So, thinking about bedlining your interior?

[eastbloc]

Bedliner, the good stuff, right?

• Creates an attractive liner that prevents damage caused by scratches
• rust and weather protective coating
• protects with ultimate rust and abrasion resistance

Gonna have a pristine interior for ages to come. Will add $500 to the value when time comes to sell.
Mmm cant wait to smear it all over the inside, ohh yah baby, im gonna go dirty on you!

..... NO!
Conditions, situations, application errors or what ever i dont think matter much here. Outcome is the outcome, and possibility of this happening is good enough reason to not to do it.

 

[Chris]

I hate bed liner on interiors. I’d rather have BedTred.

 

[wigsajumper]

As soon as that bedliner cracks and moisture gets into it the rust monster comes and just eats it. Especially if it is salt water either from the ocean or the roads.

 

[deadbeat son]

I hate bed liner on interiors. I’d rather have BedTred.

Same. I hate it on exterior too though.

 

[Chris]

Same. I hate it on exterior too though.

Me too! The only place I don’t mind it is the bed of pickup trucks.

 

[eastbloc]

As soon as that bedliner cracks and moisture gets into it the rust monster comes and just eats it. Especially if it is salt water either from the ocean or the roads.

Yep, and it is a sneaky monster.
This is a combination of me being away for half a year (so I knew jeep was clean before I left) and noticing tiny orange spots suspiciously spread out, that look just like southern dirt when I lifted the carpet (pic 1). Otherwise I don't think Id have given it much attention.

Really bad spots, like in last pic, there was no sign of anything going on there, just a tiny bumps that are no different from rough surface of bedliner to unlooking eye. Only after hitting it with a scraper and hammer, surprise was revealed.

 

[Superjay5]

More than likely poor prep caused those issues. I’ve seen it hold up quite well in both the inside of my jeep, and in truck beds. I’ve had my jeep interior done for 4 years now, looks like the day I did it. I had a shop truck that had the bed lined and it looked good after 10 years of being a shop truck. I agree I would never do the exterior body of a vehicle ever!!!

 

[eastbloc]

I have seen plenty of debates for and against bedlining the interior, looked like a 50-50 split to me.
On one end, happy guy who just did it, clean looking job, and whole list of the benefits on the product label.
On the opposite end, just words and opinions from what it looked to me.
"Yah, I get, you don't like the idea...and? Where is something to support your not liking of it?" - that sort of thing.

I hope from this point on, this will serve as a good example.

 

[eastbloc]

More than likely poor prep caused those issues. I’ve seen it hold up quite well in both the inside of my jeep, and in truck beds. I’ve had my jeep interior done for 4 years now, looks like the day I did it. I had a shop truck that had the bed lined and it looked good after 10 years of being a shop truck. I agree I would never do the exterior body of a vehicle ever!!!

More than likely this or that does not matter.
If I list out what this Jeep has been through in the past 4 years, on the entire eastern part of US, someone will come up with another bunch of "most likely"
Outside of one cosmetic issue that developed before my ownership, 5 month ago this thing was clean, just like the day I did it (4 years ago as well)

Point is that, what ever is the cause, the cause exist and is likely to happen.
When "cause" happens, your "well, I this this and that" will not do anyone a favor.

 

[Zorba]

That looks awfully thin for bedliner...

 

[Superjay5]

More than likely this or that does not matter.
If I list out what this Jeep has been through in the past 4 years, on the entire eastern part of US, someone will come up with another bunch of "most likely"
Outside of one cosmetic issue that developed before my ownership, 5 month ago this thing was clean, just like the day I did it (4 years ago as well)

Point is that, what ever is the cause, the cause exist and is likely to happen.
When "cause" happens, your "well, I this this and that" will not do anyone a favor.

The cause was poor prep and it does look very thin. There are millions of trucks out there and I see very few that are failing like what you are showing. A lot of times they are fully exposed to elements unless they have a camper or a cover.

What product did you use?

 

[JEEPCJTJ]

I did my grille, bumpers, fender flares and the whole inside of my tub 3 years ago. The grille and fender flares are doing great but there are a handful of minor chips on the front bumper and a couple on the driver side floor under my floor mat. None of those chips happened because of rust. Some of them were deep enough to rust the bare metal but none of them have had any loose bed liner around them to let moisture get under. Every once in a while I sand any new chips and hit with some black brush on touch up paint.

 

[steelhd]

..... NO!
Conditions, situations, application errors or what ever i dont think matter much here. Outcome is the outcome, and possibility of this happening is good enough reason to not to do it.

I don't like bedliner either but I'm living with it because it came with the Jeep. But what you have right there is due to poor prep, inadequate thickness, and the use of garbage rattle can bedliner. 100% predictable results.

 

[GASnBRASS]

The reason your's failed is because it's paper thin. Looks to be either herculiner or rattle can spray on liner, both of which are absolute crap. I scrapped off the herculiner I put in mine 20 years ago and I found some rust underneath because herc is actually full of tiny little pinholes. Look at a professional spray liner such as Line-X, they'll spray that stuff a 1/4" thick. Water is not getting through that.