Monstaliner Cladding installation

[housertl]

SO, My GF got me a gallon of Monstaliner for my birthday, and we finally got around to putting it on this weekend. Lot of work, But I think it was absolutely worth it. The car looks great!

Before:





And After:






The product goes on exactly as described, make sure you get the instructions for applying to plastic, though. The Bulldog adhesion promoter was a bit of a pain to find, but ultimately came out to about $30 for two cans, we needed just over 1 can to do the job. The Sprayway cleaner they recommended was at Home Depot for about $3 per can. Ultimately, we used 3/4 of a gallon of the Monstaliner, but once you mix it, it is done in about 6-10 hours.

The product is black, so it's a little different than the original color, but the tintable Monstaliner is about 2x the price. I think the black looks great!

I also found my next project:



Anyone know the best place to pick up a new bumper bar?

[wintermute]

you can try here:
streatbeatcustoms

I had the same problem and ended up ordering a replacement from RockAuto, but they seem to be out of stock.

[housertl]

Does it just bolt up?

[eternal21]

That looks AWESOME. I look forward to doing that next month :-)

[wintermute]

Does it just bolt up?

yeah, just 2 bolts on each side and bolts to the frame. front bumper needs to come off though to get to it.

[MSHardeman]

I have been looking for a replacement bumper myself. I think they run around $350 "new" from Isuzu and like wintermute said, you used to be able to get them from RockAuto and I've seen them here too: http://shop.iautobodyparts.com/isuzu...0-parts-0.html but I think they are out of stock also.

I have been talking to a local 4x4 shop here and they said that they can fab up a new one, with end caps and powder coated for (if I remember right) $250. They also said that they would be happy to fab a few up for others on the site here and would ship them where ever they needed to go. They said that they could just bend up the tube, and cap it so that someone could weld it to their stock bumper mounts for $150. I haven't talked to them in a while, but I need to get my bumper done for sure, so if others are interested I can get some firm pricing done.

OH, and the cladding looks great.

[eternal21]

When you said you needed 2 cans of Bulldog, were you talking about the aerosol cans?

[mborodi]

Macco Auto Body & Paint uses a product called "back to Black", tape it off, spray it on.. whalla! brand new.. I'd had mine done about 3 weeks ago.. looks great!

[VX KAT]

Macco Auto Body & Paint uses a product called "back to Black", tape it off, spray it on.. whalla! brand new.. I'd had mine done about 3 weeks ago.. looks great!

Back to Black? that's the exact name of Mother's cladding/trim treatment product many VX owners use......it's not permanent at all and they reapply after it's rained. But your sentence above sounds like it's a totally different product?

[twalker920]

SO, My GF got me a gallon of Monstaliner for my birthday

We VX owners have very strange gift wish lists lol!

[eternal21]

Well, Monstaliner is $134/gallon on eBay right now w/free shipping, so I figured now is as good a time as any to knock out the cladding before it gets too, too hot, so I snagged a gallon. It'll be in sometime this week, so I just need to know which Bulldog adhesion promoter to use, as it comes in aerosol and brush on. I'm going to try and get it done this week, provided it comes in in time. Although Aerospace 303 is excellent for taking care of the cladding, we've been getting a bit more rain than usual, and I'm tired of the cladding looking crappy after the rain washes the 303 off. Time to do it right and cry once.

[VX KAT]

It looks good fo sho!

I haven't heard of or seen the Monsterliner stuff...house, can you take some closer up pics? It looks like it's less textured that Line-X and Rhinoliner, but I can't tell.

We VX owners have very strange gift wish lists lol!

....yup...got a alum radiator for xmas!

Well, Monstaliner is $134/gallon on eBay right now w/free shipping, so I figured now is as good a time as any to knock out the cladding before it gets too, too hot, so I snagged a gallon. It'll be in sometime this week, so I just need to know which Bulldog adhesion promoter to use, as it comes in aerosol and brush on. I'm going to try and get it done this week, provided it comes in in time. Although Aerospace 303 is excellent for taking care of the cladding, we've been getting a bit more rain than usual, and I'm tired of the cladding looking crappy after the rain washes the 303 off. Time to do it right and cry once.

When I was touching up my cladding with ShowRoom New (where the fab shop scraped it up )...I got to thinking...I haven't put a thing on my cladding.....nothing, zip, zero, nada.....in 14 months...and it looks exactly the same. Only an occasional car wash with the cheapest option so no wax or whatever they call that carpy stuff they "spray on" and flash cool neon lights at ya. I'll have to take some pics and update that thread.

[eternal21]

It looks good fo sho!

I haven't heard of or seen the Monsterliner stuff...house, can you take some closer up pics? It looks like it's less textured that Line-X and Rhinoliner, but I can't tell.

http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...ht=monstaliner

Check post #3 for the link to the Jeep page containing pics, info, etc. Over 1/4 million page views and tons of people using it. Yes, it is textured. Some images I borrowed from the Jeep folks....














http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHl00...layer_embedded

[MSHardeman]

Oh no! Shouldn't have shown the image of the purple Monterliner.....Sue's going to Monsterline all kinds of stuff purple now.

[VX KAT]

Oh no! Shouldn't have shown the image of the purple Monterliner.....Sue's going to Monsterline all kinds of stuff purple now.

Are you boyz all color blind? That's PINK...not PURPLE!
http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...21&postcount=3

But ya gotta admit diamond tread plate sill plates in purple Monstaliner woulda looked really kool!!!


Thanks for posting the pics eternal, that's a really cool texture. I def like it better than the rougher ones like Line-X. Hope yours works out great too.