Anyone ever Bed line their whole front bumper?

i was thinking since all my plastic is fading, that id bed liner them, including the front and rear bumpers with that duplicolor bed liner... thoughts?

 

Those bedliners don't stick to plastic as well as metal...So you may find it chipping and peeling

 

Also, I've heard only bad things about the duplicolor bed liner. I haven't used any of them myself, but my friends that have all prefer herculiner. Apparently, the duplicolor is water-based and doesn't hold up very well. Again, no personal experience either way.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ue-1_Jk2Y0

 

I used Duplicolor bedliner on the front bumper of my XJ and it was peeling within a year. I even primed it.

 

Colormatched Line-X is a good option if you don't mind paying a shop to do it:

 

I used a product called ultra tuff to do the entire exterior of a jeep Cherokee. Plastic, metal, and fiberglass (had a small hood cowl). It comes in many colors and came out beyond professional. I rolled and brushed it on. It looked outstanding and I have zero complaints. Did the entire jeep for 150. It never faded either. The sun never took that new look out of it. I was one of the first to use their products on a vehicle. They were surprised when I talked to them on the phone about. Usually they use it on theme park side walks (for non slip grip) and boat hulls. Just some food for thought.

 

damnit, i dont know what to do, because even doing that restore faded plastics method, they will just fade within a week or two, same with the back to black stuff... I've tried it all, but my stuff all fades within 2 weeks tops... idk if its the heat in south florida that speeds up the fading or what... If I did anything, I just wanted to put bed liner on that stuff on my own, but I'm not familiar with the stuff, so idk which is the best to use and what not.

 

Well Mike, we have given you some very useful advice. As for not being familiar with bedliners and DIY self liners, the above project was my first and came out perfect. It was simple. The prep work was the bitch, but that's only because I was applying to painted surfaces. Your plastic surfaces will be insanely easy. Rough grit sandpaper. Clean with alcohol, apply.