I love how the spray in liner looks and lasts for that matter. what do you guys think? Good idea? what is the best kit to get? What type of prep is needed?

 

A spray in is nice, but pretty expensive. I have a kit called Monstaliner, it's a roll on, but not a conventional hard tarry roll on, it is thiiiick, and I am really really satisfied with it.

Just a thought, google them.

AleX

 

Forgot to mention, the Monstaliner kit is designed to look and feel exactly like a spray in, and it does.

 

hmmm, monstaliner looks interesting, their product called chassis saver does too. Plus I think they are an advertiser or sponser here. How much was a bed liner kit Nother?

 

Is it near the same as a rhino? I love how it appears plastic style with movement and not that crappy rubber junk. How do you block the bolt holes, etc? Did you prep ahead of time? Sanding?

 

there is a short tutorial on the Monstaliner website.

 

I think like 240$, maybe 260$? It was somewhere right in that range. Not free, but I think a spray in from a shop is around 600$? I haven't tried any of their other products, but the owner is a very nice guy, very accommodating, explained to me exactly how to do it, when to do it, before I made the purchase, and like I said, the product is excellent. What's impressed me is how well it adheres. There is no peeling, that's just not how it works. I worked off one little chip on the edge with a screwdriver, just to see how hard it would be, and I eventually got some to pop up, but like I said, there was no peel, I just sort of tore some of the top layer off of the bottom layer. You'll never get the stuff completely off. It's also totally waterproof, and it goes on waaaay too thick to allow for any unsealed seems, that might catch moisture otherwise.

 

Uhhh it's actually not so much like Rhino, or Herculiner. Those are both sort of chunky, scrapey, very rough. This comes out to be basically a bumpy plastic skin, imagine like elephant skin, if that helps at all haha, no little jagged bumps, just super smooth wide flat lumps, like a spray in, but harder. I actually lined right over the bolt heads, because I figured if I was ever taking the bed off, I could just undo the nuts, and lift the bolts out with the bed. But the edges and all you just mask up with tape, which comes in the kit. You peel it off before it hardens and the lines come out perfect if you're careful. And ya, I got rid of anything chunky of course (rust), did all my metal patching, and then you have about an hour or so of sanding/scouring with some pads they give you in the kit, then hit it with a degreaser once or twice, then you're good to go.

I've done alot more work to put on POR-15, and had much less impressive results, and that's just a paint.

 

I paid $375 for my spray in bedliner. If you look around you can get the same job the dealerships charge $600 for.

The place I went to when I was in Arizona actually did it for the dealships and fit my car in between the fleet trucks.

Been there 5 years now and still looks great with no fading or blemishes.

 

I was really impressed with the new Rust-o-leum brand bed liner system.

Very easy to apply, applied to a friend's Ch**y about 9 months ago and so far still looks great. About $40 for a gallon and only needed about 1/2-3/4 of it to do a short bed.

Josh