How are the bed liner's paint you get at the auto parts store that you put on yourself

 

I've used them as a liner for Horse traileres and they owrked OK for that, I dont think I would use it in a newer truck bed, they just dont realy lay out evenly enough to ever look right......JMO....

 

how about in a 2nd gen cab would it be ok in that

 

I did put a layer of it under the floor mats of my truck just because I had it left over and had some light surface rust starting there.. its holding up fine....

 

From my experience, by the time you invest in treating your bed and all the liner that you will need to make it a decent thickness you could nearly pay for a linex or rhino liner. I've used the herculiner in the cab of my jeep, and it held up allright, but I don't think that it would hold up very well in the bed of a truck that is being used (i.e. I think that you would need to patch it after 1 year if you use your bed frequently).

 

im with taildragger, i havent used it in a truck bed but my buddy used herculiner in his jeep tub and it looks and is holding up great in that application

 

If you have a spray set up you can lay down a very nice bedliner.
If you do the prep correctly it will hold up to a lot of abuse too.

The real question is where do you fall in the DIY vs pay someone else equation.

If you get satisfaction and enjoyment out of doing something yourself even if its a lot of work, don't always have to "figure your time" and like the independence of doing it "right" then I'd say spray it yourself.

If when you get halfway into the project will start hating the time and effort, will always look at that one spot you sprayed wrong and hate it, and don't care about the satisfaction you get when you "did it yourself" then by all means take it to someone else.

I've done a couple of beds.

The prep took a lot of work.

But I also was able to do an over-rail and go extra thick in the heavy wear areas like the tail gate roll-over & bed, while taping it the way I felt the line needed to blend in etc.
They are holding up well and I saved $700.00 over the cost of over the rail liners done by someone else. (an over-rail is about 500.00+ in my area)

Big Jimmy

 

In my opinion, I have never seen a DIY job that looked even close to being a half way descent job. With that said, like Big Jimmy said, if you are willing to spend the time doing the prep right, you could probably do as good of a job as the professionals do. My buddy did the Herculiner thing to his old S-10 and we had lot of fun sitting around on the tail gate after hunting, pealing away the Herculiner that wasn't sticking any more. I don't think he spent the time on the prep work though.

It costs me $469 to get my truck done with Line - X and it would have been another $30 to go over the bed rail. It really all depends on where you are at with your trucks life. An older truck with some dings and dents, I would maybe go with a DIY job. Newer truck, in my opinion, a professional job is the only way to go.

 

Mine is a DIY job, check it out:

 

Exactly!!!!

 

I am in the plumbing business and have rolled in 3 of my utility bed trucks, with good success. the key is in the prep work!!! in one of my trucks the liner has been in for about 3 yrs with no bad spots. thats even with the blacksmiths that work for me. good luck to u neighbor

 

Do it yourself liner can be hazardous. Read what happened to this guy---

 

Gives "sticky buns" a whole new meaning...

 

What's a hootus?

 

It's unique to the male of our species...