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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: 63tb on December 28, 2011, 08:26:53 AM
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Folks,
I want to have the bed of my Dodge Dakota treated with spray in bed liner. It seems that Rhino Liner and Line-x are the big names. Has anyone used either of these products and why did you use the type you did?
I found an old thread on this topic from back in 2003 (Karnak was looking for the same info at the time), and most seemed to favor Line-X. I wanted to see if that is still the preferred type or if things have changed since then.
Thanks
63tb
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I did mine myself after getting estimates of $400- $600 for the shops in my area to do it. I used Duplicolor brand DIY roll-in bed liner from Advanced Auto Parts. IIRC it cost me a lil less than $140 because I have a full size Chevy and needed an extra quart.
Hope this is helpful to you. :salute
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I had a Rhino liner shot into mine (05, 2500 4dr Silverado), and its a remarkable product.Very satisfied with it. After 5yrs its still holding up fine. I think it ran about $400 to have done at the time.
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I used the Rhino liner because it was alot thicker than the others, so the cost was worth it for me.
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Rhino liner.
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I have the Xtreme Liner. Has 8% pigment which means even my '98 truck I sold to my son-in-law has a very black bedliner. Does not grey out.
It is not just the liner but the way it is sprayed in that makes the difference. Xtreme has a lifetime warrantee against damage. They fix it free. It is not too soft that it damages easy and it is not too hard where everything slides around.
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A friend here got her truck sprayed with Line-X. It's held up nicely, though she doesn't do much hauling.
I have the factory coating in my '06 Nissan Titan, and it's crappy. It's bubbling in a few spots. I don't know what brand it is, but if I can find out, I'll post it.
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I might add that I use a truck as a truck. I haul a lot of heavier metal items in the 400 to 500 lb range. The bed holds up nicely. Never had to do warrantee work on it.
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Rhino in my Silverado. Wouldn't have a truck without some sort of liner.
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Have had Rhino in both ours (2003 and 2011)
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Suggestion...........
If you don't have bars running along the top of the bed on each side, consider the over the top installation. People tend to walk up to a truck and set things on the top sides of the bed. Bedliner on there just protects it and looks nice.
...as shown on this truck.
(http://0.tqn.com/d/trucks/1/0/N/R/1/ram-spray-bedliner.jpg)
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I might add that I use a truck as a truck. I haul a lot of heavier metal items in the 400 to 500 lb range. The bed holds up nicely. Never had to do warrantee work on it.
I use mine as a truck too, but I definitely got the lemon built on a Friday, perhaps in December, most likely before Christmas! :)
My vehicle has been in for service for 45 days now for unrelated problems, with the biggest being a bad transmission. All work was done under warranty, but still, what a POS.
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Got a line-x in mine, over the top of the sides too. Clean lines, good coverage and consistent work (no bumps or bubbles where they shouldn't be) Came with the truck, so no idea what it cost.
Wurz
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I got rhino liner in my Chevy 2500, and it's a great product very durable...studs on my snowmobile havent puched a hole through it yet...
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If you can afford the extra cost, have the coating colored the same as your truck. It looks %100 better.
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If you can afford the extra cost, have the coating colored the same as your truck. It looks %100 better.
If you can post a picture! I only seen black bed liner I have my seen anyother color...
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If you can afford the extra cost, have the coating colored the same as your truck. It looks %100 better.
<< prefers black nothing rubs off and discolors it. :)
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dont go to one of them earl schieb to have it installed :D.
semp
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Thanks everyone!
From what I've heard talking to other people, Line-X costs more than Rhino and that Line-X is applied hot and Rhino cold. Is that true and does it make a difference?
With auto paint the product is 1/3 of the result and the other 2/3 is the guy behind the sprayer. Is spraying bed liner that way too, or doesn't it require too much skill to apply (meaning are all shops alike)?
I did toy with the idea of using the do-it-yourself liner kit but I was worried about getting more on me and the driveway than on the truck :), plus I wasn't sure how good it would look.
63tb
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Personally I like the Line-X, I'm looking to do more than just the bed and the Line-x, imo looks better when used on rocker panels, bumpers, etc. IIRC it can be applied in very thin coats. There are a couple of trucks running around town that are completely covered in Line-X, and they don't look half bad.
Line-X is more money and if all your doing is the bed I don't know if you can justify the difference in cost between the two for that use. I believe they both have a lifetime warranty and Rhino looks just as good in the bed as does Line-X.
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I have Line-X in my truck. I looked at Rhino, but the material was relatively soft. When I asked about the ease of repairing it should it get gouged I was told not to let it get gouged. For Line-X they could just spray more in to cover the damage.
It has been in the truck for about nine years, no problems.
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A friend just got a new flatbed for his dually. They used some new type of spray liner I've never seen before that was very thick and rubbery. It's as tough as hard spray liner but nothing is going to slide on it. No idea what brand it is.
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A friend just got a new flatbed for his dually. They used some new type of spray liner I've never seen before that was very thick and rubbery. It's as tough as hard spray liner but nothing is going to slide on it. No idea what brand it is.
flex seal? :D
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These are franchises, so the owner of the franchises makes a big difference on the final product. So get some references. No the diy material is not the same. The plural component sprayer to apply the two component material is $25,000 and up. It cost about $400 in clean-up cost to fire one of these rigs up. They do them in batches to hold the clean-up cost down.
Rash
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The good stuff is poly urea, and it's great stuff, when the surface prep has been done properly. I went to a Sherwin School Dallas for a couples days to learn about applying poly urea in industrial applications. They use the same pump to install the spray in insulation in houses.
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I don't know about line-x. But I did meet the owners of rhino lining in San Diego years ago. They invented it for a durrable mining cart coating in austraila. I know thery were good guys that had a great honest approch and capitalized on a great product. Id get rhino only because I got to know the character of the men who run it. It is a great product. Prob can't go wrong either way.
Kam
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I had Rhino liner put in mine. They custom tinted it to match my truck paint (a dark green) and it came out great. 11 years later, I am still very pleased with it.
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But I did meet the owners of rhino lining in San Diego years ago. They invented it for a durrable mining cart coating in austraila. I know thery were good guys that had a great honest approch and capitalized on a great product. Id get rhino only because I got to know the character of the men who run it. It is a great product. Prob can't go wrong either way.
That is good info to know. :aok
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The good stuff is poly urea, and it's great stuff, when the surface prep has been done properly. I went to a Sherwin School Dallas for a couples days to learn about applying poly urea in industrial applications. They use the same pump to install the spray in insulation in houses.
Key points,surface prep is everything! Also exactly where the product is applied,I'm not talking about the truck but whether it's done in a climate controlled booth or not.
Much like undercoating these "liner" products can trap moisture between the vehicle and linercoating.Depending on where you live,this can cause rust to form unseen under the coating. This is why a climate controlled booth is best,be sure they have the lowest humidity possible.
In the early 80's they coated the panels of make cars and trucks to resist rusting. While not the same product it still trapped moisture and actually cause rusting in places you'd never normally see rust occur,like the middle of a quater panel.
I wont offer an oppinion on which product is best or better,this is because the best product isnt any better if the application is shoddy or the enviorment isnt controlled.
YMMV.
:salute
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In automotive class last year (August ish) we used a generic cheapo liner and by January end of that year it had flaked off of the whole bed.(May have been user error I wasnt therre when they applied it.) Either way it didnt look good or even very robust. We redid it with Rhino liner and it has yet to come off.
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I have an 2002 Silverado and I got the Combat Coatings spray-in-bedliner shortly after I bought it. Approaching 10 years and I have had no issues.