Paint or Bed Line my bumpers? (Pics in the link on page 2)

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2011 9:41 pm

I can’t make up my mind. Here’s what the bumpers look like:

kskj · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2011 9:51 pm

Since the Xj is black Rino line it. :mrgreen:

BugginKJ · **Joined:** Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:35 pm **Posts:** 4576

I would bedline, much more durable then paint. I know first hand as I am tired of touching up my front bumper from rock chips when I changed it from bedliner to paint and soon I will change my paint back to bedliner :roll:

When it was bedlined I never had to touch it up, I did however paint the bedliner a flat black because I didn't like the shine from bedliner. I also hope to build my new front bumper before I spend the cash on more bedliner for my old bumper I made :roll:

bunkermonkeycw · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2011 9:59 pm

I wont even read any posts and go with my original thought after read the head line (and personal preference) buy no other paint (maybe rust inhibitor) but bed liner! :JEEPIN:

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2011 10:05 pm

Gesh, you guys are making my decision easy. :mrgreen:

liquidxit2 · **Posted:** Wed Jun 08, 2011 10:43 pm

Bedline IMHO. Oh and I wish there were bumpers as simple as that for our KJs. :banghead:

tommudd · **Posted:** Thu Jun 09, 2011 7:20 am

Paint

but then I like to be different and everyone bedlines everything anymore
so be unique :wink:

well unless you do bedliner right, so of this stuff some do just looks bad and cheap from the get go

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Thu Jun 09, 2011 11:16 am

tommudd wrote:

Paint

but then I like to be different and everyone bedlines everything anymore
so be unique :wink:

well unless you do bedliner right, so of this stuff some do just looks bad and cheap from the get go

Leave it up to you Tom to throw a curveball. :lol:

Our KJ has an ARB painted front bumper and the RL rear bumper is about to get painted as well. I do like the painted look.

Plus, paint is easily removable. Bed liner is a more permanent application and isn’t as easy to take off. On the flipside, I like bed liner for it’s durability. Decisions, decisions……….. :dizzy:

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Thu Jun 09, 2011 11:23 am

kskj wrote:

Since the Xj is black Rino line it. :mrgreen:

True, but if you remember correctly, it’s going to be repainted Hemi Orange. :mrgreen:

kskj · **Posted:** Thu Jun 09, 2011 6:36 pm

Still, it needs black Rino liner. :lol:

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Thu Jun 09, 2011 7:04 pm

kskj wrote:

Still, it needs black Rino liner. :lol:

Well, the black bed liner would look good with the hemi orange. :wink:

SweepnChoke · **Posted:** Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:58 am

Another vote for spray on bedliner, more durable, easy to touch up.

daspes · **Posted:** Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:33 pm

Bed line it. But color match the bed liner hemi oarnge too!

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Fri Jun 10, 2011 8:51 pm

daspes wrote:

Bed line it. But color match the bed liner hemi oarnge too!

I already thought about doing that, but the guy who’s doing the painting/lining said that reds and oranges usually fade and turn pinkish or puke orange. So now I’m a little gun shy. :juggle:

The wife wants to paint it black now, and then paint it hemi orange later to match. :lol:

She‘s very picky. :mrgreen:

But I can't complain or I wont get either. :shock:

kskj · **Posted:** Fri Jun 10, 2011 9:15 pm

Got to keep the wife happy. Been there. :lol:

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:26 pm

I guess bed liner wins the vote. I took all my bumpers and parts in today to get them sprayed black. I’ll post up pics in the next couple weeks when I finally get everything installed.

bunkermonkeycw · **Posted:** Tue Jun 14, 2011 10:41 pm

Paint bed liner after it dries.

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2011 3:06 am

bunkermonkeycw wrote:

Paint bed liner after it dries.

How well does that work?

bunkermonkeycw · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2011 12:49 pm

I painted my grill in this order.

Sand the hell out of it.

Sprayed rubberized undercoating to see what it would do. Dried.

2 Good coats of bedliner. Dried.

1 Coat of random spray in a can (black) Dried.

Car washes, my clumsiness and the weather have not rocked it yet. Paint or otherwise.

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Wed Jun 15, 2011 1:11 pm

bunkermonkeycw wrote:

I painted my grill in this order.

Sand the hell out of it.

Sprayed rubberized undercoating to see what it would do. Dried.

2 Good coats of bedliner. Dried.

1 Coat of random spray in a can (black) Dried.

Car washes, my clumsiness and the weather have not rocked it yet. Paint or otherwise.

Thanks for the info. That’s something to consider in the future.

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