Duplicolor bedliner trim and fenders

[Balto1223]

Before and after putting duplicolor bedliner on my fenders and trim.

 

[backwoods boy]

Sweeeeeet

 

[SHUSH]

What prep did you do.......like the look.

 

[Balto1223]

I just masked off the areas, roughed them a little with an abrasive pad, cleaned the area with degreaser and then water, let that dry and then painted on the bedliner. It was really easy, you can get the duplicolor bedliner kit at any parts store. It's around $100 for all the materials needed, including the kit. The mod made a huge difference in look, and my vehicle is a lot tougher now!

 

[SHAGGY101]

Nice. How thick did it go on? hope it holds up to the uv light! Ive used herculiner in a truck bed in the past. I applied a uv protectant top coat layer. You were supposed to reapply once a year but I let it go and the bed liner rapidly deteriorated in about a year.

 

[Topmounter]

Is that overspray on that prop?

 

[LCbruiser2000]

Looks much better! Nice work.

I have only done Plasti-Dip on my trim and bumpers. I still like the idea of temporary...

 

[FlammableFishie]

Looks much better! Nice work.

I have only done Plasti-Dip on my trim and bumpers. I still like the idea of temporary...

I've always thought about this, would a layer of plasti-dip with a few coats of bed liner on top serve the same purpose as a sort of easily removable bed liner? So when you take it off there is no residue since the plasti-dip was the base coat.

 

[LCbruiser2000]

@Flammable

That's not a bad idea, one coat of Plasti, then the spray paint.....Still Temporary!

I've noticed after about a year, the Plasti-Dip needs to be re-done....
However, I don't know how well the spray paint would adhere to the Plasti-Dip. I'm assuming fine.

 

[SHUSH]

@ Flammable and LCbruiser.....I like where this discussion is going. I really need to do something to mine and want to totally "wrap" the truck by doing the bumpers and lower panel so it's all the way around. let me know if you test this idea....plastidip base makess sense as the rubberized liner fades you can remove and reapply.

 

[Fitzgerald]

I read somewhere that the plastidip becomes much harder to peel off. ???

 

[SHUSH]

I have read that in a few applications it can be dictated by the prep work and what surface it is on......ie my bumpers are so scratched up I might have a harder time getting it off than on a newer, smoother bumper.

 

[LCbruiser2000]

@shush

I just did the plastidip over the weekend to the front bumper. Bought it off CraigsList a few months ago and it was so rusted and faded - you can see on final pic how faded the light housing area is. That's pretty much how it all looked. I wanted to re-vamp it and put my own scratches on it.

I had done all the plastic trim and part of the OEM roof rack as well last year -- very faded and scratched from the truck being 13 years old. It held up pretty well after numerous car washes and weather.

I'm going to do the trim again when I have to chance to go buy more paint and spend a few hours taping and spraying. It's a nice DIY temp job and if you screw up, you can always peel it off. I did manage to over spray the actual car last time doing the trim, but the car wash guy detailed it out

Cheap and Easy

 

[LCbruiser2000]

I forgot to say I also plasti dipped the grill, the silver trim around the grill and re-did the emblem since it was starting to fade too. As well as the license plate cover b/c I was too cheap to buy another one for $10.

 

[Fitzgerald]

Looks good man, but the question at hand is whether or not you can spray paint over the top of plastidip.

Oh... and to the OP, sorry about the hijack. The Duplicolor bedliner looks awesome.

 

[jonharis]

OP. That looks really good. A friend of mine did it on his 4RNR in gray to match the gray truck and it looks great. I never thought it would look good on a truck without fender flares. Your pic proved me wrong. My fenders and rockers are the most damaged part of the truck with minor bumps and paint chips and this would cover a lot of that up. I too am woried about fading. I've seen a lot of these that look like crap after a couple of years and it's not an east remove/reapply like plastidip. But, i'll never use plastidip on areas of the truck prone to scratching against brush etc.

 

[jcrandall]

it does, but gas helps

I read somewhere that the plastidip becomes much harder to peel off. ???

Plasti-dip does become much harder to get off as it ages. The adhesion becomes greater than the cohesion (not sure if I have my terms straight, but it sticks to the car more than to itself, making it really hard to peel off).

However, when that happens gas will dissolve it. Dirty process but really fast.

OP, love the bed-liner, well done.

 

[Balto1223]

Thanks guys. I went into it a little skeptical, but it turned out great. No overspray on the prop, haha. It was a roll on/brush on job. Hopefully it holds up, and if worse comes to worse, I can brush another layer on quite easily. I still have 3/4 of a gallon left from the kit. I'll keep everyone posted on how it holds up!

 

[Balto1223]

It went on pretty thick. That is two coats, and I suppose you could keep applying coats to get the desired thickness.