DIY Bed Liners

[Double AA]

I need to do my floorboards and have been looking at the various DIY bed line kits available. I've seen a couple Jeeps with the roll on Herculiner that looked pretty good. I know there is also Durabak (roll/spray) and Raptor which come with a spray gun.

Are there any other bed liner kits I should consider, and is one any better then the other as far as durability, looks and application?

[ECV Jeep]

Andrew-

I used the roll on Herculiner. It looks great, goes on easy and is pretty durable. A small can of Herculiner in the garage makes for easy touch-ups should you need it.

I am happy with my results. I have no experience with the others you mentioned.

-Brian

[USMC 0369]

[COLOR="Sienna"]I've had this converation with several people, several times. From what I gather, mostly it comes down to prep work. If you don't do adequate prep work, none of them perform as intended and you'll end up repeating your work.

My main concern was, how much weight would this add to my rig? From what I gathered it shouldn't be a factor unless you put it on massively thick.[/COLOR]

[Double AA]

I've only seen the black Herculiner that was rolled on, and thought it looked good. I've always had my trucks Rhino-lined or Line-X'ed, and after a couple years in the sun they looked brown. I'm thinking of using gray lining this time for the Jeep.

The prep shouldn't be too bad. My floorboard and wheel wells are bare metal right now.

How much weight do you think it adds once dried? I bet I pulled over 20# of carpet, padding and rubber floor mats out.

[RAT]

Yo Slice.
Here is the website for Herculiner. Order what color you want.
http://www.herculiner.com/product_info.html

[2blk2drs]

what? no border patrol green?

[Ol Man]

Andrew, I use Herculiner on the floor of my FToy and it holds up pretty well. End up having to touch it up once a year where the heel rests near the throttle is all.

[Materdaddy]

[COLOR="Sienna"]I've had this converation with several people, several times. From what I gather, mostly it comes down to prep work. If you don't do adequate prep work, none of them perform as intended and you'll end up repeating your work.

My main concern was, how much weight would this add to my rig? From what I gathered it shouldn't be a factor unless you put it on massively thick.[/COLOR]

I wouldn't worry about weight... if you bring the herculiner home in the cans, they're only a couple pounds each. Just spread that out over the floor, no biggie!

[jimmyrig]

check out raptor...Looks great can come in tinted colors and if you buy the whole kit come with the media gun to shoot it.. Super clean way to do it..

http://www.tcpglobal.com/detailsupplydepot/dsd18.aspx

[Double AA]

check out raptor...Looks great can come in tinted colors and if you buy the whole kit come with the media gun to shoot it.. Super clean way to do it..

http://www.tcpglobal.com/detailsupplydepot/dsd18.aspx

Have you applied Raptor yourself, and what's the tintable coating? I have a lot of tight areas to coat and I'm wondering if the spray gun will make it easier or more difficult.

[dirtman13]

Herculiner has a UV top coat that goes over the top of the liner. I used in my tub and haven't had any browning.

[jimmyrig]

I have a box of it sitting in the garage.. However, my buddy down the street who is restoring a Impala used it on the underside of the car.Looks great and I watched him apply it. It was clean simple and why I bought it. I have used Herculiner,duplicoat, and cant say they were half as easy to put on as this stuff. Use household foil to cover up those weird shaped items, and BLUE tape for the rest. You will really like the results.

Oh, and you can contact them to buy it in colors to match you paint. The local paint supplier down here can do it for me...

[jimmyrig]

I just did the tub on the GF CJ and this stuff is awesome! Clean super easy to use and looks really good... Good feel as well not ruff but has texture! Now to see how strong it is... I will post up pics later

[inVERt'D]

I used black Herculiner on the tub rails of my Jeep about 3 years ago. I sanded down the paint and cleaned off all the dust real good, and applied 3 coats of Herculiner. So far, it's held up real well. It might be a tad faded, but I think it's more like dusty--definitely hasn't turned brown or purple or anything. Anyway a good scrub, rinse, and a fresh coat, and it will be like new.