Bush Barrier Paint Saver

[mike7]

Ordered a set of Bush Barrier magnetic panels.Takes about 3 minuits to put on and less to remove.Ive been searching for a quick and easy way to save the cars paint job when I found this. Looks like it will arrive shortly as the courier has sent an sms.

I will roll them up and store them in a 20cm diameter pvc tube with end caps from Bunnings so storing in the car or roof is easy when not in use.

The fit on their website looks absolutely perfect, my dealings were with Steve and he is fantastic to deal with. They made a bronze/brown camo pattern for me as I thought the standard one was not really compatible with my bronze D4 at no extra cost. They guarantee it will stay on to 80kmh but has been tested to 130kmh with no panels flying off by others.

I was dreading my next trip with regards to scratches as my previous trip to the Barrington Tops had some tight tracks and I came out with plenty of scratches, took me a really long time to remove most of them so this set of panels is going to be worth it’s weight in gold (and car resale value)

Link is below with a vid of them installing onto a D4 on there website.

BushBarrier | Ultimate 4x4 Paint Protection (http://bushbarrier.com.au/)

Cheers
Mike

[Stiltz]

Really interested how you go with this product!
I was looking into vinyl wrapping my car but this looks a really nice way of temporarily protecting the paint. I can see one person airing down, the other protecting up!

[Dagilmo]

My brother sent me the link to the you tube clip. They look good. I was contemplating the roll on paint film, however I think I'll be going this way now.

[LRD414]

Steve contacted me a little while back to offer a trial set to get feedback. So far I have only done a trial fitting at home.
The panels are a good, solid fit with a strong bond and I'm not concerned about them coming off.
There is however a number of unprotected areas that will still require protection with Paint Shield.
If I was purchasing a set I'd prefer a solid colour rather than a pattern.

Cheers,
Scott

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[gavinwibrow]

Steve contacted me a little while back to offer a trial set to get feedback. So far I have only done a trial fitting at home.
The panels are a good, solid fit with a strong bond and I'm not concerned about them coming off.
There is however a number of unprotected areas that will still require protection with Paint Shield.
If I was purchasing a set I'd prefer a solid colour rather than a pattern.

Cheers,
Scott


Yep, bonnet and mirrors come immediately to mind, and I concur, plain option would be nice - after all apart from possibly your deal, most might prefer a more muted advertising approach.

[PerthDisco]

Jurassic Park want their car back

[LRD414]

Yep, bonnet and mirrors come immediately to mind, and I concur, plain option would be nice - after all apart from possibly your deal, most might prefer a more muted advertising approach.
Also the wheel arches and side part of rear bumper, plus the black trim on doors. Not sure how big the standard logo would be but it would need to be small.

Scott

[mike7]

I agree, there are parts still exposed and I discussed that with BB, they are working on it. I guess to protect the wheel arches and particularly the rear pax window frame etc with paint on protection becomes a much smaller job while using the panels.

As to the patterns vs plain colour was also something I brought up as I wanted a plain bronze colour, Steve’s answer was that plain colours would show scratches whereas the design version would hide most of it and keep the panels looking better longer.

My set just arrived and I think I saw the logo on only the rear panel with their logo way smaller and black in colour over the wheel arch area which looks better than the huge logo.

[LRD414]

I guess to protect the wheel arches and particularly the rear pax window frame etc with paint on protection becomes a much smaller job while using the panels.
That's my thinking too, quicker overall, which is good for day trips. Doesn't really matter if prep'ing for a long trip but Paint Shield is a bit of an effort for just a day trip.
The unprotected parts are either plastic or aluminium (bonnet). I have put a clear wrap on the wheel arches.

Cheers,
Scott

[mike7]

Scott what sort of clear wrap did you use on the exposed parts?

The panels on your car in the above photo look pretty cool btw.

[DiscoClax]

My set just arrived and I think I saw the logo on only the rear panel with their logo way smaller and black in colour over the wheel arch area which looks better than the huge logo.

Pics or it never happened! :P But seriously, it'd be good see what they look like in reality. Especially the logo size and positioning.

[101RRS]

How much?

[Dagilmo]

Website says: $699.00 for the standard range (which has some options from standard solid colors to patterns- Grey Camo, Alpine. Also an ANZAC option and a Swagman scene). Then up from there for custom stuff.

