Rust appearing on ARB Deluxe Bar

[Fozzy Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Fozzy]

Guys,

Having been involved in the powdercoating game for a little while, I can say that it is bl00dy difficult for even the best powdercoater to get paint into the cracks where the majority of the photos are showing rust. As such, there will be a bare metal edge deep inside and that's where the rust is forming IMO.

Possible solution? Try to make sure that prior to powdercoating the whole bar is prepped properly before painting? Pay more attention to getting sufficient paint into the corners so that it flows into the gap as it melts? It would be difficult for ARB to police that one I reckon as it's usually the skill of the individual painter that determines the quality of the finish.

Cheers,

Dave

[FC_Holden Member Find all posts View Profile Close FC_Holden]

Guys,

Having been involved in the powdercoating game for a little while,
Cheers,

Dave

ARB use 2 pack when colour matching (well they did with ours )

[alternative Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close alternative]

Yes the original grey/black ARB finish is powdered, the colour coding is automotive stray painted on top of the powder.... i dont know what to think about this though. My previous ARB bars were fine, this is just crap.

[alternative Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close alternative]

I thought i would ressurect this and put it right, its possible that a prepping stage was missed during manufacture of the bar so rust came through the powder and the colourcoding.

Today ARB fitted a brand new bar, there was a bit of a delay due to availability but they came good in the end.

[craigm Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close craigm]

Great result Alt.... Good to see ARB came through for you!


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[gt3racer Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close gt3racer]

This is exactly why I like ARB.