Herculine hood and insert

FWIW, I have had my cladding off, I did break some clips, I never replaced them or the tape, and I have had no problems. No rattling, no crooked hanging...would save some time and money.

How about if someone did all the prep, and just dropped off the pieces ready for you to spray? If it isn't covered by the warranty anyway, shouldn't matter who does the prep. I would be willing to strip and sand my cladding/insert, drop it off and pick it up later. What would that run?

My friend had his 1988 toyota truck sprayed with line-x. I remember the rear bumper cost $175 and the entire truck bed + tailgate (outside) cost $500. He removed and prepped both before bringing them to the Line-x shop.

I talked to the guy about spraying my cladding, he didn't know anything about a VX but said it would be $700-$1000 if i removed and prepped the cladding myself.

Or you can DIY. This guy used a Raptor/U pol kt that sprays on. Its also tintable for different colors.


http://forum.ih8mud.com/attachment.p...1&d=1229479990

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Originally Posted by Marlin

How about if someone did all the prep, and just dropped off the pieces ready for you to spray? If it isn't covered by the warranty anyway, shouldn't matter who does the prep. I would be willing to strip and sand my cladding/insert, drop it off and pick it up later. What would that run?

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If you were to just bring in the cladding, no prep (we want to prep the plastic), the price with LINE-X with black Xtra (prevents fading and loss of gloss, fortifed with DuPont Kevlar) is $500. In my opinion, the cladding MUST be encapsulated meaning both sides of the plastic should be coated with LINE-X although the backside does not need to be thick or have a texture.

Keep in mind that LINE-X is more durable than the DIY products and will also be a thicker coating.

I have pics, but don't have my camera with me today, I'll post a few pics tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by LINE-X

If you were to just bring in the cladding, no prep (we want to prep the plastic), the price with LINE-X with black Xtra (prevents fading and loss of gloss, fortifed with DuPont Kevlar) is $500. In my opinion, the cladding MUST be encapsulated meaning both sides of the plastic should be coated with LINE-X although the backside does not need to be thick or have a texture.

Keep in mind that LINE-X is more durable than the DIY products and will also be a thicker coating.

I have pics, but don't have my camera with me today, I'll post a few pics tomorrow.

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Do you want to do the whole piece to minimize the chance of peel off? Makes sense, more like a LineX shrink wrap:)

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Originally Posted by Marlin

Do you want to do the whole piece to minimize the chance of peel off? Makes sense, more like a LineX shrink wrap:)

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Yes, that's correct. We cut up a drop-in truck bedliner which also is made of polypropylene (although all polypropylene's are not necessarily the same) and tried all sorts of things to test for adhesion. None of our tests results were what I would consider outstanding, so encapsulation is a way to decrease the chance of delamination.

OK, here are some work-in-progress pictures. When were finished, we will take some better pictures out in the sun.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...Vehicross2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...Vehicross1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...Vehicross5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...Vehicross4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...Vehicross3.jpg

Here, you can see that we applied some non-textured LINE-X to backside of the cladding. It's just enough to encapsulate most of the cladding.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...Vehicross6.jpg

Unfortunately, it was a heavy overcast day when we finished. Perhaps the owner can take some pics in the sun and post them?!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...Vehicross8.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...Vehicross9.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ehicross10.jpg

Looks good.

I want my whole truck done like that.

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Originally Posted by Bob Barker

I want my whole truck done like that.

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No problem :thumbup:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...TacomaRed1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...TacomaRed3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...acomaRed11.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...TacomaRed7.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...TacomaRed6.jpg

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Originally Posted by Bob Barker

I want my whole truck done like that.

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Yep,in army green, with the kevlar stuff, like the Dominator on Storm Chasers...

Interesting little tid-bit about LineX that we found out by accident:

It's radar transparent (at least in the band we were working in).

That doesn't mean that you can't be hit by police radar though, it'll still reflect off of the metal in the body.

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Yep,in army green, with the kevlar stuff, like the Dominator on Storm Chasers...

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Funny thing about that Dominator: They had it sprayed with Rhino. During a storm chase, the Rhino failed and started tearing off. The stuff was just flapping in the wind. :happyface

LINE-X told them to go to a LINE-X dealer and have it done right!

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Originally Posted by tom4bren

Interesting little tid-bit about LineX that we found out by accident:

It's radar transparent (at least in the band we were working in).

That doesn't mean that you can't be hit by police radar though, it'll still reflect off of the metal in the body.

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That's intersting because I was contacted by Raytheon regarding this issue. I don't know the frequency in question though.