Bedliner for plate bumpers

The lights are 9" Xprite spots with amber covers.

Xprite 96 Watt 9" LED Fog Spotlight and Round Work Lamp with Roof Bar Bumper (2-Pack, Black)

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I wanted a some sort of side blinker. That's what I ended up with. Came out pretty good.

 

hmm. wonder if they make yellow covers. I'm a sucker for 3000k aux lights lol

 

I like the amber color, and they provide some protection. The lights come with a clear set and a diffused set to make them more flood-like. I'd like to find a diffused amber lens.

 

I wanted a set of small square yellow "fog" lights. I wound up using white ones and applying some of that yellow tail light repair tape. Three years, and still looks fine.

 

I forgot about that, I know Lamin-x make yellow film you can stick onto aux lights

 

Hey, thanks for all the replies to my inquiry. I have used the Rustoleum spray in the past, and it has held up well enough that I will use it again, and it is readily available locally. BTW Home Depot is way underpricing Walmart on this.

 

I'm steeling your side blinker idea.

 

I would wait till it’s fully dried before doing a color coat on it, as well, the color coat will start to make the Berliner not look as good, because your adding more paint to it. And if you decide to spray paint a color over the bed-liner, you’ll get quite a few drips and errors along with it. Not to mention if the bedliner is being used as it should, your top coat of paint will begin to peel in spots if it gets hit with something. If you decide to use a spray gun, you will not get as many errors, still thou, If I were you I would try to buy a can of rhino liner or some type of Bedliner, that is white, and then mix some paint in with it to change the color. By can I mean a paint can that can be sprayed on with a paint gun

 

totally worth it, especially if you drive in areas with lots of traffic on the highways. People from the side can see your signal.

 

I used these.

 

Thanks!
It's something in the back of my head whenever I use my turn signal.

Back on topic- regarding bed liner...I'm in the camp that bed liner will be a pain in the ass to touch up when I tear off a huge piece of it on a rock. Same goes for powder coat.

How about POR15 with a top coat of something more UV stable?

 

yep I got the same ones, just clear to match my clear lenses.

 

Any of you guys that used the Rustoleum bed spray on your armor, did you primer first or just spray it on the metal? I have a skid plate that I'm going to paint with this stuff this coming weekend.

 

I'm curious, how did you prep your bed before applying the liner?

I sanded and cleaned mine with alcohol, per the instructions.

I did my coating (hurculiner) maybe 6 or 7 years ago. It took maybe 5 years before I started noticing that the clearcoat was pealing off, starting at the edge of the liner. Seems like water was getting under the clearcoat where I sanded.

I'm wondering what I could have done different. Maybe overlap the liner and the unsanded clearcoat by 1/4 or 1/2"? I just figured that would peal off anyway.

 

I prepped mine pretty much the same way. I think I sanded with 220 grit. I had another truck with I rolled with Herculiner. That one I used Xylene on it instead of Alcohol before applying it. I didn't have any issues like you're describing with it. I just had issues with it peeling easier than I thought it should when using the bed.

After using both Herculiner and Raptor Liner, the Raptor seems way more durable and solid of a finish. It's essentially like a 2 part epoxy because you add a hardening agent to the liner material.

 

Rustoleum, did my whole truck. Stuff is tough as nails and much cheaper than the other stuff out there.

 

Herculiner -I used a wire wheel, then xylene, then ospho prep, and finally 2 coats of heculiner, and found I didn't mix the liner very well (needed to use a drill to blend it), so it looks really nice and smooth in some spots, and once I got to the bottom of the can it was extremely textured -roll on application. Adhesion was pretty good- wish I had gone for 3 coats.

Removing bedliner is a PITA. I tend to be the kind of person that's always doing a welding modification, and paint is much easier for prep. I've watched somebody torch it before and the smoke was nasty, even cutting is annoying.

For paint: I just stick to acetone wash, oshpo application, primer, then paint. I'm not particular about brands, I find the cheaper stuff works just as well with this process -3-5 coats holds ups to most trees and shrubs.