[mendozer]

I'm tired of looking at my flaky clear coat. I thought about coating the whole rig in a bed liner because:

- it's rugged
- I don't have the time to wash and wax all the time
- it's...rugged


Any input for the DIY kits like Herculiner, Al's, LinerExtreme, SprayLinings, or Raptor?

[MN4runnerman]

I used a gallon of Black Raptor brand Bed liner to do the interior of my jeep. 6 years later I only had to touch up the spot were my feet are next to the pedals. Everything else is great. I'm gonna get a can of the tintable bed liner they sell so I can paint some sliders and an ARB bumper I have to match my 99.

[mendozer]

I'd trust myself to do a better job with spray applications vs rolling. Tape everything off then spray away. I'd assume it's easier to get even. So you took out any carpeting and had a lined interior?

[MN4runnerman]

Originally Posted by mendozer

I'd trust myself to do a better job with spray applications vs rolling. Tape everything off then spray away. I'd assume it's easier to get even. So you took out any carpeting and had a lined interior?

Yeah what was left of the carpeting. I used a roller and it turned out pretty good in there, there's no monster globs or anything it looks pretty even. For the sliders and bumper that I'm gonna do I was thinking of spraying them just cuz I can and then compare.


Edit: @absalom posted a thread awhile ago of him and his buddy using monstaliner on his buddies 3rd gen. I thought it turned out pretty good.

[DLM_2002]

Upol makes a nice 2K (paint with hardener) spray on kit. I just did the bottom half of my rig with it. I did my front bumper a little while back. Only thing that sucks is it has a 5-7 day full cure time. They do have colors to so you dont just have to do black, but stay away from tintable.

This is the 8 quart kit, i did my lower half and front and rear bumper with 4 quarts.


https://www.amazon.com/U-POL-Raptor-...l+raptor+liner

[absalom]

Originally Posted by mendozer

I'm tired of looking at my flaky clear coat. I thought about coating the whole rig in a bed liner because:

- it's rugged
- I don't have the time to wash and wax all the time
- it's...rugged


Any input for the DIY kits like Herculiner, Al's, LinerExtreme, SprayLinings, or Raptor?

check this out

[MN4runnerman]

Originally Posted by DLM_2002

Upol makes a nice 2K (paint with hardener) spray on kit. I just did the bottom half of my rig with it. I did my front bumper a little while back. Only thing that sucks is it has a 5-7 day full cure time. They do have colors to so you dont just have to do black, but stay away from tintable.

This is the 8 quart kit, i did my lower half and front and rear bumper with 4 quarts.


https://www.amazon.com/U-POL-Raptor-...l+raptor+liner

Why would you want to stay away from tintable? I have no experience with it yet so I just wanna know what I might be getting into.

[DLM_2002]

Originally Posted by MN4runnerman

Why would you want to stay away from tintable? I have no experience with it yet so I just wanna know what I might be getting into.

All the reviews i have read said it doesn't tint well and the color doesn't stay. I have never tried it but that isn't something i would try without knowing it would work.

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[ATX-Runner]

Unless its a high grade UV stable tint lighter colors will yellow or fade.

[Brentif]

I sprayed the whole outside of mine with Monstaliner, never did a write up though. I went the spray route, which was easy to do. The most difficult part is the prep and masking. I went two tone, as to match the existing paint. I used Monstaliner's grey, which turned out fantastic. I opted to tint my own green, and had a body shop mix some tint for me. This part turned out terrible, now it should be noted that I did not use the recommended tint. The green turned out to be a candy, basically showing all the imperfections and sanding marks through the liner. I reordered more green for the truck, and will be using their green tint for round two.

[elliot627]

I have a couple of friends that are avid gearheads and know much more than I do when it comes to cars (1 of them worked as a professional mechanic for ~5 years, and they both race autocross etc), and they both highly recommended against exterior bedliner coatings because they said once water gets in between the lining and the metal (which is fair to assume it will, esp. considering off-roading abuse), it can cause the metal underneath to rust much more easily as the water is trapped in there, and you won't know anything about it until a panel collapses.

Don't shoot the messenger... Curious what your thoughts are on this?

[kolelt]

I used monstaliner around my fenders and rockers. Eventually the whole truck will be monstaliner when the original paint goes bad

[mendozer]

absalom i did see that post, came out very nice. I wonder how long it'd take mt to completely take out lights, bumpers, etc. I was thinking of this as a weekend project.

as for curing, they're talking about stressing it out like throwing toolboxes in truck beds. once it's dry to the touch you can drive it around right? I can't be without it for a week.

As for the rust issue I'd assume that if done well, water shouldn't find it's way in.

[absalom]

Originally Posted by mendozer

absalom i did see that post, came out very nice. I wonder how long it'd take mt to completely take out lights, bumpers, etc. I was thinking of this as a weekend project.

as for curing, they're talking about stressing it out like throwing toolboxes in truck beds. once it's dry to the touch you can drive it around right? I can't be without it for a week.

As for the rust issue I'd assume that if done well, water shouldn't find it's way in.

We did the whole project in a day, and he was driving it the next day.

Get some friends to help, it'll make an already easy project even easier.

[mendozer]

it says you used 1 gallon of primer, how much of the regular coat? And did you add acetone to it to spray it?