finished my roof rack finally

[gdddup]

i took my roof rack off a while ago. thinking that i like the truck without it but like with everything else it got old on me.and being tight on cash wasnt helping me pick up a esky rack. so i decided to change up the look of the stock one by painted the feet and mirror polished the rails.

 

[gfunkfb09]

I like it! Its something that I have never seen before! Detailed write-up please!

 

[yates ™]

That looks really good. I think it looks as good as the esky

 

[07Burb]

That looks really good!!

 

[swtz71]

I like it . unique..

 

[THE YETI]

Wow... Look awesome! Might convince me on chroming the rails on our stock one and then painting the feet black!

 

[gdddup]

thanks fellas
for the rails i used paint stripper and a scraper to remove all the old black paint. thne sanded with 180 220. followed by wetsandin with 400, 600, 800, 1000 grit. then pulled out my buffer and some 3m compound and went to town untill i reached the shine i wanted.
the feet were prettey simple sand with 180 grit. then primer an filler primer. then spary body color n clear.
just a quick write up for now

 

[carcrz]

way to go bro thats tight and unique never seen that done you might consider putting some clear over them to lock in the shine, cause is just a matter of time before the shine goes away. j.m.o.

 

[gdddup]

Thanks yea I got some sealer on there for now. I wanna get some zoopseal. The clear coat will dull the shine.

 

[BillBlatt18]

is your yukon pewter?

 

[gdddup]

Yea 11u pewter metallic

 

[ajaxnxs]

nice!!!

Looks good bro!!!!

 

[gdddup]

Thanks

 

[chauncey0337]

I've always wanted to paint the feet but never thought of stripping and buffing the rails. Very unique look. Gonna add this to the list of mods I gotta do, thanks.

 

[gdddup]

Cool deal go for it and post pics... Chrome might be a better option though. Keeping the shine can be a pain in the ass. I'll prolly keep a can of mothers mag aluminum polish or never dull in the truck so I can keep up on the shine. I've had wheels in the past that I polished. And I would just hit them up every once in a while with the compound or metal polish to bring em back to life.
Gotta give this rack mod a nickname. Like bootleg esky rack lol

 

[01HDtahoeNJN]

Cool deal go for it and post pics... Chrome might be a better option though. Keeping the shine can be a pain in the ass. I'll prolly keep a can of mothers mag aluminum polish or never dull in the truck so I can keep up on the shine. I've had wheels in the past that I polished. And I would just hit them up every once in a while with the compound or metal polish to bring em back to life.
Gotta give this rack mod a nickname. Like bootleg esky rack lol

Well honestly I like this more than the esky rack... Job well done consider me a fan!

 

[mharders]

+1 looks great!

 

[crazycrew]

That looks great. Nice job

 

[gdddup]

thanks

 

[BaMaDuDe87]

Its the gdddup rack. Love this mod, its the cheap, simple things that make me happy