Aluminium roof rack

[Ronanjordan]

Hey all,
Decided to pull off my homemade steel
Roofrack and light bar this morning.
The problem was I just painted the steel
Black, but over time the paint on my roof
Started to have weird colours showing on it
Right below the cross bars on my rack.
Putting it down to rusty water running off the
Steel and onto my roof.

Would aluminium have similar problems/ reactions
with rain does anyone know??

Thanks ,
Rj

 

[Chris]

Aluminium is very stable. It still 'rusts' as in oxidises, but the beauty of AL is that it oxidises in seconds pretty much and AlOX is one of the strongest compounds out there. That's why it's used in grinding wheels. Usually ally racks get powder coated too so they'll last pretty much forever.

They don't react with rain water. Not unless it's acid rain! Does it rain at all over there Ronan?

Chris

 

[Jon Wildsmith]

Why not get your existing one powder coated? The thing I'd watch out for with aluminium racks is they seem much more suseptable to fatigue fractures than steel.

 

[Ronanjordan]

Cheers guys. Was going to get some
Aluminium next week and make a new rack
And light bar.
should be a lil lighter than the steel one too.
And I can recycle my steel jutting out the back
Of my truck!!

@Chris yes it rains all d time!!!
Any luck with the central locking kit???

 

[andyw]

Any luck with the central locking kit???

I think the fireman sorted it for him.

 

[Ronanjordan]

Any luck with the central locking kit???

I think the fireman sorted it for him.

I may b reading the lines, but I hope I am wrong!

Sorry to hear that Chris!!

 

[Chris]

Clearly not quite at the front of the queue on that one then Ronan!

I don't have anything to fit the central locking kit to my friend. Don't think there are any lines to read between.

Noop, nothing. Gone. It is and ex 80.


Still at least the water from the fire hoses didn't damage the aluminium roof rack

Chris

 

[Ronanjordan]

Foot back in mouth !!!!!