Anyone have a pic of the inside of their tailgate so i can see the bolt holes so that i can access the release handle? When the dealership had my bedliner sprayed in they sprayed over the bolt holes. I want to do the actuator mod tomorrow. Also, how hard is it to remove the rubberized part of the bedliner to remove the bolts?

 

They sprayed the access panel into the tailgate as one piece?

On mine, they removed the access panel and sprayed it separate so it can be removed.

Sorry for the dirty pictures but I took my dogs for a ride the other day:

 

Sounds like they took a short cut. They should have removed all the bolts, including the tailgate. Mine looks just like the above pic.

 

That sucks bro. . :o

 

Take a razor blade and slowly cut right around the outside of the bolt. Should be able to pick the bedliner off the bolt head and you would end up with something just liek the pics above.

 

FYI :
This is just one of the differences between an authorized Rhino liner and a Linex liner. Linex has the shop remove ALL bolts before spraying. Rhino sprays over the bolts.

 

Yup, but he'd have to do the edges of the panel as well. .

 

Line-X guys have to remove the bolts, because the stuff dries so fast and hard that if/when access to the bolts was ever needed the sheetmetal underneath would likely be destroyed in the process of scraping/chiseling/chipping it off to get to the bolts.

Cold application liners like Rhino can be cut with a razor blade and peeled off. Do whatever needs to be done, then take it back in and get it touched up under warranty.

Don't try turning this into a silly Line-X versus Rhino thing.

 

I wanted to do Line-x but the owner said he will spray over all the bolts and the price was $600 He said he wouldnt remove them. Everybody would say go to another Line-x dealer but this guy owns the only 2 on long island. The next closest is in Connecticut so i just did my tailgate myself with Herculiner. So far so good

 

D'oh! Fergot about that:o

But if its gotta come off thats about the only way I guess.

 

I don't know, that stuff is really tuff, esp on the bed where they really laid it on thick. A razor might not be sturdy enough to get a clean cut. Maybe a Dremel with a good cutting wheel.

 

Yeah that would probably be easier and faster. Could get ugly if your not carefull though

Just imagine a dremel flying everywhere and big chunks taken out of the bedliner everywhere

 

Yea, i am not really happy about this. When they did the Silver FX4 they removed the panel and i noticed it then. this sucks.

 

Have some pics in my gallery when I did the electric tailgate lock, they might help.

 

mkinttrim, saw your pics. I really need a top view so that i can see exactly where all the bolts are at. Anyone else have one? Are there a total of 8 bolts?