Personally, I would wrap it. It can be undone if needed.

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If you are worried about trail rash or paint damage then lining it would be a good choice. Lining can be timed to most colors, if not any color. There are DIY kits, and pros that can do it. If you are not going to off-road it much or pretty mildly then a wrap may be better. With the wrap if you don’t like it, it isn’t permanent. Paint is permanent to the point that you have to give it up for a few days to have a new color put on.

 

Never Rhino liner it. That is an all but irreversible decision. I had them Rhino line my new 2000 Ram 2500. I dropped it of in the morning and they said it would be ready by noon. Called right before noon and they said they were behind, but it would be ready by 3. Called shortly after 3 and they said it wouldn't be ready until 5. Got a ride from a fellow employee over there and found them still working on it.

The day had high humidity and the tape on the end of the bed sill came loose and they got overspary on the sill visible between the TG and the bumper. They had spent 6 hours trying to get the over spray off using every chemical they had in the shop. Finally they agreed to release the truck to me and I was to take it to a body shop I had done business with and let them work it off. The body shop, had to grind it off and then prep and repaint white.

Sharp edges will gouge it (had several in my bed over the years) but will not come off easily.

If you are going to keep your Jeep until the wheels fall off and want to do it - go ahead.

If you ever, see yourself selling the Jeep to get another - don't. You will just about destroy the resale value of the Jeep. I saw a CJ-2 that had been done in red. It had faded to pink. UGLY doesn't even begin to cover it. And yes. the material will sun fade, even the basic black becomes dirty gray. When I traded the trunk in, I removed the tool box. The two spots where the tool box sat were nice pristine black. The rest was dirty gray.

 

Anything is fine by me, but I like the tan roof.

 

Not for the faint of heart - I stripped mine to bare metal, shot it with self-etching primer and then Plasti-Dipped the body with Flex Blue and freedom top / bumpers and accents with black. It has been a year since and with one exception has held up well to the New Mexico climate. So far the only issue is around the gas cap - Gas eats Plasti-Dip for lunch! However, it can be repaired from a spray can for just a few $$, as can any other trail tattoos you might pick up along the way. For less than $250 for 3 gallons of dip and 1/2 gallon of primer, it was a fun way to correct hailstorm damage, and if/when it comes off, it can be redone in a garage with either dip or liner for far less than a professional paint job in a shop. Here is link to the build...

2008 JK facelift

Every time a hailstorm destroys the Jeep, I give it a cosmetic overhaul. This being facelift #4, I decided to go all in - strip all of the old paint down to bare metal, repaint (this time using plasti dip), gut the interior and upgrade everything from the radio to installing colored microlights...

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Not for the faint of heart - I stripped mine to bare metal, shot it with self-etching primer and then Plasti-Dipped the body with Flex Blue and freedom top / bumpers and accents with black. So far the only issue is around the gas cap - Gas eats Plasti-Dip for lunch!

Good thing Jeeps NEVER SPIL GAS when refueling! 😂

 

Wow, sorry to hear she wants to change it in the first place, looks nice and beautiful color to begin with.

 

My wife wants to change the color of our TJ. I am not opposed to this. She seems to think the Rino liner would be better than painting or wrapping. More protection from scratches and damage. I kind of agree but would like input from people that have done it. Cost is not the main issue but a consideration for sure. We are talking a single color for the body and changing the Hard

i did two of my jeeps color match top with body colors looks awesome

 

it would look good sarge green with top painted to match

 

Bedliner is a horrible idea.
Wrapping isn't bad, but it is difficult to completely do a vehicle. Pretty rare for door jambs to be done, windshield hinges are tricky......
Painting gets expensive quickly if it is properly prepared and good paint is used. Firewall/underhood/interior/rollbar are all additional time and money

The best option is to buy a different jeep that is a color she likes.

 

The best option is to buy a different jeep that is a color she likes.

And donate that one to me😁

 

When I see bedliner on the outside of any vehicle, the first thing I think is "What are they trying to hide?" Bedliner will cover rust, hail, lumpy, poor body work and a bunch of other sins.
If you plan on ever selling the Jeep, bedlining it will destroy it's value.
Bedliner is less likely to scratch from rubbing on tree branches but it's difficult to keep clean. If it's professionally applied, it's unlikely to peel and for that same reason, it's darn near impossible to get it off if for some reason you don't like it. The inside of the bed of my F-150 is bedlined and it never looks clean. It has a few gouges from cargo damage, but overall, it has held up well. If I were to buy another new truck, I certainly wouldn't bedline the inside of the bed. I'd install a drop in bedliner.

Not that it matters to you, but I think it's ugly. More than ugly....fugley. Your Jeep, your money, do what pleases you. Get a few bids for bedliner, a fer bids for a wrap and a few bids for a color change.
The wrap will likely end up as the most practical.

The problem with your wife wanting to change the color is if you go ahead and change the color, next year, she'll want to change it again.
My advice is to drive the Jeep with the current color and spend the money on mods. A set of wheels & tires, a lift and regearing will cost less than a quality color change..

