Raptor liner

[Kuchar09]

I think this is where I should post this.

So my goal was to stop the bottom of my doors from rusting out and also to make my front bumper look better since I never gave it a legit paint job. I went with raptor liner mostly since they have a tintable version for color matching and I have heard good things about them. I bought a kit of tintable and a kit of black for the bumper, skids and rock sliders.
Basically I just stripped the TB down and followed the body lines the best I could with my tape line.
Then I had to sand blast the bottom of my doors, skids and bumper.
I roughed up the paint then masked off the the whole truck and went to town!!!
Doesn't sound like much but I spent about 2 weeks non stop on this project.

I wasn't crazy about the whole liner idea but wanted to fix the rust ASAP!! In the end I think it all turned out great and I'm glad I did it!

Before


After


The process


































These are the Trailgear sliders off ebay that I shortened 4 inches and welded together myself.
Yes I know their mounted backwards, but I liked that style better.

[Gordinho80]

Nice work! I like how you did the inside of the doors too!

Those are some BIG mirrors!

[Cable810]

^LOL Your TB Travis looks much better in person!!

[Gordinho80]

It looks awesome... don't get me wrong.

[Kuchar09]

Nice work! I like how you did the inside of the doors too!

Those are some BIG mirrors!

Yeah but sure beats getting another ticket for no tow mirrors! No more blind spots is also nice!!

[stephen6868]

I was thinking of doing something similar as I have rust on the inside rear doors. Was thinking of herculinng it but I like how the raptor liner works. Besides the amount of time it took to do what was the total damage for the kit?

[Kuchar09]

I'd say around $250 after shipping and sandpaper and what not. It was $109 per kit which I bought a tintable kit and black kit since I was originally going to do the bumper in black.

For tintable
I used one bottle per side, one for rear bumper and side skirts, and 2 bottles (bought and extra) on front bumper since I had to touch up spots.

For black
I used one bottle on radiator and oil pan skid and another bottle on the sliders

[The Roadie]

That's what I aspire to finish after I get the rear bumper. I'm impressed.

The rear view looks like your axle is pushed out to the right. Do you have the stock panhard bar?

[Kuchar09]

Thanks! Yes I do have the stock panhard bar. Never noticed it until someone said it and I was mocking up the sliders.
I was going to buy an adjustable one over the summer but fried my battery in my phone that I leave in the TB for the torque app. So instead I put that money towards a pillar pod and some gauges so I could keep an eye on a few temps while on the dunes.

Figure I'll probably wait till I need new tires and just buy a whole set from massive possibly.

[Opeth]

What mirrors are those? I can't see around my boat when I'm towing, even had an officer I couldn't see that wanted to get by but didn't cite me. I think I like the look of those and wanna grab a pair if they just bolt up.

[Kuchar09]

I believe all the info for the mirrors should be covered here
http://gmtnation.com/f33/tow-mirrors-2541/
and here
http://forums.offroadtb.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=3092

You do need to drill a hole which is talked about in both of those links.

[The Roadie]

You do need to drill a hole which is talked about in both of those links.

Hehe. Like anybody on GMTN is going to drill a hole in their trucks. Oh, wait.....

[Opeth]

It's not nice to stereotype Bill... Lol

I'm not afraid of power tools and cutting blades But why cut if there was a direct replacement? I have seen the silverado mirror thread just didn't know if these were the same. Thanks for the info.

[JCrayton99]

Just finished doing the same thing. My lines are not as nice though......

[Trail X]

I'd like to see this raptor liner stuff in person sometime. It looks a lot better than the herculiner does.

I'll eventually have to redo my front bumper, after almost four years, the powdercoating is slowly beginning to chip in a few spots.

[steveroche]

I'm curious as to how many bottles you went through for this? I'm eventually, when I get time, going to paint the whole truck with that stuff but I don't have a good idea of how much I would need...

[navigator]

Steve, the info is earlier in the thread...

....I bought a tintable kit and black kit since I was originally going to do the bumper in black.

For tintable
I used one bottle per side, one for rear bumper and side skirts, and 2 bottles (bought and extra) on front bumper since I had to touch up spots.

For black
I used one bottle on radiator and oil pan skid and another bottle on the sliders

[steveroche]

Ahh I don't know how I missed that one...thank you.

[Cody_S]

Oh wow, that looks incredible Great work!

[v7guy]

Looks exceptionally good. I really like the attention to detail where you did inside the doors too.