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How long have you had the Line-x on your sliders? - Have you bashed some rocks pretty good on them and has the Line-X ever come off in sheets or need repairs?
Rock sliders - paint, powdercoat or linex???
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How long have you had the Line-x on your sliders? - Have you bashed some rocks pretty good on them and has the Line-X ever come off in sheets or need repairs?
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I personally don’t have them on mine. But I have sprayed on running boards and bumpers. We can spray a bed with line x and in 30 min you can throw cinder blocks in it. It is super tough. Also line x gives a lifetime warranty (that’s on a spray in bed liner) I’m sure it would carry maybe on anything sprayed with lime x but the is up to the individual shop it’s self. Also if it chipped up super easy fix
I didn't read the whole thread, so forgive me if this has already been posted...
I would paint them, then LineX (or rattle can equivalent if you're cheap like me) just the tops of them as a non-skid surface, IF you use them as a step. If not, then just paint. Much cheaper and easier to touch up with a rattle can. The sliders on my old ZJ were painted, and I'd repaint them once a year, and touch up as needed. They always looked good.
I would paint them, then LineX (or rattle can equivalent if you're cheap like me) just the tops of them as a non-skid surface, IF you use them as a step. If not, then just paint. Much cheaper and easier to touch up with a rattle can. The sliders on my old ZJ were painted, and I'd repaint them once a year, and touch up as needed. They always looked good.
If you plan on using, them there isn't a paint out there that will with stand being dragged on rocks. So you'll already be touching them up with paint anyways
Rattle can flat black. Easy to use and easy for touch ups on the fzj80.
Rock rash, paint and repeat!
Rock rash, paint and repeat!
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Gotta agree with the rattle can option. My main reason would be ease of touch up and repaint.
It seems to me that, even if the powder coat or bed liner holds up better to moderate wear, after some bashes here and there getting them re-coated will be a royal pain.
My 4X Innovation sliders are supposed to be delivered today. I will have them powder coated, figuring that for most of the surface area of the sliders, this is the best, longest lasting protection. For the areas likely to contact rocks and be scratched, I can touch those up up with paint as needed. Since these would mostly be underneath and out of sight, I'm not overly concerned about a cosmetic match...just the rust protection.
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Mine came powder coated. Now sporting some black rattle can touch ups. Would saved a few bucks and just painted them. Thats the plan when the bumper arrives.
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If your sliders are going to be used for sliding I would avoid LineX and those types of products. The grippy texture doesn't promote slide and the coating just chips and peels off the bottom.
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I paid to have my sliders powder coated and added grip tape from Lowe's to the tops of the tubes to make it safer to stand on. I hope the powder coat will stand up where it's attached to the frame. Where they get used though, I have to keep them touched up on the bottom side. I generally use the rattle cans of Rustoleum to touch them up.
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If Applied and prepared properly and to the correct mil thickness, you are not getting it off.
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Fair point. How many people do you know that apply it to the right mil spec.
Besides that, I want my sliders slick. Even if that means having to touch up from time to time.
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Well, we do to the proper mil spec, anyone who doesn’t as a franchise is only hurting themselves and the company, and the amount of money you have to put up to become a franchise, i wouldn’t even dream of going under spec.
So... I’ll meet you in the middle, line-x the top paint the bottom.
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hahaha. Ok. The middle middle is fine with me.
I have experience with a lot of coatings from a quality standpoint. That was 10 years ago, though, when I was working in a lab for a chem supplier for the military and a lot can have changed since then. But I noticed a great difference between what the manufacturer can claim and what the reality of a coatings tolerances are. Being out of the game for 10 years, I guess I can't really comment on how well the coatings hold up anymore.
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There aint no paint or coating. Out there that wont eventually fail. Spent a life time blasting and coating every thing from Heavey plant to. Ocean going tugs. Even Sa 2.5 standeds Nothing mskes my laff more that spending weeks blasting a vessel then as she slips out the locks hits a ballard and a big chunk of new ££££ paint falls in to the salty lol. But Ive been using raptor on. Running boards etc and to my amazment it takes some shit. And RUST NEVER SLEEPS BRO. !!!!!!!
