Topic: Bedliners

[YJmechanic]

watch the colors from fading to. my buddy did his red and it looks pink now after a couple of years.  mines still nice and black

[Dare2BSquare]

That's why the Grizzly Grip has the uv stuff to add. It keeps it from fading. Mind you, I am not speaking from experience, only what I have heard and read.

[jetcracker82]

I really never considered doing any color but black.  The contrast of the black with any color looks the best to me.  It makes what you got pop, and with my 1990 paint I need all the help I can get.

[YJmechanic]

i have my tub inside done plus a rocker strip around the outside and my tailgate and my front fenders,  basically anything i saw getting scratched up repeatedly

[dexetr30]

I really never considered doing any color but black.  The contrast of the black with any color looks the best to me.  It makes what you got pop, and with my 1990 paint I need all the help I can get.

I have two reasons for wanting to use a color. First, it's our daily driver and only gets trail use on the weekends so I want to keep it presentable while still having the protection of the liner. Second, I have no a/c so I don't want the black heating up my interior in the summer.

[Liljeepz]

Well I did mine this week, turned out good, I wish I had a little more than a gallon, but over all its not to bad.
If I had to do it over again, I would  take 1-2 afternoons pulling every thing out of the Jeep, 1afternoon to clean/tape the tub, 1 FULL day to be able to apply 2 light coats on, and the 3rd coat use what ever you have left. then one more afternoon putting every thing back together.... I let mine sit for 24 hours to fully dry... I felt it was better safe than sorry.

That would have been ideal for me and my family, and my Jeep. but I rushed it and it got a little sloppy some places and a little light on others, but over all I cant complain. My tip to any one doing it, take your time when your painting it on, it takes a lot longer than I had thought it would and I was up tell midnight doing it.... and had to get up at 4:30 am the next day for work... not a good idea.
here are some of my pics.

[Liljeepz]

Last pic got moved, can't edit it...

[Jeffy]

Looks good with the windshield down.

[jetcracker82]

Look how shiny and new it looks...I wish mine looked that good.

[Liljeepz]

Look how shiny and new it looks...I wish mine looked that good.

yup... it did...
But it still has 2 more years of payments on it, and my wife reminds me of that every time I go wheeling! 

[wrangler387]

Herculiner also has the UV topcoat you can apply. I bought a qt of it (i think that was the size atleast). But i never applied it since i realized mine will be seeing daily work abuse and would end up being redone eventually anyways. It already is showing some scrapes/scuffs not to mention my black is now grey from all the concrete and concrete dust haha.
I spent 2 days on mine. The first day's morning was removing the interior/taping/sanding/washing etc... Then that night i applied the coats and then the next day i put all my interior back in. It looked great when i first did it, it is a million times better then carpet thats for sure.

[aka-justin]

Some awesome write ups.  Giving me too many ideas.



-Justin

[stan98tj]

I went through a very similar scenario. I saw Rustoleum's EZ liner for 40 bucks and passed over the Herculiner. I put the EZ liner-used the whole gallon-and right away i knew it wasnt going to be thick enough. I still did it as carefully as i could, took all seats out, scrubbed it down, cleaned etc. A few months later that thin garbage fake liner started chipping if anything scraped against it. finally the floorpans wore down and exposed bare steel. So i got some herculiner last week and relined it. I didnt take the front seats out though cause the EZ liner was intact under there. SO my jeep now has the EZ liner (guess it kind of acts as a primer now) and the Herculiner as well. Loved the result i got. Its thick and tough.

[YJmechanic]

wow 3 year post resurrection!  oh well prob something good to be brought back up before summer and all the tops come off and the world can see your tub,  just thought of something while re-reading this,  lowes sells a little paint mixing tool that goes into a drill for a buck.  looks like a foot long rod with a little propeller at the end.  makes the mixing way easier and consistent.  i use it everytime