Here's the paint and install pics (warning crappy cellphone pics):
here's how they came packaged:
here's the hardware, mine came with the optional end caps:
i welded the end caps on and ground down my booger welds:
cleaned and sanded for paint:
first round with one coat of acid etch primer (took 1 can):
three coats of a good primer (took 1.5 cans to get one layer):
allow the 3 coats to dry over night in a heated area, while you are waiting on the primer to dry you can start taking the original roof rack off...and for me since the jeep had been in the shop for almost a year, cleaning the roof:
then lay down three coats of good paint (took me 1 can per coat)(note i painted mine in flat black, this can of semi gloss was accidental...so i had to paint over the semi gloss):
allow to dry over night. then install the braces that install to where the roof rack used to be. don't tighted everything down just yet, then add the cross braces and install hardware but don't tighten down until all the hardware is installed.
then tighten everything up. having a buddy help makes it a lot easier...
enjoy the view:
mine installed in about an hour with a buddy's help...
mac 'my roof needs painted' gyvr