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2 tone sounds good to me, I like those wheels
 
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With out a doubt in my mind. LEAVE THEM STAINLESS
 
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With out a doubt in my mind. LEAVE THEM STAINLESS
I disagree, I think it would look stupid with stainless lights on a powder coated roll bar, and the roll bar will NOT be chrome again cause it sits outside and chrome up keep is way too much, as well as cost of chrome,
 
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2 tone sounds good to me, I like those wheels
I think the two tone would look cool with the wheels and the truck paint job
 
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They will look right at home, even on a painted/powder coated roll bar. Ya gotta remember, all the chrome already on that truck
 
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I think the two tone would look cool with the wheels and the truck paint job
Are you still planning on painting the truck blue?
 
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Originally Posted by Diesel_Brad
They will look right at home, even on a painted/powder coated roll bar. Ya gotta remember, all the chrome already on that truck
I'm with Brad on leaving them polished stainless. But it's not my truck.

If polished stainless isn't an option I would NOT have them the same color as the roll bar. Monochrome can be an OK look (never my preference, but again, just my opinion). But no part of this truck is monochome. There's contrast all over it, stick with that theme. And if it were me, I'd go with the contrast of light gray / polished stainless
 
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Got the rollbar dissassembled awhile ago and took it to the sandblaster.

Got it back shortly after and took it straight to my cousins garage.

We spent probably 8 hours over 3 times working on it to get it finished, and it turned out great.

My cousin has been a welder/fabricator for 30+ years and is very talented, some of the ways he mocked it up to make sure things were straight and true I would have never thought of.

I am very happy with the outcome,

took it back and droped it off at the blaster to go over again today, and when its done tomorrow its going to the powder coater

























 
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Looks good, has Paul seen it yet?
 
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Looks good, has Paul seen it yet?
nope, keeping him away from it lol
 
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Did you take those of KC lights apart and have them blasted like I suggested?
 
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Lookin great Matt, gonna be awesome
 
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Originally Posted by dazedandconfused
Did you take those of KC lights apart and have them blasted like I suggested?
i have them apart and in a box. one might be trashed, but before i get them blasted im waiting to finish the rest and see what the stainless ones look like up there
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Lookin great Matt, gonna be awesome
thanks gerry!
 
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I think the stainless will look nice.
 
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got the roll bar back from powder coating, got it put back together with the lights and lightbar,

used all stainless hardware

kept the KCs stainless

still needs to be wired up to our harness

pics sitting in my truck so far hope to put it in the 84 tomorrow and see how it looks

it turned out awesome i think

















 


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