Have any of you tried this product. I really would like to ditch the bedliner I have now and apply this to the bed area, but I'm afraid that because of the price that it'll chip and fade. If anybody has pictures of this product it would be greatly appreciated.

Link:
http://www.stylintrucks.com/parts.as...d_prod_ids=258

 

anybody.....?

 

i have a friend that rolled one on his ranger. it turned out decent considering the price of the kit. it will never look nice enough to be confused with a professionally applied product, but it'll get you by and cover some defects in your bed if you have them. he sold the truck about 6 months after applying it, but it still looked like it was in good shape up until then.

 

a buddy used it on his truck it looks good in the begining and yea it protects but less then a year later its chipped up and u can c the original paint. if it was me id just beat up the bed live lith the scratches and then before u sell it paint it on to make it look nice, otherwise get a drop in or linex

 

As stated, they are not professional grade, but I've done them in five trucks now, and have not had any problems with any of them. The MAIN focus is on the preparation, do that well, and it will stand up and look better. There have been many replies on this topic, if you look, I'm sure you can find many more answers, both good and bad. If you are into the construction trade, I'd save for a Line-X, but if you just use your bed occasionally, and are not extremely punishing, it will do you fine.

 

Well, Herculiner is OK for some people. But, you should realize that it's not a professional product. Some people go buy a few cans of Krylon spray paint and paint their entire truck with it. That's OK for those people while others would never do that.

If you decide on Herculiner, here's a few tips:
1. Herculiner is about 33% solvents that evaporate away. So, your only getting about 3/4 of a gallon of actual bedliner product for every gallon that you buy. Professional brands spray about 4 to 4.5 of bedliner product and they do not contain any solvents.
2. Surface preparation is extremely important. You need to follow the instructions and do not take shortcuts.
3. You will need other supplies, such as masking paper, masking tape, gloves, acetone, etc.
4. If you can spray it instead of rolling it, it will look a LOT better. To spray it, you will need an HVLP spray gun and an air compressor.

 

https://www.f150online.com/forums/sh...ght=herculiner

I did my truck last summer. Turned out pretty good. Read the above link for lots of details.

Thoughts from a year later
- buy two gallons worth and put on 4 coats. 2 coats is fairly thin. And since you are going to spend 5 or more hours doing prep work, you might as well spend another 2 hours putting on 2 more coats.
- be prepared to still buy a rubber mat to put down. My bed was starting to rust so I really wanted to get it coated to stop any rust. But I found that I could still scratch the liner when loading and unloading stuff so I recently got a $50 rubber mat and put it down for more protection.

If you have the money, get a liner sprayed in. If not, go with this route and you'll get decent results.

 

I used this on the floor of my Wrangler... Looks pretty good and holds up ok.
As far as what to use in a truck bed though, I went with Line-X in mine...
What I'm getting at is if you USE your truck as one get Line-X if it's more or less a large trunk then Herculiner should do the trick... JMO.

 

I mean I use the bed to carry my fourwheeler to where I hunt about 10-15 times a year, but thats about the only thing that I put back there besides like fishing poles or something small. I mostly want to get rid of my liner in there now because it is so ugly and faded. The bedliner in there now has been on the truck since day 1 and the truck is 11 years old. So I guess you could say this is more of an aesthetic upgrade, but I still want the protection that the Herculiner would give me.

 

If the old bedliner that's in your truck still has good adhesion and all you need is an aesthetic upgrade, then LINE-X ReNew would be perfect for you.

Go here and click on "ReNew" to learn about it: linexfortworthtexas.com

 

That'd be nice but I think I'm ready to ditch the drop in

 

Absolute crap is the best I can describe Herculiner, I would use more colorful language, but this is a family forum.

I would NEVER do this again, pay the extra cash for a professional spray in. After only a few years the Herculiner has peeled up and flaking off. I RARELY use my truck as a truck, and the bed is protected by a tonneau cover.

For $100, you get what you pay for.

 

http://www.ford-trucks.com/article/i...er_Part_1.html

 

Well s@$%! These replies were really what I was hoping not to hear. I mean I would like a spray in liner but I'm only in high school and I have to buy all these mods myself and I really can't be dishing out $400-$600 for a bedliner when I rarely use the bed, because I have to save up for my susp. lift, rims, and tires. Is there any way around the fading/peeling/scratching of the Herculiner? Maybe I could buy 2 gallons as mkosu04 said earlier. I would much rather pay $200 than the price of a linex or rhino lining. Also maybe could I put down a rubber mat to keep the floor of the bed protected. I think if I did use a rubber mat with the Herculiner I would be ok because the bed sides don't recieve as much direct sunlight therefore they would not fade, right?

 

Why dont you just can the idea of Herculiner and use the rubber mat if you dont use the bed of your truck very often. Again, I cant stress to you enough, I WOULD NEVER use this product again. I would either fork over the extra cash for a spary in, find a cheap drop in, or just leave it painted from the factory. It might look nice for the first 6 months or so, but it goes down hill quickly, peeling, fading, etc...

Also, im very OCD with my truck, I followed the directions to the "T", no 1/2 assing here...and it still turned out like crap.