Roll on liner

[MightyHamster]

I have seen some trucks with bed liner material on the entire body. I was wondering how it holds up and if there are any down sides to it (except that it is borderline butt-ugly).

Also, what roll on material is easiest and comes out looking the best? I would prefer to do as little prep work as posible and as few coats as possible (who wouldn't?).

Thanks :p

[Tri_State_Mini_Trucks]

I have seen some trucks with bed liner material on the entire body. I was wondering how it holds up and if there are any down sides to it (except that it is borderline butt-ugly).

Also, what roll on material is easiest and comes out looking the best? I would prefer to do as little prep work as posible and as few coats as possible (who wouldn't?).

Thanks :p

I own a Line-X spray on bedliner franchise. The last paragraph you just wrote gives me chills and is a recipe for disaster. The prep and the thickness of the material are the two most important things when applying a coating of any kind. You will be money ahead in the long run to take it to a professional and have them do it the right way. I have dozens of people every year come in to my store that tried to get off cheap by rolling on their on bedliner. The conclusion. It's a crappy product and if done in correctly is even crappier.

Most people don't realize that a REPUTABLE bedliner company puts around and most times over 10 gallons of material in each bed. So take the $90 bucks you paid for 1 Gallon of roll on material and you will quickly see you are getting a much better deal to take it to a professional. We can get about 18 truck beds out of two 55 gallon drums.

So really you are the one getting screwed when you buy a kit for $90 a gallon plus you have to do all the work which you have no training to complete.

[zbadboy]

I have not used this product but plan to once I get my shipment of trucks in. It got great reviews by peterson's off road. Can't find that article but here is one. http://www.4x4review.com/products/body/bedliner.asp#reviewtable

Here is there web sight. http://www.durabakcompany.com

I am not affiliated with them nor do I gain anything from recommending there product. They sent me a pamphlet and I was impressed by the info provided. The quality of the end result is directly related to proper prep and application. This goes with finishing wood, painting, etc... We all know that this is where we cut corners because we want to get the job done. As a result you end up with a poor result. Check them out. When I try this on one of my trucks I will post results here.

Jeff

[Tri_State_Mini_Trucks]

No matter what you do it will always look rolled on. The texturing is very inconsistent as well as the thickness.

Good luck but I think you will end up with a product worse than when it came out of the container.

[zbadboy]

The rolled on technique is probably not the best method of application. I plan to spray the product on which will result in an even application no different then any of the other products on the market. I have purchased (professionally applied_ the other products on the market and have been disappointed with the fading and staining of the product. However, I will say these other products have held up as far as durability. I am hoping this product will do just as well and maintain a nice finish.

Jeff

[ATVtruck.com]

We have customized nearly 100 trucks and I have found that the professional spray in bedliner looks the best, feels the best and gets the most ohhs and ahhs. However all that comes with a high price. Walmart sells some kind of roll in stuff for about $40. I used to get my painter to roll this in free of charge for our customers. When its free the customer loves it. Recently he found a "spray in" kit that comes with a one time use gun and enough material for one mini truck. It looks awesome. However, now we have purchased a real spray gun and bedliner material. It cost more but looks way better.

[oldplug1]

Has any one sprayed the entire truck? I understand that stuff comes in a lot of colors,.I don't think it would be butt ugly, just look like orange peel

[jpfanne]

Tri State has it right. I set a truck up for some shows the past few months and took it to my local Line-x dealer. We shot the entire interior and exterior in Line-X. We inlaid vinyl graphics on the bed sides and everything. The Line-X adds some thickness so it takes alittle work getting it all to fit back together, but the outcome was awesome. We did the exterior in desert tan, then did black in the bed and back of the cab. I'm not a Line-X dealer, but the boys at Line-X of Central Missouri did an unbelievable job on mine. I would recommend it if your going to go get it dirty and try to scratch it up. It's not the cheapest option, but will never scratch or rust, and should prevent minor dents.


Satisfied Line-X customer.

Jeff.

[jpfanne]

Oops, forgot about the orange peel. From about 20 feet away, it looks like a normal paint job. We did the Line-X extra. It's a top coat that they spray over it when they are done. Supposed to not fade like normal bed liner material.


Jeff.

[Acerguy]

Rough ballpark, what do you think it would cost to get a typical mini-truck sprayed all over (bed and exterior)?

[Stuff99]

I could see getting the outside done up to the bed level. the road grime and salt would eat some of the stuff up around the front wheels..

Also i would think that spray on is allot better then roll on. think of it as painting your truck.

[jpfanne]

You would have to talk to a Line-X dealer to get a price. I was told there is about $2500 of Line-X work on my truck. They obviously cut me a good deal to advertise their product at the trade shows......which by the way is a great option for you to present to the Line-X dealer. They are always looking for interesting things to get peoples attention...and that truck brought a lot of attention to their booth. Anyway, it all depends on what you spray and how far you want to take it. Here is a list of what we did.

1. Exterior
2. Door panels with two tone pinstripes.
3. Interior Floor
4. Inside of doors and door jambs.
5. Front bumper
6. Headlight Bezels
7. Battery Cover
8. Rear Bumper
9. Headache rack.
10. Reflective tape around top edge of fold down bed sides.
11. 4x4 Graphics inlaid in the Line-X on all 3 bed sides.
12. Black line-x in the bed, then desert tan on exterior....lots of taping!


I would assume if you did one single color and didn't want to do the bumpers, battery cover and all the extra stuff that we did, then I would think that around $1500 to $2000 would be resonable. But, I would try and work a deal with the dealer to take your truck to any trade shows that they do and see how much they will donate!


Thanks,
Jeff

[Bearscratch]

Tristate, not to criticize but 18 truckloads out of two 55 gallon drums does not come anywhere near 10 gallons per bed??? Now I have a friend that did exactly what was brought up here is doing little prep work and using as little material as possible, and it was a disaster, it did not last a year and now looks like total garbage.