New landy...first project and its a new bull bar

When I bought my first landy a few weeks ago I was able to get a fairly rough and rusted bull bar for £25 which I thought was a good deal.

I stripped the plastic coating off, sanded down, few coats of primer, a coat of black....some sanding in between and I just couldn't get the black gloss to look okay.

In Halfords to get some more and I noticed black truck bed liner so I thought I would give it a try. I had been debating on gloss or matt and figured I would give it a go. I'm really happy with the result and thinking of doing the checker plate in the same stuff.

anyways - thought I would share and see what others thought?

if you can't paint (like me) buy matt paint

Most of it was turning out pretty good but the damage from the rust and a few dents where a bit of a challenge. I have to say I really like the texture of it - not just that its matt

Good to know I'm not the only one !

Looks good on that bar.

I did my chequer sills with the same stuff and they came out well. But I don't think I'll be doing the wing tops with it as it does seem to scrape off with dirty shoes leaving uncovered serrations (did a test piece with etch prime & used it as a door mat for a bit).

Looks good - you've got the same bullbar as me.

I has started welding bars over the wings (in front of the lights) and decided to keep it simple.

Now I've got to wire the fog lights - swiches and parts ordered

SteNova said:

if you can't paint (like me) buy matt paint

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this is good advice, then you can slap it on with a brush and it still looks alright