Painted Escalade roof rack

[Rocket Man]

Do the crossbars still work with the wrap? I had mine painted and so far so good after 2 years.

 

[Goodinblack]

Wow.

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[Silent D]

What's the difference between the Escalade roof rack and the one in my LTZ?

 

[KBones]

What's the difference between the Escalade roof rack and the one in my LTZ?

It sits flush across the roof and just looks a little smoother and cleaner. I'm still on the fence if I love it or not..

 

[KBones]

Do the crossbars still work with the wrap? I had mine painted and so far so good after 2 years.

The wrap will hold up just fine. It looks painted and is easy to fix if it were to get damaged in any way. I'm a manager at a shop that tints, wrap cars, and installs paint protection film, so the vinyl is readily available to use.

 

[Rocket Man]

The wrap will hold up just fine. It looks painted and is easy to fix if it were to get damaged in any way. I'm a manager at a shop that tints, wrap cars, and installs paint protection film, so the vinyl is readily available to use.

I understand but the reason I asked if the crossbars still work is the because of the way they grab onto the main tracks and I was thinking the wrap would interfere. The reason I mentioned the paint holding up is because it's chrome underneath which is difficult to get paint to hold on to. My friend owns a body shop and he had to do alot of prep before he could paint them. But wrap wouldn't have worked for me anyway because there isn't a way to match my paint. Black or white is probably the only paint that you could match with a wrap.

 

[Silent D]

It sits flush across the roof and just looks a little smoother and cleaner. I'm still on the fence if I love it or not..

So the rack sits closer to the roof of the Tahoe with the Escalade rack? I might need to look into the then. I can't park my Tahoe in my garage because the arm for the garage door sits down about a inch too low and hits my cross bars. It can fit if I take the cross bars off or the garage door arm.

 

[KBones]

I understand but the reason I asked if the crossbars still work is the because of the way they grab onto the main tracks and I was thinking the wrap would interfere. The reason I mentioned the paint holding up is because it's chrome underneath which is difficult to get paint to hold on to. My friend owns a body shop and he had to do alot of prep before he could paint them. But wrap wouldn't have worked for me anyway because there isn't a way to match my paint. Black or white is probably the only paint that you could match with a wrap.

Gotcha. I used an adhesive promoter that makes the vinyl stick better. I can move the cross bars back and forth with to problem or damaging the film.

 

[Silent D]

I removed the cross bars and it fits. Man those things are a pita to get off. A ton of walking back and forth pushing each side. Theres got to be a better way to be able to push them around without going back and forth.

 

[Rocket Man]

Gotcha. I used an adhesive promoter that makes the vinyl stick better. I can move the cross bars back and forth with to problem or damaging the film.

Awesome. That's a great alternative, just wish I could get CM film.