Good Luck, L.M.

 

When I see bedliner on the outside of any vehicle, the first thing I think is "What are they trying to hide?" Bedliner will cover rust, hail, lumpy, poor body work and a bunch of other sins.
If you plan on ever selling the Jeep, bedlining it will destroy it's value.
Bedliner is less likely to scratch from rubbing on tree branches but it's difficult to keep clean. If it's professionally applied, it's unlikely to peel and for that same reason, it's darn near impossible to get it off if for some reason you don't like it. The inside of the bed of my F-150 is bedlined and it never looks clean. It has a few gouges from cargo damage, but overall, it has held up well. If I were to buy another new truck, I certainly wouldn't bedline the inside of the bed. I'd install a drop in bedliner.

Not that it matters to you, but I think it's ugly. More than ugly....fugley. Your Jeep, your money, do what pleases you. Get a few bids for bedliner, a fer bids for a wrap and a few bids for a color change.
The wrap will likely end up as the most practical.

The problem with your wife wanting to change the color is if you go ahead and change the color, next year, she'll want to change it again.
My advice is to drive the Jeep with the current color and spend the money on mods. A set of wheels & tires, a lift and regearing will cost less than a quality color change..

Good Luck, L.M.

if you soak your truck bed liner with simple green and pressure wash it will look brand new my 01 F350 has linex spray in bed line been in it since i bought it new

 

If you are worried about scratches most of them are easy to take off with a variable speed buffer and compound. I used raptor tintable liner on the interior of my Jeep, and black the body of my brothers YJ. It definitely looks neat but it will be harder to fix scratches, and bed liners do still scratch, just not as easily.

I had a friend of mine that sprayed plastic dip on his import car. Looked really good and it was easy to peel off when he didn't like it anymore so if you want to experiment a bit I would recommend trying that first.

 

One other negative thing about bedliner is if something is burning near your Jeep, the bedliner is highly flammable, and difficult to extinguish once it starts burning. Not something people typically mention. However, if you do need to remove it, a heat gun and putty knife work pretty good. Yes, this is all from experience ...

 

Is she paying for it? If so screw it and
let her decide and pay for it.

 

Rhino line All of it/inside & outside that way when (hopefully ) you drive it in the rain/mud with the top off & windshield down - it just washes out … At least that’s what I do!

 

Bought a 2013 Sahara unlimited with the rhino 3 years ago. The previous owner had it done. I was a little nervous because it was a black Jeep and the rhino paint is white. Thought it might chip or something, and then what. But it has been perfect. Very tough and I get a ton of people that comment on it. Downside - can’t wash it with a sponge or cloth, it will rip them to pieces. Also, a couple times I have walked too close and the paint has rubbed the skin off my hand. Overall we really like it! I don’t know the price difference, but I would also ask how it can be fixed. If someone runs into you, can a normal body shop get it looking the same as the rest. I honestly have no clue on that side.

 

When the time comes I plan on using Monstaliner. Like Line-X but texture is more like a golf ball than abrasive bed liners. I’m going to do the interior this summer or fall and then decide on the outside whenever the paint gets rough.

If you go the plastidip route, look up “dip your car” on YouTube. Good company and lots of great videos on doing it.

Plasti dip catches a lot of crap from people, but I’ve found the people complaining did piss poor prep or applied it wrong. So they screw up, then blame the product for poor results. I guess that’s typical these days.

I did my mustang in July of ‘18. Looks almost as good today as it did when I applied it. As mentioned above, anytime I want to change it, it’s fairly cheap and easy DIY.

 

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When the time comes I plan on using Monstaliner. Like Line-X but texture is more like a golf ball than abrasive bed liners. I’m going to do the interior this summer or fall and then decide on the outside whenever the paint gets rough.

If you go the plastidip route, look up “dip your car” on YouTube. Good company and lots of great videos on doing it.

Plasti dip catches a lot of crap from people, but I’ve found the people complaining did piss poor prep or applied it wrong. So they screw up, then blame the product for poor results. I guess that’s typical these days.

I did my mustang in July of ‘18. Looks almost as good today as it did when I applied it. As mentioned above, anytime I want to change it, it’s fairly cheap and easy DIY.

Found the same - most who complained about Plasti-Dip didn't do the prep work correctly. I watched a number of their videos and and tested it on the old hood before going all in. Had used PPG the previous time, so I knew if it went south, I could strip it back to the primer, and reshoot with paint.

 

paint the top to match and call it a day

 

Every time I see a Jeep for sale that's bedlined... it pains me. What's this? Junkyard Empire?

I do enjoy this show. But the Jeep ones give me deuce chills.

 

Maybe it's a girl thing. My present is a used 2007 army green color. This will be my first new jeep but am not excited about the colors. The greys and black do not excite me at all. The bright reds and yellow, looks
more toy cars to me. I wish they could bring it down a little to a nice green with yellow tones, or a vanilla or even a nice light brown. I wish!

 

Thank you