oil pan coating
you can't fix stupid!
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im a powder coating freak and i chose the bedliner because of the resistance to debris bouncing off of it....powder will crack and flake leaving bare spots just like paint...especially if it gets hit while hot and it will be hot while driving.....my only concern for the bedliner was the heat and when i asked the guy at line-x about temp resistance he said its good to about 300*....if you think about it - it does sit outside baking in the sun all day and still stays put in the bed of your truck....
stinson 108-1
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From: south jersey
My concern with bed liner is that moisture can get under it and start rusting and you won't see it. it does it with paint. It looks good, and then you touch it and a big flake of paint comes off and its rusted under the paint. guys here have had that happen. A good epoxy primer is what I would use. powder coating is not anymore rust resistant than epoxy. as stated by someone above, its not a fix and forget . Bed liner or paint, if water can get under it, and it will, you need to keep something on it, especially up around the bolts. I use fluid film under the whole truck, works well.
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From: Stevens Point, WI
I wouldn't use POR15 on new stuff/metal. It just doesn't like to stick to new stuff it seams no matter what you do.
Personally I have had very good luck with this stuff:
Good thick coating and seems to hold up very very well and is stronger (impact resistant) that most any other rattle can paint I have ever worked with.
I live in rustation and HATE rust! Personally I coat everything with oil once a year or every other year. Its that only thing that actually works!
I just did a pan in our 95 this last winter. I will be doing another pan in our 86 this summer. Did a pan in our 94.5 7.3 as well last year or a couple years ago now. Our 90 plow truck also has a new pan.
Personally I have had very good luck with this stuff:
Good thick coating and seems to hold up very very well and is stronger (impact resistant) that most any other rattle can paint I have ever worked with.
I live in rustation and HATE rust! Personally I coat everything with oil once a year or every other year. Its that only thing that actually works!
I just did a pan in our 95 this last winter. I will be doing another pan in our 86 this summer. Did a pan in our 94.5 7.3 as well last year or a couple years ago now. Our 90 plow truck also has a new pan.
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From: Stevens Point, WI
stinson 108-1
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From: south jersey
I've have used it in the past. it seems to have a lot of air bubbles in it which means small holes for moisture to enter. its better than nothing, but at the bottom of the list of things mentioned. thats my experience.
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