About to bed line my cargo area interior. What do I need to know?

[xxaarraa]

After years of yeomen service, the interior panels of my cargo area are scuffed, scratched and bruised. I plan to use one of the popular bed liner products to clean it up. Some questions for folks that have done this before:

• Who makes the best roll on kit? Hercu liner? Rhino liner? My interior is grey so I am going to go with a grey liner to match.
• How much do I need for a 4th gen cargo area? In quarts/liters.
• What do I need to do to prep the surface before lining it? Wipe it down with rubbing alcohol? Or do I need to sand it down?
• Any gotchas I need to watch out for?

Thanks T4R.org!

 

[Dylan]

Some questions for folks that have done this before:

[*]Any gotchas I need to watch out for?
[/LIST]

Thanks T4R.org!

I have not done this, but considered it at one point for my '94.

I would remove the interior panels to roll on the liner. One) so that it is easier to do, but Two) because that stuff will have a nauseating smell and could last a while in the interior of your rig, which would be awful in my opinion. I'm not sure how long until after it's dried/cured that the smell goes away, or at least to a point that's manageable...but something to definitely consider.

 

[97BlackAckCL]

I like this idea :hat:

 

[foxrider56]

Dont just do the interior do the whole exterior of the t4r! Haha in all seriousness just prep it properly, depending on what product you use the prep will be diffrent but I scratched mine down with some 80 grit sandpaper then wiped down throughly with Mek then tape, over tape everything just to make sure you won't get it on something you don't want it on. Paint it, then pull the tape off immediatelyohh and of course Wear globes and cover up , it takes a while to get Bedliner off your skin

Here's a writeup

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-gen-t4rs/143002-monstaliner-write-up.html

 

[xxaarraa]

I have not done this, but considered it at one point for my '94.

I would remove the interior panels to roll on the liner. One) so that it is easier to do, but Two) because that stuff will have a nauseating smell and could last a while in the interior of your rig, which would be awful in my opinion. I'm not sure how long until after it's dried/cured that the smell goes away, or at least to a point that's manageable...but something to definitely consider.

I hear ya. I rhinolined my budbuilt skids and that stank up the garage quite badly. However, I am not about to take apart the interior, that's too much work for a project like this. I will just roll all 5 windows down, and keep doors open for a day or two in the garage to air it out.

Dont just do the interior do the whole exterior of the t4r! Haha in all seriousness just prep it properly, depending on what product you use the prep will be diffrent but I scratched mine down with some 80 grit sandpaper then wiped down throughly with Mek then tape, over tape everything just to make sure you won't get it on something you don't want it on. Paint it, then pull the tape off immediatelyohh and of course Wear globes and cover up , it takes a while to get Bedliner off your skin

Here's a writeup

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/3rd-gen-t4rs/143002-monstaliner-write-up.html

Thanks for sharing the write-up, that's a pretty cool job! I am wondering what the prep is specific to the inside plastic panels as opposed to metal.

 

[SSt4r]

Give us some pictures when you're done. If you're only doing the lower panels in the cargo area, It's not to hard to remove them. Food for thought....

 

[macgyver_ga]

The interior really isn't that difficult to take apart. When we bought my wife's T4R, I stripped out the entire interior with the exception of the dash. It was so filthy even after the dealerships "detail" job (if you wanna even call that a detail), stripping all the panels out and cleaning them separately with degreaser was the only way I could get it clean enough for my liking. Also had to pressure wash the carpet out then dye some of the stains back to gray.

Unless you're ok with huffing paint fumes for a few days, I highly recommend taking the panels out, painting them, and letting them cure for a few days. Bedliner is some pretty stout stuff. Also find a beliner with some sheen/gloss to it. Otherwise if it's matte it's just going to look all beat up and dingy again after some normal use.

For prep, I would wet sand them with some 400 grit paper and use some dish soap in the water mix so you can combine the wet-sanding and degreasing in one step. Rinse. Then let them dry completely. Wipe them down with some denatured alcohol. Then Spray two coats of adhesion promoter. Then spray a couple coats of primer (preferably black primer). Then apply your bedliner.

Some might think this is overkill but honestly, the key to a good paint job is Prep prep prep. ESPECIALLY painting anything plastic where the probability of failure is significantly higher.