I'm honestly not trying to beat a dead horse here, but I'd like some facts on bedliner paint jobs.
I know total bedliner paintjobs are hated by many.
But I'm still considering it.
My Jeep needs some body work and is solid brush scratches from bumper to bumper.
Brush is the reason I don't want to put a standard paint job on it again. I do not and will not waste my time waxing and buffing a vehicle that is not a show piece. And I plow through a lot of brush and tree limbs. Hell, I don't even wash it more than a couple times a year. I'm just not into detailing and screwing around with that stuff.
I have replacement body panel on hand, I planned to cut out any rust and weld in my new panels, I'm not covering over anything, this isn't a Band-Aide kinda mission here.
I'll be prepping as if I was doing a quality, "real" paint job.
I'd DA and prime everything with Magnapoxy 2K, and probably spray the Montaliner too.
Aesthetic reasons aside, and assuming proper prep and application, is there any physical reasons not to bedliner?
I've heard the "trapped moisture" arguments. But I'm assuming if you are not trying to coat over rust, I can't see any reason the Monstaliner would trap moisture, I look at it as just thick ugly paint. So if there ain't rust behind it, there ain't going to be water behind it, right? No different than smooth shiny sparkly paint.
Now I agree, a nice paint job looks way better than bedliner, but I'm looking at it as a durable utilitarian low maintenance coating.
I have zero intention of ever selling my Jeep.
So, besides the ugly factor, and the resale factor, does anybody have any reason not to Monstaliner my entire Jeep?
Repairs are one thing I was concerned about, it seems like it would be damn hard to blend in a body panel repair if it was ever needed, but I'm not sure.
I know total bedliner paintjobs are hated by many.
But I'm still considering it.
My Jeep needs some body work and is solid brush scratches from bumper to bumper.
Brush is the reason I don't want to put a standard paint job on it again. I do not and will not waste my time waxing and buffing a vehicle that is not a show piece. And I plow through a lot of brush and tree limbs. Hell, I don't even wash it more than a couple times a year. I'm just not into detailing and screwing around with that stuff.
I have replacement body panel on hand, I planned to cut out any rust and weld in my new panels, I'm not covering over anything, this isn't a Band-Aide kinda mission here.
I'll be prepping as if I was doing a quality, "real" paint job.
I'd DA and prime everything with Magnapoxy 2K, and probably spray the Montaliner too.
Aesthetic reasons aside, and assuming proper prep and application, is there any physical reasons not to bedliner?
I've heard the "trapped moisture" arguments. But I'm assuming if you are not trying to coat over rust, I can't see any reason the Monstaliner would trap moisture, I look at it as just thick ugly paint. So if there ain't rust behind it, there ain't going to be water behind it, right? No different than smooth shiny sparkly paint.
Now I agree, a nice paint job looks way better than bedliner, but I'm looking at it as a durable utilitarian low maintenance coating.
I have zero intention of ever selling my Jeep.
So, besides the ugly factor, and the resale factor, does anybody have any reason not to Monstaliner my entire Jeep?
Repairs are one thing I was concerned about, it seems like it would be damn hard to blend in a body panel repair if it was ever needed, but I'm not sure.