Bedlining Bumpers

[adray96]

Hey guys, when I got my truck, the bumpers were painted black, and I like the way that looks a lot better than the chrome. As it tends to do, the painted chrome is peeling, and I would like to recoat them with bedliner. I want to know what you guys use to bed line your bumpers, grilles, and other parts, as I tend to do my grille and flares, as well.

I know there's herculiner, which has plenty of good reviews on Amazon, but I also know that it's not favored. If it comes to that, I'll do it, but I just wanted to see what else is out there


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[Jay33089]

Have the bumpers sand blasted and prep the flares with some 180 grit. Take them somewhere that does LineX. By far the best on the market, IMO.

 

[mike550]

Hey guys, when I got my truck, the bumpers were painted black, and I like the way that looks a lot better than the chrome. As it tends to do, the painted chrome is peeling, and I would like to recoat them with bedliner. I want to know what you guys use to bed line your bumpers, grilles, and other parts, as I tend to do my grille and flares, as well.

I know there's herculiner, which has plenty of good reviews on Amazon, but I also know that it's not favored. If it comes to that, I'll do it, but I just wanted to see what else is out there


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I did my grill, and bumpers with duplicolor spray on liner, NOT the rubberized garbage. If you do a ton of coats, and prep well. Its the best bang for the buck.

 

[adray96]

Have the bumpers sand blasted and prep the flares with some 180 grit. Take them somewhere that does LineX. By far the best on the market, IMO.

I would love to do LineX, but this is something I'd like to do in a day or so at my cousin's, so I can use his sand blaster, and not have to drive around without bumpers. I know I'll be sacrificing quality, but the few hundred I'll save from that will be put into maintenance to keep the truck running, so that maybe I can have the bed liner applied the best way (LineX) down the line. I thank you for your input


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[adray96]

I did my grill, and bumpers with duplicolor spray on liner, NOT the rubberized garbage. If you do a ton of coats, and prep well. Its the best bang for the buck.

Do you recall how many cans you went through? What did your prep include? My cousin has a sandblasting that he's going to let me use, would that be enough, or do I need to go further than just that?


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[Jay33089]

I've done a couple of brush guards with the dupli-color bed armor. Holds up pretty well and is easily touched up. Just spray over the nick or scratch. I used two cans to do a ranch hand gaurd that was blasted. Just sprayed on the bare metal. Been there a while and still looks good.

 

[adray96]

I'm looking into the duplicolor stuff now. What's the problem with the rubberized version? And how coats are you guys doing?


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[Jay33089]

I'm looking into the duplicolor stuff now. What's the problem with the rubberized version? And how coats are you guys doing?


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The rubberized stuff is real soft and easily damaged! Good for under wheel wells but that's about it! I did 2 coats then came back a third time and made the texture like I wanted it in places that looked "bare".

 

[adray96]

The rubberized stuff is real soft and easily damaged! Good for under wheel wells but that's about it! I did 2 coats then came back a third time and made the texture like I wanted it in places that looked "bare".

And that was with the rubberized version?


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[Jay33089]

And that was with the rubberized version?


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No. Thats what I did to the brush guards with the dupli-color bed armor.