Hello All,

I have an Copper/Arizona Beige '05 KR and have waited for two years to have a liner put in because I wanted to color match. Finally a little over a month ago I had a Line-X Xtra sprayed in and color matched to the Arizona Biege trim. I had to drive to a neighboring state to find someone to do the work but it was well worth it because I could not be more happy with the service I received and the way the bed turned out!

But alas my happiness has turned to angst - this weekend I "used" the bed for the first time since I got the liner sprayed and had a pallet of mulch loaded into the truck. Apparently the pallet had some nail heads or something sticking out because now I've got several very noticable and heavy scuffs to the liner surface, and a few places where the Xtra top coat has been scraped down to what appears to be the base coat! The spots are all about 9" to a 1' in length and were probably caused by the front of the pallet when we pushed it foward to shut the tailgate.

I guess I have a few questions directed to TruckGasm as I've come to really appreciate his sage advice and Line-X expertise:

1. Can this be repaired and what would be involved in a repair?
2. How well would the repair blend in with the exisiting liner?
3. How well would the repaired area hold up?
4. Relative to the cost of the original liner how pricey are repairs?

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

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1. Yes, it can be repaired. It's difficult to tell you exactly what needs to be done sight unseen though.
2. The repair should blend in perfectly, you won't see anything.
3. The repair will be made with the same products as the rest of the liner.
4. Hopefully, your repair will be free of charge.

 

How do gthey do the repair? do they just fill it in, or do they remove more material to get it to bond better?

any difference in durability betwen the repaired and the original areas ?

I have the same issue, and have been putting off getting it fixed ..

 

Well, first, there is no change in durability. They will be using LINE-X and Xtra again.

All repairs are not proformed the same way. For example, sometimes a primer is used, sometimes not. Sometimes you need to clean out the effected area, sometimes not. Again, sight unseen, I can't tell you exactly what the appropriate repair method would be.

 

Thanks for the information TruckGasm! I know it was a bit difficult to be very specific sight unseen.

If time and lighting conditions permit I'll try to snap a few pictures and post them in the next day or so everyone can see what I'm talking about.

 

BS! Have you ever dragged nails sticking out of a board across a plastic drop in? I have on dump runs. You get nice gouges and little plastic curls. I had a drop in in my 94 Ranger. My current Line-X has seen more use than my Ranger and looks a lot better. A little faded after 5 years but no gouges.
The difference is you don't care about your 100 buck drop in as much as your expensive spray in and you can get your expensive spray in fixed. Not many repair places for gouged drop ins.

 

Most drop-ins have ribs. Either the nails will go in the rib channels or gouge the ribs. Either way the paint should survive.

 

thanks!