Rhino Lining paint job?

[ravingmadman]

My hoe is shaved and popped, but they did a crappy job on the shave (the paint where the door handles were is starting to crack because they didn't fully weld the patches in), and an even crappier job repainting it (dark blue paint over factory white, easily chipped). To fix both will cost around $5K-$8K to do it right.

I'm a cheap bastard, and this is my man truck, so I'm thinking about sanding it down, and rhino lining (probably actually the cheap stuff found at schucks, shot in my dad's garage paint shop) the whole thing, from the windows down, including the hood and tail gate. i won't do from the bottom of the windows up though, because the paint looks like it is holding ok.

Thoughts? Should I do it? What do I need to know before I start?

 

[Cartwright]

I wouldnt do it. It will add some extra weight to the truck. It will also a ***** to get it clean.

 

[Effeckt]

I think it would look weird personally. While that stuff holds up to the elements really well I think the textured look that it has would just look funny. That and it seems to fade faster than paint does. My brother has it in the bed of his truck and it has held up well as far as chipping, etc but the color is not what it used to be. My vote is no and to get it repainted. I saw your dad has a garage paint shop, does that mean you have access that could just paint it cheaply? If not, I know someone that just had their truck done at like a Maaco or something for $500 or so and it looks decent. It's not going to win any awards or anything but it got the job done inexpensively.

 

[Brandon X]

I wouldn't do it for a few reasons.

1. Will look like complete crap.
2. Will add a bit of weight.
3. Will cost more than paint.

 

[ravingmadman]

Cool. More info, perhaps to clear more stuff up. So my dad has a gun, and a compressor, and all of that, but it is a one-car garage. It isn't a pro shop by any stretch, more for fixing small dings.

I would take it to maaco, but unfortunately, because the paint is cracking around the seams of the door handle patches, repainting isn't going to do much for it. The proper fix is to sand off all the paint, remove the bondo, and then finish the welds. Then repaint everything.

Paint alone is exceptionally expensive. I think he priced it out at somewhere close to $1K to repaint the whole truck, whereas the generic bed liner will be about $200 for the whole job. And if I do bed liner, I won't have to screw with rewelding the door patches.

Does that change anything?

 

[99COOP]

IMO, No. You got a nice truck don't kill it w/ that stuff. If it was primarily an offroad vehicle then yes, but even then they usually only spray the rocker panels/up to the door trim. I'd say use the garage, sand that ***** down (which will be a pain but needs to be done), weld up the covers, bondo dings, prime, spray, clear = beautiful truck.

 

[ravingmadman]

Poop. Fine. Thanks all, for guilting me into doing it right...

 

[99COOP]

Post up pictures !!
(when all is said and done)

 

[titanium02]

could use a dark blue military spec paint. all the trucks on base are like this.. the silvy HD's are MEAN.

 

[1weasel]

I would take it to maaco, but unfortunately, because the paint is cracking around the seams of the door handle patches, repainting isn't going to do much for it. The proper fix is to sand off all the paint, remove the bondo, and then finish the welds. Then repaint everything.

NOOOOOOO! NOT MAACO!!! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD AND ALL THAT IS HOLY NOOOOOOO! Think about the body job where your shaved handles are, then picture that on your whole ride. I have NEVER heard of anybody getting decent work from a MAACO. They all got the paint job for the price they paid.

 

[IRQVET]

I wouldn't do it for a few reasons.

1. Will look like complete crap.
2. Will add a bit of weight.
3. Will cost more than paint.

+1

There are two vehicles in my town that did it. One is a lifted Ford F-250 and the other is a Jeep Cherokee. Ford looked weird, but nicely done. The Jeep looked like crap. The Ford looked like it was professionally done, the Jeep looked like a garage experiment gone wrong.

 

[cmcarr85]

I did some on my jeep wrangler.... FADED LIKE HELL but all in all it was unique and different.

It was professionally sprayed inside and out

 

[roadrageror]

^^ now that looks kinda neat. i does look well done and clean.i do like the blend of paint and spray liner, work nice together...however not sure about a BIG yukon..just my thoughts.

 

[Effeckt]

I have to admit that it looks better than I thought I would but not enough to change my vote. Especially with fading being an issue.

 

[cmcarr85]

It definitely fades in the sun thats for sure....

And as much as it is so easy to clean soap gets stuck in it so after you have dried the car and made it look all pretty if it rains or anything like that the soap comes out.... It sucks about that but I loved it.

 

[Brandon X]

I did some on my jeep wrangler.... FADED LIKE HELL but all in all it was unique and different.

It was professionally sprayed inside and out

Looks like that thing belongs in the Army!

 

[ravingmadman]

Cmcarr85, why did you do that to me? Your jeep looks awesome, and the flat black or olive drab is really kinda what I'm going for (ex-military FTW). It can't add more than 50 pounds, right? The chainsaw, tool chest, compressor, air tank, recovery kit, food/water/shelter in the back of my Hoe makes the weight of rhino lining seem negligible. Other than that, how bad does it fade, and over what time period? I'm still looking at a $multi-thousand price difference if I have a pro shop rhino line it, vs. repainting...

 

[cmcarr85]

As far as weight its not that bad... my rhino lined hood compared to the stock hood was only like maybe 5 pounds heavier if that nothing noticeable.

Yea I wanted to camo wrap the rest of the green so it would be camo and rhino lined but I sold it to get the Tahoe...

It will fade if you do not get the ultra violent ray one...Im not sure what the specific name is of it...

I did not have that one on my jeep but with the new ultra violent one you can do any color you want not just black...

DO IT AND BE DIFFERENT BUT BE READY TO COME OUT OF PLACES TO PEOPLE STARING AND TOUCHING YOUR VEHICLE....

 

[knotty]

if your dad has a " paint booth " just do it your self the right way get it all preped the right way and the take it to maaco , let them spray it then take it back home and cut and buff it ! i had a car painted at maaco it was a ok job they just never preped it at all they sprayed it over every thing including the dirt lol ...