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So first Ill get the weight and mileage out of the way.
Yeah easily 300 lbs to the vehicle. The vehicle: beat to sh it gmc yukon gt that I'm going to kind of throw back together. Has rust im going to have remove and don't feel like having it cheaply repainted where it'll fade in a year. Has the price on this gone down at all? Hoping to spend no more than $1500 for the process. I want to do it so if rust does appear again, i have that panel section removed, get a new one from the junkyard and just rhino line it to match instead of having two different shades of paint. Yeah maybe a little pricy but hoping that its gone down to something more affordable. ......and the purpose of this post: what is everyone's experience on fade-resistant brands. Oh and black in color. Deepest black possible. |
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I don't think $1500 will touch it. I was quoted $1500 for rockerpanels.
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I did it to a truck. I wouldn't do it again. Once you put it on, there's no changing anything about it. With paint, you can always repaint it.
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I got an estimate last year of $3,000 plus tax. For my 2008 Dodge Ram 1500 SLT. I'm still considering it. It takes a almost a week to get it done.
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Yup. For a beater, I would go that route. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I bet it doesn't weigh as much as you think. A buddy weighed all the platidip that was peeled off an entire car and I think he said it didn't even weigh a pound.
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I bet it doesn't weigh as much as you think. A buddy weighed all the platidip that was peeled off an entire car and I think he said it didn't even weigh a pound. View Quote |
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Different product. Plasti-dip is nowhere near as dense or solid as bedliner, and it's put on in much thinner layers. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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I bet it doesn't weigh as much as you think. A buddy weighed all the platidip that was peeled off an entire car and I think he said it didn't even weigh a pound. |
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So even if it's 20x as thick, which it's not, we're still a far cry from the 300# op guessed. My point remains valid. I bet it wouldn't even add 5# to the vehicle. View Quote When I had it done the LineX dealer estimated it would add 3-400 lbs. You can really tell the extra weight when you lift the hood. I didn't weight the hood before and after but I'd estimate it added 15 lbs to the hood....maybe a little more. |
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Go to your local auto parts store and lift a gallon can of the cheap roll-on bedliner and get back to us. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes |
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I have personal experience with LineX on a truck. What's yours? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes |
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I did, it wasn't 300#. Read the post below yours and get back with us. Lmao! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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So even if it's 20x as thick, which it's not, we're still a far cry from the 300# op guessed. My point remains valid. I bet it wouldn't even add 5# to the vehicle. Based on a quick search of Line-X dealer sites, it appears to weigh .7 lbs per square foot @ 1/8" thick. If that's the case, just a 6'x4' section of the bed's floor would weigh in at over 17#. Again, quite bit heavier than the 5# you claimed above. According to the dealer/installer sites I found, a Line-X bedliner adds 40-60 lbs...and that's just the bed. I've used the DIY (Rustoleum) stuff and it's nowhere near as thick as the liner in my truck, so I'm sure it weighs quite a bit less...but I'd still expect it to weigh q good bit more than 5# if one used enough to completely cover a car/truck with any expectation of durability and longevity. |
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Remember that a good bit of the product weight will evaporate due to chemical reactions with hardeners and evaporation of water/solvent.
@steviesterno16 Can you explain how you masked the door openings/interior door faces/wiring passages? |
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Remember that a good bit of the product weight will evaporate due to chemical reactions with hardeners and evaporation of water/solvent. @steviesterno16 Can you explain how you masked the door openings/interior door faces/wiring passages? View Quote If I was doing a dedicated trail ride I'd want it stripped down as far as possible, pull the interior, and do the floor and stuff, too. I would do the frame and undersides if I didn't live in salt-free TX. |
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Agreed, it was nowhere near 300# but it was also a damn sight heavier than 5#. Hell, a gallon of water weighs over 8#. Based on a quick search of Line-X dealer sites, it appears to weigh .7 lbs per square foot @ 1/8" thick. If that's the case, just a 6'x4' section of the bed's floor would weigh in at over 17#. Again, quite bit heavier than the 5# you claimed above. According to the dealer/installer sites I found, a Line-X bedliner adds 40-60 lbs...and that's just the bed. I've used the DIY (Rustoleum) stuff and it's nowhere near as thick as the liner in my truck, so I'm sure it weighs quite a bit less...but I'd still expect it to weigh q good bit more than 5# if one used enough to completely cover a car/truck with any expectation of durability and longevity. View Quote |
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A well thought out rebuttal, hot damn! I find 40-60# just for the bed to be hard to believe but they know there product better than I do. I was going to hit on the solvent evaporation thing but was beat too it. I bet at least 50% of the product is solvent, I don't know this but I bet it to be (I have years upon years of paint experience). To get 300# of extra weight you would have to apply 600#+ of product. Does this seem realistic to anyone or is it lighter than some people think? View Quote LineX is a VERY thick coat compared to paint or even primer. I have no idea how much is solvent and how much is solids but LineX wouldn't work if it had a high level of solvents. It HAS to have a high level of solids. A typical LineX bedliner alone uses about 5 gallons of material. |
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