Goat Armor Now Available

damn that's some cool shit

 

A hood option would be sweet too. I know the company is based in CO and my 2nd Gen armor was printed/shipped from NC.

 

Seems maybe they are contracting a bigger company. not a bad idea as giant plotters are expensive, and cutters more so. I'd want sides only for a 2nd gen AC. maybe someday

 

Your should share your feelings with Matt (the owner of the company)

 

Quick update for my passenger side since I'm running a snorkel. The front fender section comes in 2 pieces and my Dobinsons snorkel touches the top of my fender flare, making cutting the larger bottom piece easy since you pretty much remove the middle from it. Pics of what a little patience and some scissors can do.

 

Got it installed today.

 

I might be the only person looking at a set of these to get color matched and plain lol

for the guys that have em. do you only put em on when you're going out on the trail? or do you leave em on all the time? My thinking with getting a color matched plain set (besides the fact I like a simple look better) was that I could leave it on and it would be much less likely to be tampered with or stolen since it would just blend right into the paint minus some edge lines.

 

For those thinking these are just cut and stick, it's not the case. I let Matt use my 2nd Gen for the first template making and there's a lot more to these panels to make sure they sit flush to fit with the body contours.

 

I scratch the hell out of my truck sides regularly then polish them smooth. But I feel I must be running out of clearcoat at this point.

 

I hear that. Mine is more like a matte white at this point but I don't bother polishing cause she ain't no beauty queen.

 

This stuff is super cool looking, Id just mess my paint up more though as i would never take it off to clean under it and live in a very dusty area.

 

What you do is, you go around the truck panel by panel. You lift off half the panel, wash underneath it, dry it and put that half of the panel back down. Then you do the other half the same way.

Repeat for all remaining panels.

 

Anyone else get this for their 2nd gen?

 

got some questions

1. for snorkel, are you just cutting a hole, and bolt holes
2. does this have to be taken on/off, cleaned, etc. - or can you treat it as part of the truck? Like leave it on for a long time, stays on even during self-serve car wash stall? Hopefully the magnetism is strong enough to set and forget
3. guess there's not an answer for this but hopefully they don't get stolen and passerbys think it's just vinyl

I'm kind of eyeing this more to hide faded paint (and provide armor)
to keep on the truck

rather than only putting it on for a week wheeling trip once a year

 

Back when I was running my GOAT armor I just cut that piece of the armor into several pieces and tucked them under the snorkel body.

 

I don't have a snorkel but I did have to cut it to make it fit around the radio antenna. Also, I recommend removing all the factory badges for a much cleaner look.

It is a good idea to remove the armor and wash and wax the paint every few months. Stupid me, I neglected that for the past year and now it is almost like the panels are stuck fast to the body. I need to try and remove them but it will be a real challenge to do so without ruining the panels or paint or both.

In a hand-wash carwash the panels should stay on (usually) but do not go through an automatic wash. Your best bet is to just do it yourself in your driveway.