Rynoliner type paint on the exterior.

[Draayer]

I have a very rusty 72 cruiser that I want to make into a mountain cruising tank. I don't want to go to car shows I want it tuff. I have read many links about owners that have put various liner paints in the interior, but has anyone done anything similar to the exterior? I was thinking of doing something like, major rust repair, por15 as a first coat and then possibly a flat coat or some type of liner coat for a final coat, am I crazy??

 

[Eric Winkworth]

i've heard POR 15 isn't a good base coat for anything....

I'd go with a good epoxy primer and then army green....

 

[dmaddox]

If you want it a tank, just weld in good steel and use a single stage paint on it.

If you rhino line it.....you add about 20 pounds of crap to the outside, it will attract dirt and grime, be impossible to clean, give you rug burn when you rub up against it, and, and, and.....

I say fab with steel and then paint it. It doesn't have to be perfect if you plan on beating it up, but exterior undercoating/rhino lining it looks so terrible and it not practical at all.

Sorry if I am johnny raincloud here.....but it's just my opinion....

Dallas

 

[Tofudebeest]

One of the most frequently asked questions...
For good starters, see:

Look at post #111 for a pig totally covered in liner:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/60-series-wagons/16489-rhino-lining-body-60-a.html
and
https://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/241777-my-name-josh-im-addicted-herculiner.html

And Maddox, you're certainly entitled to your opinion, but hundreds of Cruisers and thousands of other vehicles undercoat or partly (if not entirely) cover their exterior in Line-X, Hippo, Herculiner, Durabak and other bedliner material and swear by it (if applied correctly).

 

[Wile E Coyote]

I agree w/ the distinguished gentleman from FL. It's gaining in popularity, and I see other rigs with various levels of exterior bedliner quite regularly.
No need for POR-15 first either. Just do a good prep and topcoat with a quality bedliner product. Mine is quite practical in that there is no pinstriping in the liner from trailside branches, it stands up to anything smaller than a fist sized rock chucked at it, and it shines up nicely with Armor-All. It's bumpy as hell with texture, but the actual material is just as smooth and hard as automotive paint, so no attracting dirt, here.
What I used was called Rattleguard, and being a true 2-part epoxy means that prep is just as extensive a regular auto paint, but it has it's advantages.

 

[RockDoc]

^^^^

Wow, I really like the colors, and lines of that layout. A nice throwback to the 55s. Absolutely gorgeous!!

Do you have a pic to show what line was taken across the front?

 

[Wile E Coyote]

^^^^

Wow, I really like the colors, and lines of that layout. A nice throwback to the 55s. Absolutely gorgeous!!

Do you have a pic to show what line was taken across the front?

Jeez, thanks. Here's the front as of this morning, along with another showing just before spraying it.

 

[dmaddox]

And Maddox, you're certainly entitled to your opinion, but hundreds of Cruisers and thousands of other vehicles undercoat or partly (if not entirely) cover their exterior in Line-X, Hippo, Herculiner, Durabak and other bedliner material and swear by it (if applied correctly).

Sorry, a bit of a purist here. If perhaps the vehicle ends up later on down the road in someone's hands that is wanting to restore it, and you have an 1/8" thick layer of junk that nearly impossible to get off on there for them to deal with. It is my opinion, and like belly button's we all have one. I was just coming from a Toyota resto / preservation stand point, and that junk on the exterior is awful (again, in my opinion).

Best wishes,

Dallas