classic bronco bed liner

[ToddJerad]

Hey guys,

My bed is painted red and has a little rust and was wondering if anyone had suggestions on what looks best to coat the inside. Rhino liners run a little expensive and was curious if anyone had luck with do it yourself roll on liners or other products/suggestions?

 

[Seabronc]

First take care of the rust. I prefer using POR15 to take care of rust and preventing future rust, not cheap but if you value your truck a little extra expense may be worth it in the long run. After that there are several liner options which from what I've read have pretty good reputations. I don't use a liner myself, but there are several members who have and perhaps they will see this post and comment on their experience.

Good luck,

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[walkercreekbronco]

This has been addressed before, but I'll say again that the RhinoLining is worth the extra money. I did my entire Bronco interior with it and it's great.

We just bought a used work truck last month and the dealer sprayed it with a cheap liner. It's junk. I'd rather have a dented, rusty bed than a cheap, slick liner.

 

[S_bolt19]

There are some do it yourself liners out there that are garbage. Like walkercreek said, the slick liners are worthless. As stated, take care of rust issues before you ever put a liner in. Take care of both sides of the metal too, not just the interior. As for what is the best, it is a realitive term. I have used Rhino, Line-X & a couple of DIY liners. For cost effectiveness, Herculiner is the best. For just plain durability and thickness, I like Line-X better than Rhino for a couple of reasons. First it is cheaper than Rhino and second on the vehicles that I have used it in a similar fashion, it has stood up better than the Rhino has...for me. Now the trucks that I have those liners in are both work trucks, so they see a ton of abuse. As for the Herculiner, I sprayed it on the tub of my EB & my sister's CJ-5. It isn't as thick as a professional liner, nor as non-abrasive, but for the price, you can't beat it. It is tough, but very rough textured. My tub has 8 years on it and the only problem spot I have is under my heel where I wore through, but I have since re-sprayed the driver pan and sprayed it thicker and it matched into the old liner perfectly. I would recommend spraying it over rolling or painting it. Looks and feels 100x better. For the price you will pay for the professional job, you can buy 2 gallons, a compressor & the gun to spray Herculiner in. IF you use 2 gallons of Herculiner, you will roughly get about 3/4 the thickness of a professional job, but it will take longer because you have to let Herculiner set up in between heavy coats or it will sag.

 

[ToddJerad]

I have heard decent things about the herculiner. My other option was painting it, but worried about scratches. When using the herculiner did you just spray the bed or did you spray the sides over the wheel wells, bottom of the truck, interior floor pans under the dash by the pedals etc.

 

[S_bolt19]

I did the entire interior of my tub and over the rails about 1". My spray goes under the inside of the bed rails to the kick panels and up under the dash. When I did mine, it was completely stripped out so I didn't have to worry about getting electrical stuff or anything like that. I was in the middle of a semi-frame off. What I didn't do, and I am now paying the price, is that I didn't at least seal or primer the underside of the tub. I have rust coming through a couple of seams and I am going to have to basically redo parts of the interior again because of it. Make sure you do something to the bottom of the tub or you will get rust under it. Whether you use POR-15 like Seabronc said or if you bed line it, do something to prevent that rust.