Finally got my lazy *** to do something about the bubbling paint on the hood. I had 2 bottles of the u-pol raptor bedliner left and realized I wasn't going to go through the hassle of painting everyhing back to factory. I was mainly worried about the glare off the black into my face but it's not so bad.

I have more planned once I put the fender flares on. I got my "magic eraser" for the drill to take off the double sided tape under the trim so I might end up doing that tomorrow.

If you haven't worked with this stuff and you're on the fence about it, it's probably the easiest thing I've ever done to a car. I've already done it to my roof and inside the back so this time went a bit faster. I'm really starting to get the hang of it. I'll probably end up doing the whole thing by the time I leave here.

Before:



See the bubbling? All the tape is where people would poke right through it to see what the bubble was.





Lots of fading..





Clear coat gone on the edge of the fenders..







Took everything apart to get a better coat and it was easier than taping..





The bumper was smooth flat black.. Should have done the texture the first time around.



EW



Now the fun..



Taping sucks!





Stripper! aw wait what?





all done











First coat









Second coat











Unmask







Assemble.. I need a new latch on the drivers side hood, it doesn't click closed. Didn't get any pics with the bumper on yet..









There ya have it.. Thought I'd share if anyone was thinking about doing this. Started Saturday around noon, took about two hours to prep, 30 minutes to spray, hour wait, 30 minutes to spray, watched the gator game, then put it back together in about 30 minutes after the game. I thought it came out pretty good for only few hours hassle.

 

I think it looks really good. Great work!

 

Looks good! I am between rustoleum, monstaliner (both roll on) an the spray on raptor liner. How has your raptor liner held up?

 

I sprayed on Rustoleum bedliner with a ceiling texture gun.. It's held up really well for what I put it through, and I just buy a rattle can to touch it up if I do mess it up..

 

Really well inside and out, and in the wheel wells. The roof has been on for a little over a year and the color fade isn't noticeable between the new stuff. I touched up a few spots on the roof and you cant tell. It's probably the easiest stuff I've ever worked with. I was intimidated a bit at first to spray but it's super easy and little clean up. The thing that worried me about the roll on is the roller not spinning and getting a huge smeer mark. The spray is fast as hell too. I bought the raptor kit that includes the gun. Just pour the 2 part into the bottle up to the line, shake well, screw it on the gun, spray away.. Takes longer to tape everything off.

 

Sweet thanks for the information

 

yeah man if you have any questions just ask. I'm planning on doing some more soon so I could actually make a video if that would help you...

 

Thanks. No I think I have the application part just wanted to know if it held up or if it chipped.

 

nice job,i was thinking of doing that to my whole truck,i have surface rust all over my roof.

 

Man this looks great! my clear coat is in rough shape, I may end up doing something very similar to this. Thanks for sharing.

 

Nice job looks good! I used raptor on my JCR front bumper and love the stuff like you said super easy! That's a nice paint booth you got there. Definitely makes things better with a good set up.

 

That looks really good. Raptor liner is an awesome product. I did my undercoating with it and it was extremely easy to use. I still have to do the rear and I am debating doing the lower end of my truck as well. Definitely recommend it to anyone looking for an undercoating kit.

 

That looks pretty cool...great work!