2nd Gen Non-Engine/Transmission Roll On Bed Liners . May Do My Truck

[VHolloway]

Looking For A Good Roll On Bed Liner

I Like What I Read These Bed Liners Look Like They Will Hang Rite In There.

My Truck Is White So Thet Is The Color I Will Use

And Yes I Can Get It In White

I Live In South Florida And Black Would Be To Hot In The Sun

 

[LLeaton]

make sure and clean everything really good. and sand it probably too. in fact clean it twice. my cousin put herculiner on a truck and it started to peel off really fast.

 

[EricBu12]

Sanding and rince and tack off to make it stick good.



There are 2 makers Herculiner and the Duplicolor. ... . The Duplicolor is cheaper but works just as well.

 

[MrDiesel]

I had Herculiner... got it on sale for $50, used 2 extra pints (I think)... you get what you pay for. It looked great for like 2 months. Scraped off real easy (and yes I cleaned/sanded/cleand again) and then turned real chalky. I even put it on thick in 2 coats...

 

[Gary - K7GLD]

HMMmmm - the Herculiner I did my step bars with is holding up great - and I really did rather poor prep, because I didn't expect much from the stuff...

 

[Diesel Nut]

I used Hurculiner in my 97 Ranger and I'll never touch it again. I thought duplicolor would be better. Wrong. No cheap whay to do it. Sorry. Do it if you want, but you'll hate either.

 

[C. Harlan]

Come on, bite the bullet, and just buy the real deal. . you spend all this money on a nice truck, and get a half-assed bedliner?? Seriously. . I went and got a Line-X... I love it! At least with one of the REAL spray on bedliners, they have a warranty. . Just something to think about. I can't tell you what to do, but you DO have a nice truck, so why not make a NICE investment for it, instead of some cheap do-it-yourself 'roll on' bedliner. . Just thought I would chime in...



-Chris-

 

[VHolloway]

YES you are rite why do it with a half *** roll on if it's not going to hold up

thanks

 

[JPike]

I have rhino in mine, buddy has line-x, both hold up well, roll ons do not hold up.

 

[jeepit]

I did the Line-X 2 weeks ago in Green Bay and it turned out great and real happy with it.

 

[fkovalski]

Looking For A Good Roll On Bed Liner...

I have the HercuLiner in mine. I do not use my truck for heavy duty uses such as gravel or constant lumber hauling, albeit an occasional trip to the home center is always easier with the truck. I mainly use my truck for personal use and camping and I wanted a liner other than the plastic liners. For me the do- it- yourself ones made the most economical sense. I did mine when it was about 2 months old and am going to to do a refresher coat (as it does get an occasional scratch) this summer as it is a thinner liner when compared to the professional installs.



Decide what you really need the liner to do for you. For me the HercuLiner is perfect. But if you need heavy duty protection- go with a spray in.

 

[btanner]

I don't think even slightly used beds should use herculiner. We had it in a bronco that we used off road we never loaded anything in the back but some chains and a metal box that was strapped down. 8 months later it was junk. We also did a really good prep job on it. It looks like it worked for one person in this thread but I like the others have not had good experiences with it



-ben

 

[Glen Pratt]

Try Dura-Bak. I have no personal experience with it, but it looks pretty tough. Comes in colors. Here's the link: http://www.nonslipcoating.com/

 

[surfbeetle]

Herculiner is horrible. I have done body work and know the importance of proper prep. I did it as the instructions stated and it just doesn't hold up. They state to use a gallon plus one smaller size container for an eight foot bed, not true, you really need at least two gallons for a good thick coverage. At this point, depending on what you pay for it and the labor involved, you are better off having a professional job done. Now I have to sand the crap off and do what I should have done in the first place, get a rhino liner.

 

[Duluth Diesel]

In college, on a budget, I did the Duplicolor stuff on my 1986 Ford Ranger. (Stop laughing).

I taped off my lines nice, sanded everything, cleaned it, then cleaned it again with tack cloth. It still started to flake off. Duplicolor was worthy of that old rust bucket, but I'd never use it again, especially on a truck that is worth over $1,000 bucks.

 

[MotleyCrueCab]

I have used both duplicolor and herculiner. The dupicolor is junk, miteaswell use paint, however the herculiner will hold up to medium use. I used it in a truck bed when i worked construction and it held up OK, it would scratch off when i was loading and unlaoding heavy metal and equipment, but nothing too bad. I have also used it in my bronco to replace the carpet and and headliner. I absoutly love it for that it looks great and stands up well to that kind of use. However a nesecity is to used the topcoat protectant that you purchance seperatly. It makes it not fade and standup better. I also found that doing many thing coats as apposed to a few thinck coats works much better. Remember you can always put another coat on later if it scratches/fades and at $60 on sale its hard to beat. But if you are planning on doing somewhat abusive things in/to your bed the real stuff will hold up much better.

 

[Duluth Diesel]

But if you are planning on doing somewhat abusive things in/to your bed the real stuff will hold up much better.

Very true. I am not nice to my truck bed, and my Rhino seems to be doing the job well. Professional spray-in liners are going to beat the home jobs 99% of the time.

 

[DMather]

Have used Herculiner and Rhino on a couple of small fiberglass trailers that get light duty and they are not holding up very well. I classify both of these products in the same durability as paint and to be used for cosmetic purposes only.



For actual protection, including heavy abrasion, go with Line-X. (available in white) Just had my 3rd truck bed done yesterday. A 2002 Longbed that had had a heavy rubber mat, coolers and fuel tanks banging around in it. I drove over and waited for them to do the work.



The bed was filthy (I had removed the 5th wheel mount rails but not cleaned anything), had a number of extra holes from previously mounted tank accessories and such and some deep dents in the wheel wells. They banged out the dents, closed the holes, cleaned everything, prepped and masked and sprayed. 2 1/2 hours later I drove away with a new looking bed.



Total cost for over the top coverage, including 6 stake pocket retractable tiedowns was a few dollars more that $600 with a lifetime warrantee. Mine was basic black, colors, including white, are a few bucks more. I consider it cheaper than all the others in the long run and definitely worth it when it comes to the amount of time I would have spent and the sore muscles I would have had from the sanding and bending.



(and, no, I don't have any connection, whatsoever, with line-x. Don't even have anyone I know that works for them. )