looks awsome I did a few truck beds with herculiner and after a few months of abuse it cracked and chiped but these were work trucks, I did my silverado bed with stuff called line x I bought it off ebay it came with a gun and everything for like $150 and that stuff didnt chip at all i did 2 coats and it was a lil less then a 1/4 inch thick but worked awsome so You have inspired me to yank the carpet from my xj and do the same because the ruber floor kit is $200 so maybe ill just spray in the bed liner instead of the ruber floor caz that will keep the moisture against the paint

 

hahaha just dont go through water holes with names.

hows the hecurliner do with heat. i have no carpet and my floors get real hot when wheeling

 

havent wheeled with the herculiner in yet.
At normal temps its not that bad. You can feel some heat around the acceleration pedel, and if you touch around that area its warm. but its nothing unbearable.

 

you can get the 1 gal rustoleum roll on bedliner at walmart for $40
i got a buddy that bought that and some of the cheap thick paint roller naps and went to town on his floors and they looked just as good thats what im gonna do to mine already removed carpet just gotta get the time to line it

 

I'm in the process of doing my interior too ... drowned the XJ about a month or so ago. But no bedliner for me. New carpet & rubber padding. Haven't done a thread yet, but here's what my interior looked like after taking up the carpet & before cleaning up. Most of the dark stuff you see is mud. Very little rust:




After washing out the floor. Yellow circles show the rust spots. For an East Coast Jeep, that's amazing. I expected the worst:




Under the rear seats (just one side. It pretty much looks the same on both sides).



Gonna JB Weld the rust (did that this morning), paint and put my new carpet & padding in.

What's everyone using for floor plugs? Pics?

 

I read its not as thick and durable as herucliner. Meaning that it scratches easy and will peel in overly used areas, like where your feet go.


and my floor plugs are just the regular rubber floor plugs that came with it.

 

thanks i will check into that 8i really hate to have to redo in 6 months or so if thats the case i will go ahead and spend the extra and get the herculiner

 

I would like to do this to my jeep but I'm worried about being able to get the seats in/out correctly, including the bench. I would also like to keep my carpet interior so will the thickness of the liner mess up how the carpet sits in the jeep? Any advice?

 

Great job man, youll basically never have to worry about it rusting out now(on the topside at least). I did the same thing only in the rear cargo area with duplicolor spray on bedliner. Luckily for me, theres almost no rust in the truck at all and none where I bedlined it.

 

you shouldnt have a problem takin the seats out. They are easy to take out espicailly the back seat. As far as the carpet and herculiner i wouldnt think it would affect the carpert really unless you put a **** load on there but i am not sure..

 

The seats you wont have a problem, just don't lose the bolts. the front seats fit right back in you might just have to wiggle it a bit to get it back into position. The thickness of the liner wont mess up how the carpet sits. I mean it could possibly be a little be of a tighter fit, but it shouldn't really make a difference. There's been plenty of people who have herculined the inside of there cherokee then put the carpet back in.


yea lucky for me theres not a lot of rust underneath. as long as I keep that from rusting (which I am) It shouldn't rot out.

 

looks good man i just done got done doing to same thing to mine i like how u done the side steps i thought about doing them but i decided not to kinda makes me think i should do mine now i didn't have any rust or anything just nasty stinking carpet

 

I also just got done doing the bed liner in my cherokee after some intensive floor rebuilding. I used a product called easy liner, comes in a gallon, and includes the activator and a sholts cartrage. So i chose to spray the liner in, and find it does a much better job.

 

I did the herculiner on the tub of my Wrangler outside part loved it

You did a very good job at prep man looks outstanding good work!

 

I want to see some more side shots of that.

Also i def have to agree on the prep work you did. amazing job man! glad to see the time spent to make it look good!