Colour coded bar or not.

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I have just purchased a new silver pearl 2014 GXL 150 and and I am in two minds about weather to colour code the ARB bar and side rails or just stay with the black, Does anyone have a picture with black gear on it because I have seen one with the silver and it looks good . I am just looking for somthing to push me over the edge ha ha.

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http://www.pradopoint.com/showthread...ictures-thread

[Mondo-150 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mondo-150]

yeah I already found them in a search but couldn't find on with a straight black bar.

[rhs58 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close rhs58]

Had a colour coded bar on crystal,pearl 120.
Looked great...but....
Stone chips soon marred the bar. Allowed black powder coating to show through +++
Maybe it was the quality of the colour coded paint job by ARB.
I did do lots of gravel roads, so stone chips expected.
Life over again.......I'd go with the black powder coat finish frankly.

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Life over again.......I'd go with the black powder coat finish frankly.

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[AJ120 Out of control poster! Find all posts View Profile Close AJ120]

Love my colour coded bar, wouldn't have it any other way. After tens of thousands of outback k's it still looks great, only a couple of small chips.

Cheers Andrew

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Silver colour coded always looks the goods. Nice.
If you want a tougher offroader look then maybe black bar. Less maintenance eg; stone chips.

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The first colour coded bar I have had is the T3 on the 150. All the others have been basic black. But that is on white or silver (and gold) cars. I like the blue bar on the 150 but I think that has a lot to do with the quality of the finish. On silver I would have stuck with black.

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I would stick with all black if I was doing it again. Black on silver looks pretty good, plus I hate having to touch up the colour coded one

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When I had my Bar painted they used some sort of special hardener in the paint so it would be a lot more chip resistant than normal paint.

maybe that's why I don't seem to have the chipping issues others have?

Cheers Andrew

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Cheers for that and that didn't help at all ha ha ha

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Try Fido666's build thread, silver Kakadu with a black TJM bar - http://www.pradopoint.com/showthread...6-s-150-Kakadu

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Cheers for that and that didn't help at all ha ha ha

That's so often the case with subjective questions on forums

Cheers Andrew

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When I had my Bar painted they used some sort of special hardener in the paint so it would be a lot more chip resistant than normal paint.

maybe that's why I don't seem to have the chipping issues others have?

Cheers Andrew

I am having a professional rear bar made up. Would be nice to know the colour coding has something like that added.

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I am having a professional rear bar made up. Would be nice to know the colour coding has something like that added.

It will

Cheers Andrew