Something I’m considering is having my roof coated with bed liner like Bullet Liner or Line-X. It would be an opportunity to dig out the old crappy looking seal in the channels, it can be color matched, and never need waxing cause it’s textured. An additional benefit is sound deadening.
I’m interested in knowing if anyone has done this and please post pictures. It would be great to see where your edges are.

 

I'd also like to know more about this idea. Anybody have a cost estimate?

 

My clear coat is terrible on the roof and have been looking into this...I've been struggling with where to stop the liner and turn back to paint

 

Throw me in the boat of folks needing to do something about the roof paint and channel seals.

 

On a related note, I had an extended E-350 van that was black. After the valet damaged/scraped the top paint trying to drive it into a parking garage, I had just the top painted gloss white. I swear the van was 15-20 degrees cooler inside when sitting out in the summer sun. Best $1,000 I ever spent. White paint went to edge of drip rails, but not over them.

 

Please post pictures so we can see...
Thanks!

 

I've been tempted to use the white rubberized RV roof paint on my beigish brown.... https://www.smartrving.net/best-rv-roof-coatings/

Do the bedliner coatings, which will be A Lot more durable come in colors, like white? Edit: That was a dumb question.... yes, they do...

 

In for info, I also need to address peeling paint on the roof. So far its just in one of the roof channels but I'm sure it will continue to spread.

A friend and I have been discussing doing our trucks (same vintage F350) with Upol Raptor Liner, anyone done it??

 

are you set on using a bed liner material?
(Im going to be redoing the whole ex using durabek but no pics yet)

rustoleum works wonders

 

I'm doing from the trim down on the sides of mine. I thinned the Raptorliner so it would be a smoother finish. Look at the 2000X Weekend Warrior thread.


I think you'd go right to the doors on the roof.

 

My biggest question is where/how to terminate at the C and D pillars....I don't want to make it look like the excursion is wearing a toupee.

 

If you live in a warm / hot climate, I can second the cooling benefits of a lighter color. My Excursion is white, we have a black Subaru Forester. Night and day difference. If I leave the Forester parked outside all day, I have to run the AC on max for a long time to cool everything down. The Excursion cools down very fast in the same situation even though it has how many times the interior volume. UPS trucks here (Miami) all have the roofs painted white.

 

Lance: I looked over the "Weekend Warrior" thread, do you have any pics up close of the roof and where you stopped, etc?

 

I haven't done the roof yet. I meant you could see the texture of the thinned Raptorliner. I don't think I would want the rough texture on the roof.

 

I live were moss grows on anything that it can grab hold of. I'd worry about moss growing like crazy on a textured surface like these. I honestly don't know how to deal with clear coats on these two stage finishes. Can't you just lightly sand the clear coat off to the base coat on the failing areas and then respray the clear?