I went wheeling over the weekend and scrached the hell out of my "paint matched" bumpers again!! They were already all pitted up from normal use (mostly mountain driving in the winter) but the scratches are deep and very noticable. I was considering taking the metal parts off and bringing them to a Line X shop and having them spray them. I think that the effect would look cool, have great durability, and is cheap (he said he would do it under the table on a saturday for ~$40.00) Has anyone ever tried this or have an opinion on the appearance / functionality of this???

 

Personally, I wouldn't do it. Line-Xing a 99 bumper scares me, thats just too new! Get an ARB up front!

 

linex for $40 or ARB for $600 ... get it lined ... and latter on you can always get an ARB

 

Has anybody actually done this on a 3rd gen? How does it REALLY look?

 

there was a 1st gen (silver or white in color) that did the lower part of their body panels .. it looked fine

 

Yeah, I'm thinkin about getting my rocker panels done to protect against all the rocks that my mudders are throwin up from my dirt road...I wonder how much that would cost

Fink

 

I am in 100% agreement...do it for sure. As long as you have a experienced cat behind the spray gun, you'll be fine. I am gonna coat a ton of parts on my 4th gen very soon...good luck.

Billy

 

Rocker panels look good when they get sprayed, I agree. A while back I think I remember a thread where somebody was quoted like $300 just for the rocker panels. Make friends and get it cheap!

 

Thanks! I saw a bunch of the guys work who is doing it and it looked good. He said he has done a bunch of sliders, nerf bars etc. for other people and that it turns out. does anybody think that there will be a problem with re-assembly with a thick coat of material on the bumpers?? I am very close to commiting to this and am planning on taking the bumpers off tommorow.

 

I painted this bumper with Dupli-color Truck Bed Spray in a rattle can http://community.webshots.com/photo/...87536658rVHJHT

 

That looks awesome! Probably durable as hell too. The Line X bedliner spray is a little chunkier than that but will still look ok I think. Is the coat on your bumper consistent and how hard was it to spray? It looks like it in the picture.

 

It was a little tricky to get the texture consistent. I was going for a light (non-chunky) texture. I top coated it with SEM Chip Guard (satin black). The SEM product is a specialty auto paint for rocker panels and high abrasion areas on cars. It is about $12 for a rattle can and you can find it at auto painting supply stores. Chip guard also comes in clear but I had it go on looking a little milky so I switched to the black. Here is a close-up http://community.webshots.com/photo/...87536791zeoxYl

 

That still looks good. I can get my back and front done for $40.00 though from line x. I imagine I will be pretty close to that for the materials to do it myself. I just called Rhino linings and was quoted $300 to the the bumpers!!! Thanks for the pics - I think I might do my sliders with the duplacolor when I get them.

 

I've decided that I'm going to do my rear bumper with Line-X if I ever get it done. I'm sick of rattle can paint having to be reapplied after every trip.

Chris

 

It don't matter what you coat your bumpers with, if you brush them against rocks, it will rub off. I just use Dupli-color Truck Bed Spray for my silders and a satin black spray paint for my bumpers and skid plates. After I get my front fenders painted, I'll be getting the lower rocker panels Line-Xed.....

 

I have a 93 reg cab truck. I used a bed liner product to do my rocker panels. It looks fine. I have no complaints, except I wish I had used Line-X or rhino lining on it. Ut the brand really doesn't matter to me. It still looks good. I will try to get some pics later.

 

I saw a Toyota truck here in town the other day with custom bumpers that were covered in what looked like Line-x. Although I generally don't pay much attention to the looks of something my knee jerk reaction was that it didn't look good. The texture is heavy on a part that would normally be smooth so it would take some visual adjusting to get used to in the least.
I would say if you are going to be using the truck offroad and are more interested in function, go for it. If you are more interested in looks you might want to give it a bit of mulling over.

 

I just bought a can of Herculiner to do the lower 1/4 of my doors and rocker panels. I drive on gravel daily and small rock fly out of the tires when you get up to speed and chip the paint.
In one of the 4x4 mags this month, they took a brand new Lexus 470 and ripped all the body cladding/bumpers off and did the Line-X coating. It looks great. There is a guy at work that had an older rusty Blazer. He had the entire inside and outside coated with Rhino liner. Very easy to clean.

 

http://www.astantislip.com/
I use their products where I work. The application is from a can for what we use. I used the base stuff for shop floors and wooden planked truck beds. I know from experience that the epoxy in parts holds up extremely well against machines well roll on it and stuff falling on the floor. I don't know how it might look on metal parts of an auto. And I don't know if it is available for non-industrial sale.
On the can it says: contains KEVLAR aramid
application techniques
spray - (good non-slip characteristics) 60 sq. ft/gal
trowel - (excellent non-slip characteristics) 40 sq. ft/gal
roller - (superior non-slip characteristics) 50 sq. ft/gal
that is the info from the can of high performance pedestrian grade one-part epoxy

 

You can even get the "new glow in the dark" color! how funny would that be!