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Do it. I'm pulling mine off this weekend so that I can apply bedliner on them. Paint just doesn't cut it. I have numerous rust spots on mine from road crap that has worn off areas of the paint. I figure it would be a lot easier to apply a couple layers of bedliner than 50 layers of paint. Plus, the bedliner should be absolutely perfect for this application.richardekirby wrote:The other option is to put bed liner on it.
I never really thought about coating the entire bar with bedliner. I'm going to have to look into that. That may be the most cost effective way to go.NVSteve wrote:Do it. I'm pulling mine off this weekend so that I can apply bedliner on them. Paint just doesn't cut it. I have numerous rust spots on mine from road crap that has worn off areas of the paint. I figure it would be a lot easier to apply a couple layers of bedliner than 50 layers of paint. Plus, the bedliner should be absolutely perfect for this application.richardekirby wrote:The other option is to put bed liner on it.
They were, but having something painted so close to the ground doesn't work very well on my vehicles. All the rocks thrown by the front tires, salt during the winters & all the bushes a couple of feet high combine for a year round brillo pad effect. I'll see if I can post a couple of photos to show the before and after when I goop them up this weekend.richardekirby wrote: I'm surprised your supersliders did not come powdercoated. With them costing as much as they do, you would think they could include a more durable finish than piaint.
I get ya. The paint would be used as a repair. Yeah, in that case, I would clean them really good and coat them with bedliner. Let me know how that works out for you.NVSteve wrote:They were, but having something painted so close to the ground doesn't work very well on my vehicles. All the rocks thrown by the front tires, salt during the winters & all the bushes a couple of feet high combine for a year round brillo pad effect. I'll see if I can post a couple of photos to show the before and after when I goop them up this weekend.richardekirby wrote: I'm surprised your supersliders did not come powdercoated. With them costing as much as they do, you would think they could include a more durable finish than piaint.
It'll have to wait a couple of weeks until I have another window of opportunity. I was able to remove them today, but it took me a few hours because all of the bolts & nuts were severely rusted and locked tight. When I had all the bolts removed, I couldn't get the damn slider out, so had to whack it a number of times with the hammer. As a visual, I was lying directly below the slider, with both knees propped up under one end as I was hammering on the other. Of course it all came tumbling down at once. I knew they were going to be heavy, but not that heavy. So, I spent the remainder of the day removing the freaking adhesive that was holding this gritty ladder tape to the sliders. Complete PITA. I'll have to apply a bit of primer to a few of the holes on the Path, then go out and get some new bolts. Sliders are mangled by rust on the underside.richardekirby wrote:Yeah, in that case, I would clean them really good and coat them with bedliner. Let me know how that works out for you.
NVSteve wrote:It'll have to wait a couple of weeks until I have another window of opportunity. I was able to remove them today, but it took me a few hours because all of the bolts & nuts were severely rusted and locked tight. When I had all the bolts removed, I couldn't get the damn slider out, so had to whack it a number of times with the hammer. As a visual, I was lying directly below the slider, with both knees propped up under one end as I was hammering on the other. Of course it all came tumbling down at once. I knew they were going to be heavy, but not that heavy. So, I spent the remainder of the day removing the freaking adhesive that was holding this gritty ladder tape to the sliders. Complete PITA. I'll have to apply a bit of primer to a few of the holes on the Path, then go out and get some new bolts. Sliders are mangled by rust on the underside.richardekirby wrote:Yeah, in that case, I would clean them really good and coat them with bedliner. Let me know how that works out for you.