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I Superlined my cladding

JRAM

JRAM

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I've wanted to do something about my cladding for over a year now. Originally it was really faded and chalky. Then after the Gatorback, I had four different shades of gray on my truck: front and rear bumpers one color, running boards did not get gatorbacked, dark gray on the sails and bed, and light gray on the lower body. I guess when they sprayed the lower body, the anti-fuel staining topcoat was a lighter shade. Then during normal use I scratched the gatorback in several places.

I decided to go with Superliner spray on bedliner based on gandolphxx's experience and my own research. And I borrowed MountainMax's idea and did the fenders too. I finally got everything done at once and got one color across the board. Here are the results. There's lots more pictures in my gallery.



 

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I wanted to do that to mine as well... but couldn't find a place near here that did that. Looks great. Now get that baby lifted w/ some meats!
 
Thanks Dune!

I got lucky 'cuz the parent company Simmons Industries is in Austin.  Their subsidiary, Infinity Conversions, also in Austin did the work for me.  I live in San San Antonio about 80 miles away.  Since it took a full week (lots of rain and humidity that week), I crashed my cousins' spare bedroom.

If my AV was a 4X4, I'd lift it and get some meat, since it's not it'll probably stay as is.
 
Still love the look. Sometimes I think it would have been cheaper to go that route rather than painted cladding, air bags, 24's, bla bla bla  :E: :E:

That will definately hold up for a while. I seen Gandolphxx's at Bowling Green a few years ago and was blown away by it. Looks great.
 
I've only seen pictures of gandy's, but it was enough to convince me.  Thanks again.
 
Dune said:
Still love the look. Sometimes I think it would have been cheaper to go that route rather than painted cladding, air bags, 24's, bla bla bla? :E: :E:

That will definately hold up for a while. I seen Gandolphxx's at Bowling Green a few years ago and was blown away by it. Looks great.
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Just had to throw the air bags and 24's in there didn't ya ......MMMM......BRAGGING alittle bit aren't ya..... :kidding:
 
WILDFIRE said:
looks awesome, did they pull the cladding off to do it?
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They were originally going to tape and spray, but they later decided to pull everything off, except the sail.
 
Looks good.....if you have to have cladding that is. >:D        ;)
 
pinomex said:
SUPERLINER......
How does it hold up vs. Gatorback?
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Gatorback is paint.  Superliner is a spray on bedliner with really good UV protection and great durability.

I drove by some brush and got scratches on the Gatorback, door dings were noticeable.  I'm pretty sure the bedliner material will hold up a lot better because it's thicker and has a high tensile strength.

Infinity Conversions has several Jeeps, Land Cruisers and horse trailers that have been is service 6 years or more and they looked good as new, no fading cracking, peeling or warping was noticeable anywhere.  The horse trailer is parked outdoors 24/7 so I feel good about the long term.

Gatorback is a great product, and I take good care of my truck......but I use it like a truck.  I load lawn equipment in it every week, I drive out  to the brush recycling center monthly, I park in crowed parking lots and I park it outside 24/7.  I needed something more durable.
 
JRAM said:
Gatorback is paint.? Superliner is a spray on bedliner with really good UV protection and great durability.

I drove by some brush and got scratches on the Gatorback, door dings were noticeable.? I'm pretty sure the bedliner material will hold up a lot better because it's thicker and has a high tensile strength.

Infinity Conversions has several Jeeps, Land Cruisers and horse trailers that have been is service 6 years or more and they looked good as new, no fading cracking, peeling or warping was noticeable anywhere.? The horse trailer is parked outdoors 24/7 so I feel good about the long term.

Gatorback is a great product, and I take good care of my truck......but I use it like a truck.? I load lawn equipment in it every week, I drive out? to the brush recycling center monthly, I park in crowed parking lots and I park it outside 24/7.? I needed something more durable.
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JRAM,
Sounds like you did your homework. I have a few dings and deep scratches on my lower cladding. I think that I will use this product after getting those diffects repaired. The color seems to be close the OEMs as well. I like the way you wrapped it around the wheel wells. I have a few dings and scratches there as well.
 
pinomex said:
JRAM,
Sounds like you did your homework. I have a few dings and deep scratches on my lower cladding. I think that I will use this product after getting those diffects repaired. The color seems to be close the OEMs as well. I like the way you wrapped it around the wheel wells. I have a few dings and scratches there as well.
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Pinomex,

Yeah, I had a couple of gouges on the lower cladding and saddle bag covers from tree limbs.  Infinity cleaned them up as much as they needed to so they would not show through after they sprayed the Superliner.  The really deep ones or actual cuts or gaps do show through a little, but you have to know where to look.  I know they are there but most people wouldn't notice.

The fenders had a couple of deep scratches from the kids at the car wash leaning on the truck with their exposed belt buckles while they dried the water off.  So the fender liner covers those up and makes the lines of the lower body cladding flow together.  I saw the look on a picture of MountainMax's truck and liked it.


 

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JRAM said:
Pinomex,

Yeah, I had a couple of gouges on the lower cladding and saddle bag covers from tree limbs.? Infinity cleaned them up as much as they needed to so they would not show through after they sprayed the Superliner.? The really deep ones or actual cuts or gaps do show through a little, but you have to know where to look.? I know they are there but most people wouldn't notice.

The fenders had a couple of deep scratches from the kids at the car wash leaning on the truck with their exposed belt buckles while they dried the water off.? So the fender liner covers those up and makes the lines of the lower body cladding flow together.? I saw the look on a picture of MountainMax's truck and liked it.
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Thanks for the feedback. I like this mod and will start hunting for a shop that can provide the service.
 
jplumer said:
was there any prep before spraying the lining on the cladding?
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Oh yeah, lots of prep. You have to wash everything really well, then scuff the cladding with fine grit (220 i think), then spray an adhesion promoter, then spray the lining.  The shop was very meticulous and did a great job.
 
I'm impressed....

am curious to see how it holds up over time... my bet is that it will do fine

Nice job!  (y)
 
You can lift a 2WD so it looks meaner and it will go over larger obstacles. Great lookiing truck, I've been considering doing something like that to my waag front & rear bumper guards. I always figured I'd do something like that to the cladding too, probably be easier to do it before it has alot of scars.

 
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