Thread: Paint and Repair Tips for Nudge Bar?

if it was me, I wouldn't be concerned about that little ding. just give it a scrub with fine wet and dry and repaint it with a good metal paint.....it'll look really good with a freshen up.

Thanks for responding. I'm sure it will. Just wondering if there is a better repair method than filling the dent with cement. Guess I can get some good metallic paint and a paintbrush rather than use a spray can or gun for the repaint.

You could sand it back to bare metal and use standard bog ... ie: just normal automotive filler.... Then spray it satin black. It'll never look perfect as the tube will likely be out of round. So even if you fill the dent, the shape will be still slightly squished (if that makes sense).

seeya,
Shane L.

I had one of those nudge bars on a D1. The mounting bracket where it is welded to the bar cracked and I found it had some sort of a plastic type of finish that peeled away. Not sure of the brand and whether they all have that finish . It wasn't powder coat.

If you want a durable paint you could go to an auto paint shop and by a pressure pack can of 2 pac. It consists of the paint, the hardener and thinner.
The hardener is in a bottom compartment of the can, there is a push button on the base of the can, you push it and it breaks a seal, hardener goes into the paint . Shake and spray. It cures to a hard 2 pack finish so should resist stones better than ordinary paint.
Warning : Care when using product as it is 2 pac and don't inhale the stuff.
I recently used it on my outboard, as I didn't want to set up the compressor for a small job.

Nope - rattle cans are the way to go. Lots of light coats (as opposed to one or two thick ones) and you can get a great result.

Septone and Hammerite are good hard wearing paints.

Thanks for the tips. Recon there is a technique to get the bar back into it's original shape?

If I fill it, I do realize it'll stick out a little on the sides where it has been dented in so want it as perfect as possible.

Was watching one of these on ebay this last week and missed it by 10 minutes as it went for $50!