Anyone ?

[Rado]

2015 RAN 1500

Has anyone used Bed Liner on the rockers ?
With the Nasty liquid salt they use on the roads here and the gravel they use to sand I am thinking maybe using bed liner when the rockers need to be touched up !
Thanks

 

[MarshRam]

Following... I painted my step bars about 8 years ago and they have looked like crap for a few years. They need to be repainted and I'm leaning into bed liner this time. No more worries about scratches, no buff and polish and if they need to be touched up from time to time, seems bed liner would be easier. The bed liner in my single cab is 10 years old. I recently cleaned it up with Adams Bed Liner Polish and it looks brand new. Rockers and step bars that get a little more abuse, bed liner seems like a good choice all the way around if your rockers are already toast and will continue to be abused.

 

[rzr6-4]

I just did some spray can stuff years ago that didn't hold up, thinking about using the real deal Raptor liner and doing it again this summer.

My dad had LineX done years ago on his rockers and it has held up well.

 

[Burla]

My bars were linex'd more then ten years ago, still look like a year old, they get a little black/grey then they look the same probably til the end of days, but no salt around here. I'd read the Fluid Film thread if you haven't and get on wool wax once a year instead, I think the linex would hold up pretty good but the salt will get around it on the rockers. Trucks that fluid film or now wool wax once a year look new everywhere you spray it. Not a hard dyi item just spend some time on it.

 

[Rado]

THANK YOU for the replies !

I was thinking of using the Rust killer primer on the rockers then Bed Liner
But may just repaint them !

Just had miner rust repair on a wheel well done and they did a great job
They blended my 11 y/o silver spot on !

At 73 years old I do not want to spend 70k$ on a new truck !

My RAM is my weekend driver and car is daily to get grandson

I was using Fluid Film yearly till the shop disappeared like a fart in the wind :O Now use KROWN
I agree 150% on Using Fluid Film , Krown or Wool Wax yearly

 

[Sherman Bird]

Following... I painted my step bars about 8 years ago and they have looked like crap for a few years. They need to be repainted and I'm leaning into bed liner this time. No more worries about scratches, no buff and polish and if they need to be touched up from time to time, seems bed liner would be easier. The bed liner in my single cab is 10 years old. I recently cleaned it up with Adams Bed Liner Polish and it looks brand new. Rockers and step bars that get a little more abuse, bed liner seems like a good choice all the way around if your rockers are already toast and will continue to be abused.

I was in Flagstaff, Az years ago. I met a fellow who had put a 1980 Firebird body on a 4W drive truck Chassis. It sat up high, and he coated the entire car in bedliner. Unique!

 

[huntergreen]

THANK YOU for the replies !

I was thinking of using the Rust killer primer on the rockers then Bed Liner
But may just repaint them !

Just had miner rust repair on a wheel well done and they did a great job
They blended my 11 y/o silver spot on !

At 73 years old I do not want to spend 70k$ on a new truck !

My RAM is my weekend driver and car is daily to get grandson

I was using Fluid Film yearly till the shop disappeared like a fart in the wind :O Now use KROWN
I agree 150% on Using Fluid Film , Krown or Wool Wax yearly

I have seen rocker panels bedlined and it looked great.

 

[Rado]

I have seen rocker panels bedlined and it looked great.

Thanks ! I was thinking the Black rockers would gp good with my silve RAM

 

[Marshall]

I have seen thick bed liner type of stuff on a couple truck, and it is color matched, or the whole truck was painted?
but details no idea what it was. was a few yrs back. seem to remember it on a light green truck, and red. (maybe) Bodyshop would know.

 

[Plainbroke]

LineX used to be able to color match.
A bit pricey, but looks great. Lasts a very long time.

 

[Rado]

LineX used to be able to color match.
A bit pricey, but looks great. Lasts a very long time.

I think there is a Linex dealer near me !
I forgot about them LOL
Thanks

And everyone THANK YOU for your replies !

 

[workingman]

Had my 2012 3500 linexed 10 years ago. Just had the Linex renew done to bring some shine back to it , the sun will dull the color over years, but the Linex coating will remain tough as nails. It looks brand new again! Linex from body line down, aftermarket bumpers, Bushwacker fender flares and grille surround. Saved the rockers from chips and scratches as I worked off-road for a living before retirement.

 

[Tominator223]

Yep line x if you got the $$$. What ever you want it on should be sanded . 3m used to have a rubberized spray. But it will take a few cans & you want it pretty thick.

 

[js12278]

Rams have a double rocket panel. Coating the outside is a bandaid

If you’re not seeing any blistering or rust damage now, get yourself some Woolwax or Fluid Film and spray/undercoat your truck. Coat it in ALL the hidden spots including door panels and into the rocker panels and pillar posts
If you coat the frame like you want to keep it forever and touch it up 2x a year as needed you’ll stop the rust dead in its tracks.
Coating rust with Berliner is a fool’s mask. You’re just hiding what you know is still there.

 

[Rado]

Rams have a double rocket panel. Coating the outside is a bandaid

If you’re not seeing any blistering or rust damage now, get yourself some Woolwax or Fluid Film and spray/undercoat your truck. Coat it in ALL the hidden spots including door panels and into the rocker panels and pillar posts
If you coat the frame like you want to keep it forever and touch it up 2x a year as needed you’ll stop the rust dead in its tracks.
Coating rust with Berliner is a fool’s mask. You’re just hiding what you know is still there.

No rust yet and I did Fluid Film for a few years then the Co. disappeared like a fart in the wind! :O
But then have a Krown dealer spray it !
Ill look into the DIY treatment just staying ahead of the game

Thank you all for your comments a big help !