Undercoating/Bedliner: Pros and Cons
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Undercoating/Bedliner: Pros and Cons
I want to either spray undercoating or truck bedliner inside my interior to deaden vibrations and heat. The problem is, I don't know which one to use. The good thing about spraying undercoating is that if, god forbid, I get into an accident, it can be scraped off so I can refiberglass the body. If I spray truck bedliner, this stuff will be impossible to remove if I ever encounter some cracked fiberglass on my underbody. Plus, what's all the bad rap about undercoating anyways? I mean, yes, its old technology/material, but it performs to what it was intended to do. When I removed the old stuff from my interior, the fiberglass looked like it was brand new! I don't know anymore. Who out there has used undercoating in their interior? Who has used bedliner in their interior? Which one do you recommend?
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I used Rhino lining on my lower rocker panels to avoid chips and inside my Toyota 4runner, it's a sand buggy only, so make easy to clean and sound proofed her. Actually, doing the floor boards,firewall and storage area would have been a great idea. Don't be affraid of getting it off, once a knife gets under it, it comes up in sheets...
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I used Rhino lining on my lower rocker panels to avoid chips and inside my Toyota 4runner, it's a sand buggy only, so make easy to clean and sound proofed her. Actually, doing the floor boards,firewall and storage area would have been a great idea. Don't be affraid of getting it off, once a knife gets under it, it comes up in sheets...
Rhino lining or Line-X(i think). Durango Boy knows about this subject and may chime in
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Seems like 69MyWay used Rhino Liner or something like this on his vette. If mine would have been a body off, I would have done something like this on the bottom to quiet it some. I have thought about doing this to my truck this summer. Its bound to work as a sound deadener.
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Seems like 69MyWay used Rhino Liner or something like this on his vette. If mine would have been a body off, I would have done something like this on the bottom to quiet it some. I have thought about doing this to my truck this summer. Its bound to work as a sound deadener.
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I don't know about the Rhino liner, but I had my truck done with Line-X. That stuff goes on at 160*, and is harder than rock. Not too sure I'd want to use that as a full undercoat on a Vette. Maybe some urethane or epoxy paint? I did shoot the bottom of a Chevelle with Imron- Looked great, but as nasty as that stuff is I'm not sure I'd do it again.
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I WAS going to use LizardSkin, but the cost was way too much. I went with a normal roll-on bedliner that is solid when dry. I applied it in the interior so far in a couple of layers, and it went great. If you use a roller with a thinner nap, it will go on even smoother, which would be great if you are going to put fat mat or something similar on top...
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I'm not sure why COINWASHERS pictures are not working. If you want to see his Lizard Skin photo's, I have a thread in the Tech section called "Body Dolly Fabrication", you can see them there. Looked pretty cool to me....gp