[4bee]

I can't even tolerate the "mandatory" dealer stickers & they come off at the earliest opportunity, so those would not get past 'er indoors eagle eyes. I simply hate paying for exhibiting manufacturer's free advertising.


But as I no longer have a Discovery it is academic really.[bigsad]

[101RRS]

Website says: $699.00 for the standard range (which has some options from standard solid colors to patterns- Grey Camo, Alpine. Also an ANZAC option and a Swagman scene). Then up from there for custom stuff.

Ouch [bighmmm]

[Dagilmo]

I can't even tolerate the "mandatory" dealer stickers & they come off at the earliest opportunity, so those would not get past 'er indoors eagle eyes. I simply hate paying for exhibiting manufacturer's free advertising.


But as I no longer have a Discovery it is academic really.[bigsad]

Me too with the stickers. Really gives me the brace and bits when someone puts one on, like the tyre shop when you get new tyres. It's like, you the fire truck are you to put something on my car.

[Dagilmo]

Ouch [bighmmm]

Yes, a bit higher than I'd hoped. Probably good value though considering the convenience and the protection. And, whist they don't have a product for the Disco, the Rhino Hide stuff is apparently well north of that.

They were running a promo last month for $100 off. Might be worth asking if you could still access that for anyone that's keen.

[101RRS]

The spray on stuff will work just as well and you can put it where you want it and it is a lot cheaper.

At over $600 I cant see them selling much to ordinary users - maybe business clients with their advertising on it.

[mfpoli]

The spray on stuff will work just as well and you can put it where you want it and it is a lot cheaper.

At over $600 I cant see them selling much to ordinary users - maybe business clients with their advertising on it.

Whilst I appreciate the enterprise of trying to make temporary paint protection easy, I am not sure if this is the right solution.

Firstly, it doesn’t protect all exposed areas and therefore you still need to apply Paint Shield (or similar) to the wheel arches, C & D pillars, bonnet, outer front bumpers, etc which by the time you do this, it won’t take that much longer to do the areas which are covered by these panels.

Secondly, it doesn’t take that long to remove Paint Shield if you know how to do it, and therefore the price for this product is too high for the marginal convenience offered.

Thirdly, buyers are probably those who bought new and would be most concerned of scratches and therefore, question whether they would use it enough to justify the cost. I am not sure a second-hand buyer would place much value on these.

But, happy to be proven wrong.

Mario

[4bee]

It may be more practical if LR used brushed finish Stainless Steel on their new recently announced range of EVs.


"Scratches, what scratches? Naah mate that is factory finish."

[wink11]

[smilebigeye]

[PerthDisco]

It may be more practical if LR used brushed finish Stainless Steel on their new recently announced range of EVs.


"Scratches, what scratches? Naah mate that is factory finish."

[wink11]

[smilebigeye]

That would be awesome- even to buy the pre bent panels like the stick-on door sill protection.

Anyone know what the cost is to vinyl wrap a Disco? You optionally don’t need to do the roof between the roof rails. Once you look at the car minus glass and pillars there’s actually not much painted panels.

Is the vinyl wrap off-road scratch resistant?

[jon3950]

That would be awesome- even to buy the pre bent panels like the stick-on door sill protection.

Anyone know what the cost is to vinyl wrap a Disco? You optionally don’t need to do the roof between the roof rails. Once you look at the car minus glass and pillars there’s actually not much painted panels.

Is the vinyl wrap off-road scratch resistant?

My only experience with vinyl wrapping is with rally cars but from what I’ve seen the protection would be marginal. It would easily protect against the little scratches that mark the clear coat but are easily polished out. However anything that would properly scratch the paint would most likely tear the vinyl and still dig in to the paint. It also doesn’t offer much protection against stone chips. It would slow them down but I would bet one run down something like the Birdsville track would see the rear wheel arches on a D4 looking pretty ordinary.

As a Defender driver I don’t really give a stuff about paint protection (actually I didn’t really care when I had a Disco either). However I was impressed by the stuff that Scott (LRD414) was running on his Disco when we did the Simpson last year.

