Trail clean up truck with pictures.

[xtremjeepn]

Taking the truck to get the bed Rhino lined at MaxAir by Park Meadows Mall.

We were talking about Rhino Lining the rockers too.


My question is how far up would you line it? There is no real break in the body lines.

My first idea would be just the area below the doors.

Second would be to follow the line at the bottom of the stripe on the back door. It should flow all the way back to the line at the bottom of the tail light.


Thoughts.

[Captkaos]

IF you are going to go to the factory 2 tone line, I would pull a line from the bodyline below the tailight to the front of the truck.  Are you going to paint it?

[xtremjeepn]

I agree. I think the line from the tailgate to the front would be best.


We are going to paint it.  I asked the guys at the paint shop and they want it lined first.    Guess it is easier to tape it off and takes less paint/bodywork.

[Redneckchevy]

Id like to see a truck that is nothing but rhino line...Iv herd of it sounds like it would be kool.....

[xtremjeepn]

I think it would be cool too if done right.


My problem is that you can't stick decals to Rhino.  Since I am building the truck to not only clean up the trails but dleiver a message I need clear painted space to display that message on.


I have considered doing the old school two tone paint scheme but using Rhino for the top and bottom.

[Redneckchevy]

That sounds good also....I no what u mean about the decals...Way to much Texture

[xtremjeepn]

Well the truck got dropped off at MaxAir (e470/I-25) yesterday for Rhino Lining.  I'm not even really sure what they are going to do. They were excited about the project so I gave them a bit of artistic lisence.



These are the same guys that did my Jeep about 7 years ago for this article on Rockcrawler.com. They did an AWESOME job on the TJ.

http://rockcrawler.com/techreports/rhino_tj/index.asp

[xtremjeepn]

Ready for Rhino!!!!

Love the guys over at MaxAir

[VileZambonie]

What are they doing? Spraying the bottom and then you are going to paint over it? How are you going to have your paint layed on if you rhino line it first?

[Dragon]

What are they doing? Spraying the bottom and then you are going to paint over it? How are you going to have your paint layed on if you rhino line it first?

My Guess is that they are spraying the Rocker Gravel Areas first(Hopefully they will do the lower inner door jambs as well, then say good bye to rotten rockers in the future ), then it will have those areas masked off at the next paint booth, and that shop will paint all or most of the surfaces with regular paint.....  A combination that I would like to eventually have done on my truck when ready, along with another area or two Rhino Lined as well, before the actual paint is applied.....

[xtremjeepn]

I asked the guys at the paint shop which should come first. They wanted the Rhino sprayed on first. Guess it is simple enough to just tape it off and only paint the rest.

Not to mention the Rhino should hide some of the body work much better than paint. Meaning we don't have to have it absolutely perfect under the Rhino. (Which is where most the work was)

[lowbucktruck]

I asked the guys at the paint shop which should come first. They wanted the Rhino sprayed on first. Guess it is simple enough to just tape it off and only paint the rest.

Not to mention the Rhino should hide some of the body work much better than paint. Meaning we don't have to have it absolutely perfect under the Rhino. (Which is where most the work was)

Rhino-lined rocker panels... sweet! 
Now you just need some armor plating...

[Dragon]

Rhino-lined rocker panels... sweet! 
Now you just need some armor plating...

Nah too Bulky! He just needs to have every remaining surface Line-X Paxcon Coated
http://www.paxcon.com/
 And then his Gas Tanks Coated with Rhino Liner Battle Jacket
http://www.designnews.com/article/CA6380745.html?ref=nbra
Okay so I think about Military Style Trail Proofing when building a truck, doesn't everyone

[xtremjeepn]

Stopped in to check on the progress today.

MaxAir got the bed shot. Bottom and bed are done. (paper masking is still on the truck). They also did the inside of the rear fender wells.

Couple of bad camera phone pics.

[xtremjeepn]

The guys at MAXAIR did a great job.

Bed is all done, they did the rockers all the way down the truck and the inside of the front and rear fender wells.  Amazing how much quieter it made the truck. Combined with the tons of RAAMat sound deadening I put in this truck it is actually really quiet to drive.

They did the bed a little extra thick since we were going to be using the truck for real work. Also did it over the bed rails.



Still ugly as can be. But the Rhino looks nice on the bottom. Now it just needs a little real paint on the rest of it.