kits. If yours are chrome, I would suggest scuffing them up really good. I should have done mine better, but it's holding up fairly good so far.

 

[moparman33]

always use a grey primer as a base coat after scuffing up the bars, then spraying the canned liner on

 

[Armyman14]

Anyone think I can make my step bars into black? Was gonna sell them to buy some black ones but if I can make them black myself that would be cheaper, easier and more fun!! So what kind of stuff did you all use?

 

[ram-head]

I scuffed mine up with 800 grit sandpaper. Then I used Rustoleum bedliner in an aerosol can, several coats. Then I sprayed DupliColor Bed Armor, also aerosol, on top of it for the texture.


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[Armyman14]

I scuffed mine up with 800 grit sandpaper. Then I used Rustoleum bedliner in an aerosol can, several coats. Then I sprayed DupliColor Bed Armor, also aerosol, on top of it for the texture.

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So what was the total cost?

 

[ram-head]

I wanna say like $30-$40. I think I used 3 cans of Rustoleum and less than one can of DupliColor.


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[Armyman14]

I wanna say like $30-$40. I think I used 3 cans of Rustoleum and less than one can of DupliColor.

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Okay, could all this stuff be found at an auto store? So you primed it first then sprayed bed lined on it?

 

[ram-head]

I didn't put primer on them. But you certainly could. Probably make it stick better. Mine are holding up pretty good.


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[Armyman14]

So what's the difference between rust oleum bed liner and duplicate color bed liner? About to go to the store so I'm trying to figure out all that I need

 

[ram-head]

For me it was easier to cover more area with the Rustoleum. And it sprays pretty evenly. I liked the texture of DupliColor better, so I just put a couple coats on top. It sprays out in kind of a splatter, so I think covering a large area with just it would be kind of hard. I got both of them at Advance Auto.


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[Armyman14]

Alright cool! I think it's time that I start my own build thread since ill be doing alot to it in the upcoming week! First thing will probably be the step bars. How well should I sand mine down? They are chrome

 

[ram-head]

Until your arms feel like they're gonna fall off and then some more probably. If I had mine to do over I would sand a lot more than I did.


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[Armyman14]

So should I get some primer?

 

[ram-head]

You could use a primer. It wouldn't hurt anything at all. Mine I have held up pretty good without it. But I never go offloading or anything either. Or even on gravel. Lol


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