As some of you already know, I've been giving the old XJ a facelift

Sprayed the whole thing with bedliner and then sanded that to remove some of the texture and top coated it with satin green and black. I was going to wait to post pics until I could find my good camera and it was totally finished but am getting a little anxious So here's a few before and after pics taken with my phone.... Not the best quality and they don't really do it justice but I'll get better ones up in a couple of days when I finish it.... Think of these as teasers

Before/At the start:


All bedlined:


And finally with some color:



Roof rack, 4.5 lift & 32x11.50's on soft 8's coming very soon

 

like the paint job looks good

 

I like it. Your gonna love the bedliner on it. I did mine and it's prolly the best looks thing ive ever done to mine.

 

ahhh, painting over the bedliner, thats a good idea. Looks great BTW

 

I give up, Why did you leave the upper qrts. bedlined? If you don't mind me asking.

 

Why not....lol Just liked the look I've seen several done this way and thought they looked good. I think the trend probably started to mimic the armored quarter panel look.... I had a sticker cut for the gas lid that really helps tie it together IMO. I put it on yesterday after these pics where taken.

 

What brand of bedliner did you use, and how much did it take? I am seriously going to do this!

 

I used rust-o-lium bedliner in the can from wal-mart for $7.49 per can. I think it took 7 cans but that included some sample boards I did as well. If you're topcoating it and only using the liner for texture you can get by with 4 or 5 cans but for full black coverage I'd get 7.

 

You could've bought the gallon can and applicator kit for that price and had over 1/2 the gallon left over.

I did the top body line down and have done the entire floor in the interior. I still have nearly 1/2 left over.

 

Yea but it's a lot rougher finish and not as even. I wanted to sand the spray on for a hammered look....I didn't like the full texture of just liner. The way I did it, it's smooth enough to be waxed so it'll last much longer and be many times easier to clean.

 

Oh, ok. The spray on Rustoleum liner I used on my front bumper is CONSIDERABLY more rough than the brushed on Rustoleum liner I used on the interior. I used the roller for the exterior and it is rougher.

I don't ever plan on waxing or using soap on this truck.

 

You're right it's rough when first sprayed (like 80 grit paper) but it sands unbelievably well and leaves a nice semi textured look. I plan to do the interior floor boards with the roll on since I imagine it's more durable than the spray

 

I think they're about the same, man. I thought the same thing you did though.

 

I use spray wax on mine. It makes it shiney mines also really rough. And I liked the thought of the rougher stuff. But at the time I also didnt know about that spray liner until recently when I did my car. I still like your idea of sanding it down and everything. It makes it pretty unique.

 

Ok! Back in High school I Had Pontiac Safari Wagon, with Brick contact paper, instead of the wood grain. We called the brick mobile.