Chapman88SR5

so i gutted my interior today, tore all the carpet out and took all the seats out. i did it 1. cuz the carpet smelled and was stained and moldy. 2. cuz i was bored. 3. cuz i didnt want carpet, i want something like a bed liner or something of the sort.

i cant aford herculiner right now so i was thinking the rubberized undercoating. ive used it before and it feels like it would hold up to people jumping in the 4runner. what do u guys think?

Yoter

Cool deal! I have been thinking of doing the same. But not do ditch anything. I am actually thinking of dying my carpet after thoroughly cleaning it (darker blue). then doing some color changing to my seats and doing a custom paint job on all panels.

Yoter

PS I love your avatar. sweet.

Chapman88SR5

thanks.
they have some spray stuff at walmart that dyes vinyl, pretty cheap of course

Yoter

Ah but my gf's daddy owns an interior repair company and im learning stuff here and there. they have all the paints and sprayers.

Fink

That is a freakin kicka$$ idea! My bro has a '94 Jeep Wrangler (yes i know, he owns a Runner too) and its got Line-X'd floor panels and doors and everything...its INSANE!

I wonder how much it would cost to do all of that...man, ANOTHER thing to add to my list...crap

Now I need to buy another car so I can have something to drive while I'm doing all of this work on my Runner...and then I'll need a bigger garage so all the cars can fit in there, and then I'll need to buy a storage building to hold all the crap I had in the garage.....yada yada yada.

Fink

ranma21

cacattack, I olike your avatar too!!!

Chapman88SR5

id love to get it rhino lined or line xed or w/e. but i have no money and this rubberized undercoating is the best i have, no one has any opinions on doing this?

Cebby

I'm not sure that rubberized undercoating ever really gets "hard".

You can get bedliner in a rattlecan and do it yourself. I painted my Smittybilt junk a couple of years back - turned out good.

Chapman88SR5

yeah i sprayed my innerfenders with that rattle can bedliner, i thought about using that too, i think if i use that it will atleast take 3 to 5 coats no?

Chapman88SR5

bump bump

Cebby

I only did 2-3 coats on my Smitty stuff and it had plenty of texture. Hard to tell how well it's holding up with the rust and all...

Chapman88SR5

i just bid on some herculiner on ebay, if i win that, thats what ill use but if i lose ill be on my way to wal mart

jimbo74

i would say use the good stuff, eitehr herc or the like... however if cost is a major concern look into the duplicolor brand bed coating material.... the rubberized undercoating that i have jsut plain sucks.... i have to repsray my inner fenders all the time, maybe once a month.... there is no way that will be durable enough for the inside....

Chapman88SR5

ok well i used the stuff from wally world, i did 5layers with 2 cans, its pretty tuff