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Posted by: mstein95 Jun 26 2008, 10:06 AM

Before my paint guy paints my rocker panels and valences he asked if I wanted to put a light bedliner material on first to protect them.

Has anyone done this? How does it look?

Posted by: rhodyguy Jun 26 2008, 10:09 AM

like the bed of a pickup. if you don't care for the final look, my guess is a major hassle to undo.

Posted by: mstein95 Jun 26 2008, 10:13 AM

I'm told its permanent.

I did a search and saw a couple pics but they weren't on black rockers.

Posted by: rhodyguy Jun 26 2008, 10:19 AM

that makes it REAL hard to undo. i'd shoot them with black 'Zero-Rust' (name brand) paint. i did my front suspension with it. the stuff wears like iron and touch up is just squirt away. i have a set of rockers and f&r valances for when you have to replace them.

k

Posted by: mstein95 Jun 26 2008, 11:02 AM

I found these two pics in old threads.....they don't look too bad....I think I'm going to do it. Like you said Kevin, I can always source another set.


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Posted by: Jeffs9146 Jun 26 2008, 11:05 AM

I did it on one of my cars and it looked great! Just get the stuff with less lumps!




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Posted by: mstein95 Jun 26 2008, 11:39 AM

I told them - "no popcorn ceiling look".

Posted by: euro911 Jun 27 2008, 01:16 AM

My front bumper was 'repaired' by a P/O and some of the BONDO and gloss paint was coming off. I did a temporary repaint with a rubberized-undercoating on both bumpers. Its a little pebbly but it has a flat finish so it doesn't draw a lot of attention ... and it looks OK (to me)

Posted by: Spoke Jun 27 2008, 07:32 AM

I think it would be a great coating on the inside of the rockers and valences. The rockers especially rust from the inside from trapped road debris. I removed my passenger side rocker panel a few months ago and again it is filled with gravel.

Posted by: Kansas 914 Jun 28 2008, 09:25 AM

I am thinking about having mine power coated. I just got my engine tin back from being powder coated and it is tough stuff - maybe that is an option for you.

Posted by: Gint Jun 28 2008, 09:59 AM

I have some vague recollection of seeing a fair amount of rust behind some truck bedliner material that was later removed. I can't remember where or when I saw this, but it's stuck in my head. Perhaps the surface wasn't prepared properly either, who knows? I don't know that I'd use it on my already rust prone 914 sheet metal. Strictly my opinion and what I would do or not do.

Posted by: Mark Henry Jun 28 2008, 11:12 AM

I looked into Rhino liner But you have to be a dealer to buy/install it.

I have used the rubberized gravel guard and it works/looks great and it wouldn't be that hard to undo.

The big trick with gravel guard is to toss in some auto paint hardner then it's tough as nails.

Posted by: mstein95 Jul 2 2008, 11:06 PM

Well.....I went ahead and had the "bed liner" put on before painting. I think it turned out great. They should be bullet proof going forward except for the occasional meet and greet with sidewalks.


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Posted by: Phoenix 914-6GT Jul 2 2008, 11:11 PM

WOW. That looks very nice. Really can't tell it is bedlined from the pics.

Posted by: Vacca Rabite Jul 3 2008, 07:52 AM

There you have it. bedliner, will not rust metal. Metal that is rusty before the bedliner goes on will continue to rust after it is there. As often as not, bedliner is used to cover over rusty beds, rather then keep them from rusting in the first place.

Zach

Posted by: tdgray Jul 3 2008, 10:22 AM

Thanks for the summary Zach... clear as mud now (j/k)