If you did it purely for protection I don’t think wrapping would be worth the expense. Ballpark figure for a vinyl wrap would be around $5k depending on what you do. Although the Disco has a lot of glass the panels are still pretty big. Also a big part of the cost of wrapping is the labour. To do it properly you need to pull things like indicators and trim off to wrap the vinyl underneath them which all takes time. Not doing a decent job on a Disco would just look terrible.

Cheers,
Jon

[mike7]

Here’s a pic of the logo that’s on my BB panels, I grabbed the first panel that fits the rear of the car from the packaging which belongs to the right side of the car but I couldn’t take a pic there as I parked pretty close to the side of my house but you get the idea.

Much smaller than the previous pic on this thread but the company is still fine tuning the product. For what it’s worth it sticks really well to the car, no way it’s going to move unless you peal it of yourself. The colour seems too “orange ” to me but I guess I can live with it.

[LRD4XXV]

I’ve been waiting for Rhinohide to release a compatible model for D4, and been waiting a long time. Glad bushbarier make something similar, it’s worth some consideration, thanks for sharing.

[drowell]

You need to research abi more guys. I had mine wrapped in 2010 from almost new.
Two points to make -
One post in here was from a guy skeptical of how robust the film is without providing any facts.
Second is you are talking about paint protection not a full wrap. If you use clear film you DON'T need to remove tail lights etc. I only covered mine up to the window sills. In hind sight I'd do the pillars and the first 500mm above the windscreen That's the bit that cops it worst.
Mine cost $1600 - admittedly at a slight discount (I was Ops Mgr for 3M) 9 years ago. A colour wrap is a different story.
I am selling the car and pulled the film off two weeks back. No scratches or damage to the paint but geez the film's a different story. I have subjected the poor girl to some nasty tracks.
You can see the nasty scratches on the film, but none on the paint. Themarks on the paint are bits of adhesive which I peeled off later.
It's not everbody's cuppa tea but I wanted to be able to knock the car around in the bush.
I reckon I'll get my $1600 back.
Cheers

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[Stiltz]

Wow Drowell that is a huge difference and I noticed your other post with pics and the paint looks like new!
Does the protection wrap polish or buff up well if you wanted to?

[Spence]

Old thread I know, but these things will save your paint. No question. a bit of “shield n peel” on the arches and bonnet and you’re good to go. I just did nearly 3 weeks in Tassie west coast. The other two vehicles are absolutely trashed. I have some minor scratches where the protection didn’t cover.

[Macadamia]

Old thread I know, but these things will save your paint. No question. a bit of “shield n peel” on the arches and bonnet and you’re good to go. I just did nearly 3 weeks in Tassie west coast. The other two vehicles are absolutely trashed. I have some minor scratches where the protection didn’t cover.

Was looking at these hoping for a boxing day sale but nothing came of it.

Do you have to put them on your car clean / after a wash? They're not rated for highway speeds (though people report no problem but I'd be wary in a strong wind) so I worry about driving to a track and then putting them on an already dusty/dirty car. and the one review I saw on yt said that after a weekend of driving fraser sand had worked it's way between the panels.

I've been using shield n peel but looking for a less effort alternative. if I could wrap the car for around $2k that'd be the way to go!

[Spence]

Was looking at these hoping for a boxing day sale but nothing came of it.

Do you have to put them on your car clean / after a wash? They're not rated for highway speeds (though people report no problem but I'd be wary in a strong wind) so I worry about driving to a track and then putting them on an already dusty/dirty car. and the one review I saw on yt said that after a weekend of driving fraser sand had worked it's way between the panels.

I've been using shield n peel but looking for a less effort alternative. if I could wrap the car for around $2k that'd be the way to go!
I have now used them on more than half a dozen two week or longer trips. I put them on at home before I leave. Always washed first, then waxed. I have noticed stuff getting behind the magnets, but it makes absolutely no difference to my paint. Even if after a very long period of time there is some marring I am still okay with that after looking at all my mates cars which get absolutely trashed. I haven’t lost any panels due to high winds and high speeds yet, but the leading edge of some of the panels which I think could come off, I have run a strip of black electrical tape. Getting it wrapped could be a good idea, but when the rap gets scratched, it stays scratched until you remove the wrap. I get to remove my scratched panels when I get home. Each to their own I guess, but this is my preferred method.