The Lair

Painted the bed bars today, dealing with the 45° weather the best I could. It seems to have come out really well, we’ll see how it holds up. This is my first time using this paint and I like it a lot. Nice finish, goes on easily and no primer needed.

 

Why do I get the feeling this will be @Justanotherhemi's new material.

 

You’re not wrong, Jaime is a freak.

 

Good morning

 

It’s hard to capture the finish of this paint but myyyyy goodness, I’m in love. I’m going to start using this paint on everything.

 

I love the VHT lineup for the gloss paints.

 

That looks pretty decent. I may have to switch over from this Rust Barrier paint I've been using.

 

No primer needed and it only needed a single can for these. I did 4 coats each so that's some real decent coverage out of a single can.

 

I'm digging it. The rust barrier paint I've been using doesn't require primer and one coat does really good. Seems pretty durable, too. I think it also has some slight rubber/grippy properties to it. It was just something I grabbed as a general purpose paint. I've used it all over the place (sliders, frame, various other pieces). I swear I read somewhere that it wasn't UV stable, but I emailed whoever makes it (it's one of the major rattle can folks) and they said it was fine. So Iunno.

After that long-winded story, I may switch for some items to this VHT stuff. You find all the good coatings in cans!

 

@FadedComa should take notes

 

I will say based on my experiences with the Baja designs chase bar and the rigid options, I wish they were brighter. Running the ambers in the Utah dust and sun, totally ineffective.

As much as I hate to say it, a lot of the race rigs and recovery trucks for our local offroad series rock the below bar, and it absolutely destroys the high end competition in terms of visibility. All for $110.

$110 Xprite 36" Rear LED Chase Light Bars, All in One w/Strobe Brake Reverse Turn Signal Light for RZR Yamaha, Can-Am Maverick X3, ATV, UTV, Side by Side and Off Road Vehicles - RYWWYR

https://www.amazon.com/Xprite-Strob...words=rigid+chase+light&qid=1608652138&sr=8-8

 

Probably because the high end cuts some output so not to blind the person behind them maybe idk. I think everyone should get those lighted antenna thingies.

 

I love the lighted whips, but I can't stomach the price of them for what you're getting. Maybe some day.

If I were using the Rigid as a chase light, I'd definitely look into other options, but I'll probably be using it as an auxiliary brake light so it doesn't have to be blinding.

 

That's why I like it as an option. It's bright without being blinding and it has other features like reverse light, cargo light and I think the strobe will be cool. I won't really have a use for it but dammit I'm going to wire it in.

 

Waaaaaait a minute! Did you say it strobes?? Bonus! I'm wiring it in. No question.

 

I got turned onto the whips my last wheeling trip. We got stuck in fog that we couldn't see more than 10ft and it was night. A group of the SxS passed us and had those whips man all the different colors really cut through the fog and allowed us to see really well. Amber is over rated now

 

Yep. The only possible time I could think of me using it would be if I'm the tail in a group and it's dusk/foggy out to be more visible. And even then it would not be necessary at all, just neat.

 

The fog we were caught in at Windrock a couple weeks ago man it was needed then it was scary AF being all the way at Panther rock in the dark not being able to see 10 ft.

 

I've got to go to shamrock just so I can go night wheeling and have a reason to use this.

 

Bring George he'll be fine