Rattle Can Painted Hitch and Roof Bars

Body kits, spoilers, lights, and anything on the exterior of the vehicle
Post Reply
User avatar
BaseWhiteVibe
Posts: 179
Joined: Sun Aug 11, 2013 7:16 pm
Location: Macomb, Michigan

Rattle Can Painted Hitch and Roof Bars

Post by BaseWhiteVibe »

Ok so I bought a used hitch and roof bars from a yard in Wisconsin

The hitch was $55 shipped and is solid but has surface rust and was badly painted and had some loose chips. So I sanded the guy down and painted it. Oh on a side note I guess the previous owner installed a GT hitch on his non GT Vibe. The hitch will probably hang a bit low but I will live

The roof bars were $35 shipped FOR A REASON. I was once red, once black and now I repainted it black. In addition the front bars have holes in it and the plastic side clips do not hold it on. Since I will not keep them on all the time I will simply screw them on when I need to go on a trip or when I want to take the Kayak to the park

Works for me!

Sorry guys can't attach pictures because of the "Sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached." message is coming up
BaseWhiteVibe - As Basic As It Gets!
User avatar
joatmon
Posts: 10021
Joined: Fri Mar 21, 2003 5:19 am
Location: SMC MD

Re: Rattle Can Painted Hitch and Roof Bars

Post by joatmon »

BaseWhiteVibe wrote: Sorry guys can't attach pictures because of the "Sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached." message is coming up
NSimkins increased the quota, please try again now, I'd like to see the pictures
Image
User avatar
BaseWhiteVibe
Posts: 179
Joined: Sun Aug 11, 2013 7:16 pm
Location: Macomb, Michigan

Re: Rattle Can Painted Hitch and Roof Bars

Post by BaseWhiteVibe »

Don't have it on the phone will update when I get back in town
BaseWhiteVibe - As Basic As It Gets!
User avatar
BaseWhiteVibe
Posts: 179
Joined: Sun Aug 11, 2013 7:16 pm
Location: Macomb, Michigan

Re: Rattle Can Painted Hitch and Roof Bars

Post by BaseWhiteVibe »

Here they are
Attachments
rattle can.jpg
rattle can.jpg (29.49 KiB) Viewed 1832 times
BaseWhiteVibe - As Basic As It Gets!
User avatar
metaxa44
Posts: 239
Joined: Sun Oct 19, 2008 10:29 am
Location: Markham Village , Ontario

Re: Rattle Can Painted Hitch and Roof Bars

Post by metaxa44 »

How does the black rack looks on the car???
Any picks???
User avatar
kumquat
Posts: 379
Joined: Wed Sep 18, 2013 9:01 am

Re: Rattle Can Painted Hitch and Roof Bars

Post by kumquat »

Good deal on the hitch. I just spent about $100 on a Curt class II hitch from Amazon, which included the ball mount. I like the design of the Curt because the actual receiver tube is mounted below the cross bar so the cross bar is hidden behind the bumper.
User avatar
metaxa44
Posts: 239
Joined: Sun Oct 19, 2008 10:29 am
Location: Markham Village , Ontario

Re: Rattle Can Painted Hitch and Roof Bars

Post by metaxa44 »

Looks cool with the black rack , but love to see a pick on how the original look in black...
I was thinking to paint mine black too...
KITT222
Posts: 2257
Joined: Sat Dec 04, 2010 1:45 pm
Location: Flint, Michigan

Re: Rattle Can Painted Hitch and Roof Bars

Post by KITT222 »

He does not have the rack on the car yet, but he has used the hitch when his car was thrown into a snowbank.
Post Reply