(Custom Bull Bar) help me decide on a color/ finish

urban yan

urban yan

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I have a tenuous agreement with a shop to fab a bull-bar for my XJ; I'm going for a Startech KJ
replica (Startech is a German tuner for Chrysler products, and a subsidiary of Brabus Mercedes).
Now I have to decide on the finish. What do you guys think?

OPTION 1: Stainless Steel:
I'm leaning heavily towards this finish because I like how it blends the bumper into my grille. I see
allot of manufacters starting to go this route. I can have it painted later if I find the finish too flashy.
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OPTION 2: Black:
Definitely low-key.
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OPTION 3: My business partner's idea
Purple with a pink force field protector (YES, apparently he's an adult lol)
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I'd see if you could go OEM as stated above. That would look super clean.
If not Stainless. It goes with your current theme, which is looking good as it is.
 
Yea the stainless looks good with the clear turn signals. Btw where'd you get those clear turn signals? And do you have the white side markers too?
 
He custom made those LED turn signals.

The stainless looks really nice with the theme you have. Body color would be alright, but I think that the Stainless would really add to the theme you have.

I wouldn't recommend the black, it doesn't seem to mesh.
 
Talyn - The difference is my business partner's a joker while bluballer is a just a joke lol.

FordGuy - I seriously considered redoing all my chrome in black chrome, but the quote was pretty crazy (they wanted 300 bucks plus I had to repaint the insert ribs back to an oem black)

KMK172008 - I don't have any side signals; they were shaved out of my header panel a few years ago. The front signal markers in these pics are photochopped for now because they're still not ready. My friend had trouble wiring the boards, so he sent them out to get rewired. We're hoping they'll be done in September. I'll post updates in the build thread http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=940048&highlight=custom+LED+markers.

Begster + wolfpackjeeper
Here's a quick photochop with a green bar; I think it looks ok, but I also think it's a little boring.
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Here you go... two tone.
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Ok so there's the two-tone set-up.. it looks good, but I still think doing a colormatch defeats
the point of getting this bumper made... I might as well buy a zoneworx light bar, and get the
same effect. Also keep in mind that a stainless steel bumper portion will add less contrast
between the bumper and license plate.


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I like chrome, looks good for your rig's overall theme. If you think about selling those LED signals, I may be interested...Those are nice lookin! (Even if they are photoshopped right now...:D)
 
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