Restoring our 80 Series Landcruiser bullbar with RAPTOR liner at home

The bullbar on our 80 Series Landcruiser takes a beating when we're out on the road. We decided to RAPTOR Coat it to help protect it for the long term and to make it look mint!
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[@awatea36]

Just about to do my bar too with Raptor Coat. Can send you a picture if ya like.

[@cameronmonk48]

That's a pretty awesome looking bar how thick is the base plate where the winch mounts it looks pretty thick?

[@OverlandNZTV]

It's not bad eh! I reckon it suits the 80 pretty well. Very, very thick - from memory is 11mm thick. Not sure why whoever built it did that, but I guess it's strong 😂

[@cameronmonk48]

@@OverlandNZTV it certainly looks tough on the 80 mate! I'm looking at building a bar like that for my 80 might have to try and copy it a bit haha. How many bolts hold it on? it looks to be around 10 bolts

[@OverlandNZTV]

Oh nice! It's pretty simple - similar to the XROX one as far as I know. It has 6 bolts on the bottom (3 per chassis rail) and 4 per side (from memory, can have a better look tonight) - all M12 bolts, I'm assuming the holes were already in the chassis. Hope that helps!

[@cameronmonk48]

Cheers mate it helps alot I cant wait to get my 80 up to spec lol

[@jackparsons3966]

how many coats did you do? just 1?

[@OverlandNZTV]

Did two on the exposed bits and one on the inside of the bar 👍 Could probably have gotten away with one but once the cans are started you need to use the lot. Cheers

[@jackparsons3966]

@@OverlandNZTV yeah so might as well hey hahaha

[@diyalmostanything]

Great job

[@FourLowAdventures]

What was the piece on the angle grinder to bring it back to bare metal?

[@OverlandNZTV]

Wire brush attachment - really handy for tidying up metal 👍

[@FourLowAdventures]

@@OverlandNZTV Awesome I didn't know they existed for angle grinders. Bought one today and it's way better than the drill attachment (spins at 3x the RPM). Makes it very quick and I completed one rock slider really fast.

[@Carlos-fo8do]

Can you use any primer?

[@OverlandNZTV]

Sure can - any etch primer will do the trick

[@rileymcpherson8409]

What did you use as a base coat

[@OverlandNZTV]

Used the Raptor etch primer 👍

[@jfear6313]

How many cans of primer and paint did you use?

[@OverlandNZTV]

Use a can and a half of primer, did two coats - then all four cans of RAPTOR to do the bar - it was just enough, a fifth can wouldn't have hurt though. 6 months on it still looks awesome and has help up real well

[@micktaylorwolfcreekmechanical]

@@OverlandNZTV primer is $40 a can and raptor is $93 a can been thinking off raptoring my alloy bullbar but for $400-500 i think ill just cheap spray can it every few months only payed $50 for winch bar and $100 for sliders and brush bar that $500 i dont spend on raptor i could buy a 2nd hand fridge, roof cage, awning and something else i could need ive been thinking about raptor coating the whole car with a kit seems like $500 to do the whole car would be a good deal but not that much just to freshen up a bullbar

[@OverlandNZTV]

The cans aren’t great value for money when doing a big job - won’t deny that. They were supplied to me by the RAPTOR team - if I were doing it again, I would just buy the standard kit and spray the bar work and anything else that way, works out far cheaper

[@micktaylorwolfcreekmechanical]

@@OverlandNZTV if raptor would supply me id do front n rear bars side steps brush bars and a whole body spray lol but im not that lucky n dont have a youtube channel i just 4wd when i can afford some free time but such is life

[@ryanbrown2818]

Nice! Nek minute the Hilux is black...

[@OverlandNZTV]

😂I considered doing the whole Cruiser - but decided to start small! Maybe the Hilux will be done one day... It still looks good for now though (minus the dents)

[@TheUKNZ]

How is the Raptor coating holding up now?

[@OverlandNZTV]

I sold the 80 Series ~2 years ago, so not 100% sure. I still see it around though and from afar, the front bar still looks good. Only downside I found is it seemed to hold dirt - could never get it looking 100% black after a month or so

[@TheUKNZ]

@@OverlandNZTV very good point on the dirt...it was my concern with a coarse material. Thanks for coming back to me and look forward to catching up off road.