Rhinoliner...

HollaGeo

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It has been raining here in Northern New Jersey for the past week now. My 2002 Jeep Wrangler is flooded with water. It has been an occurence whenever it rained or snowed every since I got the truck in 2002. I just let it slide until now. Something has to be done. I wrote a letter to Jeep about the problem. The reason for this post is that I am thinking about Rhinolining the tub. Does anybody know of a place in the Northern New Jersey area that does this? Thanks...
 

craze1cars

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Re: Rhinoliner...

I'm not from NJ, but I want to share that there's other brands to consider....in my opinion better ones, too. Check out Line-X, which is in my opinion the best. Ziebart also does it, as do a number of auto body shops. I believe Duraliner is another. And if you're a do-it-yerselfer, you can buy Herculiner and Dupli-Color kits at any auto parts store. A quick Google search for any of those brand names will get you to their home pages and I'm sure all will have a dealer locator.
 

PuddleJumper

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Re: Rhinoliner...

I hate to hear Rhino isn't the best. I just this week had my truck rhino'd. Please tell me the others are more expensive so I'll feel better. :eek:
 

craze1cars

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Re: Rhinoliner...

Don't get me wrong...nothin wrong with Rhino and I'm sure you'll love it. I just found it tends to be "rubbery," and softer than others, and can actually tear when severly abused (regular truckloads of heavy jagged scrap metal, for instance.) On the upside, those same properties make it superior when it comes to keeping things from sliding all over your bed. For most trucks that aren't really used as truly hard-core work trucks, it's very good stuff. Plus, I believe they offer a lifetime warranty and will fix any failure that might occur. It just seems that Rhino-lining has become the "Kleenex" of bedliners...people use it as a generic term these days but it's actually a name brand. I was simply trying to inform that there's a LOT of other brands to consider. <br />I've had some experience with many, and have just found the Line-X is about the toughest stuff I've found. It also is right up there in price...probably similar to Rhino if not a touch higher. If memory serves, my last Line-X full size short bed was right around $500....but I could be wrong on that...
 

Pony

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Re: Rhinoliner...

I got rhino to send me a sample, and like craze1cars said, it was very rubbery. probably fine for just protecting yourself from water and snow. If it was a truck and you were hauling a lot of things or were going to use it for that type of situation line-x is simply un-matched. lifetime warrenty, its durable, and cleans easily, and not sticky. In a demo they do they coat a cinder block in it and drop it off of a building that was at least 10 stories or so and the block bounced 20ft in the air when it hit and damaged the ashault. the block was in perfect condition. that caught my eye
 
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