Hi all,

I picked up a used Easley Brush Guard the other day for my 99 F250 SD. Its got some rust and lots of chips from rocks in the paint. I'm trying to decide whether to strip and re-paint it, or go another direction and use a spray on bed liner. Does anyone have experience with this and can offer tips and any other info?

Thanks!

Glenn

 

The easiest and cheapest fix is to sand down any chips and respray with back paint...use a good paint over a lightly sanded finish. Rule of thumb is, if the paint still shines, it won't hold a fresh coat of paint. As they say, the paint is only as good as the prep.
If you are talking use of the spray on bed liner in a can from your local auto parts dealer, it will be the same story. If you don't prep the guard properly the liner will chip off.
If you are talking takeing the guard to a spray liner dealer, well you may be surprised at what they charge to do the job by the time they do the prep and spray.

 

nothing really to add here. spot on with the info

I used the cheap duplicolor bed liner on a grille guard and it is still on there today. it has faded from a black to a very dark charcoal color. Just sandblasted the grille guard and then used a very course grit sandpaper on it then sprayed after wiping the surface clean. It isnt even on the same table on quality as rhino or line-x is but for only 8 bucks a can or a little bit more for a quart that shouldn't be expected. just saying.

I want to say the local line-x place wanted around 125 bucks to spary a grille guard (cant remember if that is labor included or just the sparying but that was like 6 months ago too)

 

Thanks for the info! I think I'm going to go the spray liner route. I plan to do this myself, so it doesn't seem to tough to do. I'll post before and after pics once I get started on it.

Glenn