How to Treat Rust Spot on Bullbar

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  TheGhost on 21/12/2023 - 15:56

  +4

  Nicely and without judgement

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    nuker on 21/12/2023 - 16:13

    +1

    like nicely asking the rust to go away? lol

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  imnotgoingtopayrrp on 21/12/2023 - 16:01

  +2

  Light sand with 1000 grit, Sulfamic Acid, touch-up paint. You can get the paint code from ARB (or what brand it is), if it's colour coded to the car, look under the hood, in the door well or on the VIN plate for the paint code of the car (it will be something like (F12B) take the code to Supercheap, and they give you the paint in how you want to apply it. With such a little spot, you could try a touch-up brush.

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    nuker on 21/12/2023 - 16:15

    thanks! Do you know how much roughly it costs at Supercheap for custom paint?

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      imnotgoingtopayrrp on 21/12/2023 - 16:18

      not much. its was so cheap i cant remember. check the website.

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        cashless on 21/12/2023 - 16:22

        +2

        I'm sure you would have paid < rrp

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        Protractor on 22/12/2023 - 17:07

        "check the website."
        You are ruthless

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  Euphemistic on 21/12/2023 - 16:18

  +1

  Try soaking a cloth in coke and leaving it on there for a while then give it a gentle rub with the cloth. Looks like the rust hasn’t penetrated much so might ‘buff out’

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    imnotgoingtopayrrp on 21/12/2023 - 16:23

    If you can see orange/red, the paint is gone and you have to re-treat and coat it.

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      Euphemistic on 21/12/2023 - 16:34

      +3

      It just looks like there is rusted stuff sitting on top of the paint to me. That lines up with ‘as a result of drilling’ when there’s no hole. It could also be that rusty stuff is dripping from the lights.

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        imnotgoingtopayrrp on 21/12/2023 - 16:38

        Yep, if that is the case then 100% clean it off and it's all good.

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        nuker on 21/12/2023 - 16:55

        Thanks!, It could be, I'll remove the light to check!

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  Protractor on 21/12/2023 - 18:13

  It's more than likely powder coated

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    nuker on 22/12/2023 - 14:06

    yeah! but what does this change?

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      Euphemistic on 22/12/2023 - 14:37

      It’s harder to paint match powder coat with paint. Most bull are are powder coated from factory. Some are the painted to colour match the vehicle.

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      Protractor on 22/12/2023 - 16:15

      Suggest finding out what the surface is from the maker and asking about touch ups. Their knowledge base is the right place to ask.

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  Rako on 21/12/2023 - 22:17

  Penetrol perhaps?