I am trying to decide on what bedliner to use on my rocker panels, etc. The local car dealer has a detail shop that does bedliners with Armorthane. Does anyone have experience with this product...particularly durability and resistance to fading? I like the texture and it is the most economical professional deal that I have found.
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REKCUT
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I have used it and was happy with it. I have also used rhino and another brand. All about the same. I think the installer is more important than the brand. I have seen some butchered jobs that have nothing to do with the quality of the liner
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Just type bump and your thread will go to the top. no need to post it up two times
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Sorry, Not trying to bump my message. Just trying to figure out what happened. I actually posted one of those messages about 6 hours ago, but I see that they both have the same time on them. I have had this happen before where my thread never even appeared. If I could delete one, I would but I'm not technoboy.
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Armorthane Bedliner
Here are some pictures of the Armorthane bedliner job that was done about 2-3 months ago. It has held up great so far and I am happy to have all those rock dings covered. The dust and cow manure comes off with the garden hose. I did the wheel wells with Herculiner myself and that also has held up.
Here are some pictures of the Armorthane bedliner job that was done about 2-3 months ago. It has held up great so far and I am happy to have all those rock dings covered. The dust and cow manure comes off with the garden hose. I did the wheel wells with Herculiner myself and that also has held up.
Looks good!
like it
Better lines than the normal front fender lines most folks use. How rough is the Herculiner? I have heard some opinions that it’s a great product but hard on the knuckles if placed were one may
. Does it spray off as easy as the Armorthane?
Better lines than the normal front fender lines most folks use. How rough is the Herculiner? I have heard some opinions that it’s a great product but hard on the knuckles if placed were one may
. Does it spray off as easy as the Armorthane?
Very nice. That would be perfect on my truck with the dark charcoal on the bottom half. I've got to do that.
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MTN.GOAT: Herculiner has little chunks of rubber in it and when it dries there is a rough texture. Given the right circumstances, it would easily take the skin off your knuckles. So far, the herculiner in the wheel wells has held up great against the gravel; it even reduces the noise of the "dings" of the rocks hitting the metal considerably. (I suspect that the rubberized undercoating would reduce the sound more but I am afraid of the rust-production aspect with that).
In regard to clean up, we have been in "dust season" all summer with very little mud production. The dust, small amounts of mud, and cow manure that gets in the wheel wells has been easy to clean up with a garden hose spray nozzle. Sooner or later, we will see mud again, serious mud that turns to concrete when it dries. That may be a different matter.
I would think that there could be a way to have Herculiner be less coarse by not stirring it much or straining the rubber bits out. I think Herculiner is good stuff (Durabak makes it; it is just black Durabak) and it is really cheap. I got a gallon on sale at NAPA for $69.99 and there was a $25 mail-in rebate on top of that.
In regard to color choices, my only real option here was black. Armorthane does come in colors but the body shop said that they had to buy in 55 gallon quantities and the expense would be passed on to the customer.
In regard to clean up, we have been in "dust season" all summer with very little mud production. The dust, small amounts of mud, and cow manure that gets in the wheel wells has been easy to clean up with a garden hose spray nozzle. Sooner or later, we will see mud again, serious mud that turns to concrete when it dries. That may be a different matter.
I would think that there could be a way to have Herculiner be less coarse by not stirring it much or straining the rubber bits out. I think Herculiner is good stuff (Durabak makes it; it is just black Durabak) and it is really cheap. I got a gallon on sale at NAPA for $69.99 and there was a $25 mail-in rebate on top of that.
In regard to color choices, my only real option here was black. Armorthane does come in colors but the body shop said that they had to buy in 55 gallon quantities and the expense would be passed on to the customer.
