Did this project couple of weeks ago and wanted to share if anyone is interested in DIY rock guard. I put Herculiner on the bottom door panels and painted it for around 65.00 compared to 600.00 at line x. I think prep is key and sanding enough to get a good working surface. I used 2 coats of Herculiner. I bought 2 inch foam rollers at Lowe's to apply the Herculiner and Denatured Alcohol to clean the crap out of the surface prior to putting on the Herculiner. 20 minutes after the last coat of Herculiner pull the tape off or it will be a PITA to get the tape off! Let the Herculiner dry overnite and painted it the next day, it did stay tacky for about a week so no car washing.
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Do it yourself rock guard!
- Thread starter Bigburban
- Start date
Crankme69
New Member
Nice!
That looks awesome!
You are right on time with this, my door bottoms are in dire need of this exact treatment...thanks for sharing :thumbsup:
That looks awesome!
You are right on time with this, my door bottoms are in dire need of this exact treatment...thanks for sharing :thumbsup:
- Staff
- #4
I just helped my buddy put the Herculiner in the bed of his truck. It turned out nice for just the first layer only installed before I had to leave. He installed the second after I left. It was in my eyes 100% better than the stupid plastic lay in bed liner he had.
Word of wisdom with this stuff, use gloves. If you do not, it will not wash off.
Word of wisdom with this stuff, use gloves. If you do not, it will not wash off.
- Staff
- #5
That really looks great. I will do the same thing to my Silverado when the time comes. That suburban is a very sharp truck!
great white
Well-Known Member
Not too shabby!
Considering I have to strip, clean and prime my lowers and rockers soon (surface rust) this may be a decent way to go....
Considering I have to strip, clean and prime my lowers and rockers soon (surface rust) this may be a decent way to go....
12ga diesel
Jack of all, Master of none
Nice job, I like that a lot! Looks really sharp!
I'd like to do something similar like that along the bottom of the door panels on my truck along with the grille and front/back bumpers. A friend of mine used the rattle can stuff on his grille and bumpers on his Ranger and they turned out really nice.
I'd like to do something similar like that along the bottom of the door panels on my truck along with the grille and front/back bumpers. A friend of mine used the rattle can stuff on his grille and bumpers on his Ranger and they turned out really nice.
tanman_2006
Just a farm kid...
I have been doing the exact same thing with Duplicolor Bed armor but I have been leaving it black on white trucks so far. I have been doing fender flares with rattle can duplicolor bed armor too when I pull then off to paint under them.
Yours looks great, my 95 Z71 has the same paint theme and will need the lowers redone (preferably with bed liner) when I get the rocker pannels replaced. I just havent put much thought into how to do tan bed liner.
Yours looks great, my 95 Z71 has the same paint theme and will need the lowers redone (preferably with bed liner) when I get the rocker pannels replaced. I just havent put much thought into how to do tan bed liner.
- Staff
- #10
Very nice job! Thanks for sharing!
Pruittx2
Been around a bit
20+ Year body man here,,, That looks really good. :thumbsup: It really is all in the prep work, TIP< If you get to happy sanding, and go thru to bare metal,, go to you local body shop supplier, and order a few cans of EPOXY primer. This will give you a good sealed base to start from, Prime,,, Bedliner,, Paint. Oh and :cheers2:! Great weekend project :agreed:
HighSierra86
Active Member
Thats looks awesome, very nice work. Do you notice the uneven surface to hold more dirt/road grime than say the rest of the body?
It is alot smoother than you would think it doesn't hold that much dirt. Seems to be holding up well.
JMJNet
Recruit
Great work, looks great too!!!
DieselSlug
Well-Known Member
Very nice! I seriously need to think about doin this when i get my body repainted. Living in CNY sucksss!!