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I have a 37 GMC and am going to be painting it this month. I need to know what to do with the underside of the fenders so I don't get road stairs in them. Will something like rino lining work or is there something that is specificaly made for the underside

Thanks

You can get a pretty good idea of what I did by looking at my Fenders Album. You can see some more examples under the Cab and Running Board Albums. I had the fenders, running board undersides, and the underside of the cab coated with Line-X and am extremely happy with the result. Line-X is a bit finer in texture and povides a nicer finish in my opinion.

Don

so is that linex about the same as rino lining and how hard is it to apply, does it work good at preventing road stars. Stars are the only thing bothering me about painting my truck

Yes, its about the same, only goes on a bit smoother. Now, mind you this is something that has to be applied by a franchisee and he parts must be off the truck. I doubt anything but a big railroad ballast type rock flung up would make a star. This stuff is very very tough. Mine was done after the painting was done which for some reason was the way the Line-X dealer wanted to do it.

Don

have to see if I can find a linx dealer hear what kinda cost is it

Check my gallery entry and find the link to the cost spreadsheet. I believe I have the cost of doing each of the above mentioned components entered. Good luck.

Don

I paid $100.00 per fender done before painting, sprayed hot at thier shop with a finish thickness of.075". I went with Bulldog which is the same as Linex and other franchises using that system. As long as it has a lifetime warranty it's probably the same product. I'm extremely happy with the noise reduction and more solid feel a heavy duty product under there provides as well as it's great on runningboards.


http://www.bulldogcoatings.ca/index2.htm

http://www.line-x.com/

I used por15 on the underside of the fenders, then primed the por15 and shot it with black paint. Seems to be holding up fine!

be sure and seam seal all little cracks and crevices. it helps prevent water and mud from going deep inside those areas.

You might look at

www.secondskinaudio.com

Check out their Spectrum product, which is designed for underside of fenders, rear wheel wells and bottom side of the vehicle to reduce road noise, etc.