FJ Cruisers of Northern California

Line-X Sliders?

Has anybody here done it? I've seen those Jeep weirdos do it. I'd be concerned with chipping it... Nothin that a spray can of bed liner wouldn't fix. Thoughts?

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Permalink Reply by potatomutato on February 3, 2012 at 12:03am

i've seen it done, but have also seen it tear off after a "sliding" over boulders on trails. trying to remember who it was.

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Permalink Reply by rotorhead on February 3, 2012 at 1:05am

I was debating going this route for my sliders, but I've heard of a few people on the blue room who've done it and it just peels off in big chunks. I also thought of going the duplicolor truck bed liner, but that reacts the same and peels off.

Ultimately, I just went the route of using rust-oleum textured to give them some grip for steps, while only scratching on rocks instead of peeling. Plus I can just spray over whatever scratches build up

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Permalink Reply by Robo on February 3, 2012 at 6:30am

Grip is ultimately what I'm looking for. I may try the textured spray. Ice/snow on bare metal sliders are prettttty slippery.

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Permalink Reply by rotorhead on February 3, 2012 at 9:16am

Yeah, grip and durability were my main concerns. The rust-oleum textured offered the best of both worlds. The truck bed liner was great when wet but painting over big missing patches would end up leaving a very uneven coat.

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Permalink Reply by MoabFJ on February 3, 2012 at 9:20am

PB had bed liner or really bad powder coating on his old FJ's sliders.

Peeling it off in sheets was mildly entertaining. Spray paint is your friend on any part you are going to scrape and bang around. You just can't beat the 5 minute touch up afterwards.