Custom paint for roof rack

maillet282

If you bleeding, Imma fix you
Moderator
Location
Ontario Canada
anybody ever paint the rails on the Stock roof rack?

since I have my roof rack taken off for a quick fix, I was thinking about bedlining the black plastic pieces. then I thought about plasti diping the roof rails red something like this:

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please excuse my crappy MS Paint skills.

I am thinking about trying this with plasti dip to see if i like it before I commit to actual paint. also thinking about getting a diffrent color Xterra sticker from Creepy

opinions ?
 
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Muadeeb

Nissan al Gaib
Admin
Location
Dallas
Pretty sure its been done before, but its not a common thing. If you do paint the rails, Creepy can do a replacement X sticker for up there.

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DJQuin

First Fill-Up (of many)
Location
Hampton, GA
Painted mine, they've been wheeling a couple of times and have held up well to brush and scrubbing.





I also plastidipped my entire X, so if you have any questions on that, let me know.
 

maillet282

If you bleeding, Imma fix you
Moderator
Location
Ontario Canada
it's not something i have seen much of. and as for the sticker, I need to order a few things from Creepy any ways so addign 1 or 2 of these won't matter.
 

drbandkgb

Titan Swapped / SAS'd
Founding Member
I would have them re-powder coated.. My paint is all beat up from wheeling... All chipped up

Did you get your part yet?
 

GPD605X

Lockers Installed
Founding Member
Location
Gulfport, MS
I painted mine on my 1st gen. It was a pain. I took literally everything on the rack apart and painted. I didn't realize that the feet on the rails have to go back in at the exact same angle. So when it came time to install, it was a major pain. The only thing I would suggest is to keep the rails attached to the feet. Painting was simple though. Lightly sanded the rails and just cleaned the rest up really good. I'm probably not going to on my 2nd gen due to the sh!tty bolts... I've already spun 2 out and its just not worth it to me lol
 

caseycamby

Suspension Lift
Location
Marion, NC
I painted mine...twice haha. Black both times. It's not holding up to well for me. It could be my paint skills or it's just not a good adhering surface..

It looks good when it's all intact haha ;)
 

maillet282

If you bleeding, Imma fix you
Moderator
Location
Ontario Canada
since I was required to remove the roof rack due to a broken plastic mounting foot ( that drbandkgb is gratefully sending me the one from his stock rack) I am already messing with the alignment of the mounting brackets. I was thinking about plasti dipping the rails while I was at it. since the OEM paint is all scratched alreaddy and the plastic pieces will be bed lined any ways. it's something that I haven't seen much of on a second gen at least on the build threads that I have been trolling around on here and on TNX. when I get all the parts and it stops snowing up here I will start prepping and painting and will post pics of the process
 

sickboy595

Bought an X
I painted my first Xterra rails...It was a pain in the ass taking the rack all apart. I used Rustoleum metallic Black night or something like that. turned out great. I used the metallic because the rails had that metallicy look to it in the first place. With anything its all in the prep work.
 

maillet282

If you bleeding, Imma fix you
Moderator
Location
Ontario Canada
for right now I am thinking about using plasti dip to see if I like the red accent. if not at least I will be able to peal it off and keep the silver as is
 

CaptainMorgan_SOS

Need Bigger Tires
Location
Alamogordo, NM
I ended up painting mine with a hammered black and then got decals from Creepy. Twice. The first set I got were a bright blue but I changed them out to orange. Turned out great and wasn't half bad to do. Just takes time.
 

maillet282

If you bleeding, Imma fix you
Moderator
Location
Ontario Canada
broke out the MS Paint again and started looking at how things would look with the roof rails painted red. so I think I found my Saturday project. and hopefully I can have the stock roof rack painted, Bedlined and re installed in time to go wheeling on the sunday
this is what I came out with MS Paint:
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