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Pros and cons of spray bed lining the grill

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Old Feb 19, 2013 | 04:50 PM
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Thinking about doing this and possibly rhino lining my stock fenders. Good idea or stupid as all get out?
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Old Feb 19, 2013 | 04:52 PM
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I think it looks good. Makes some colors stand out. The big plus to me is it us very easy to touch up rock chips etc.
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Old Feb 21, 2013 | 06:10 AM
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Have you thought about maybe plastidipping your grill because if you don't like how it comes out you can just peel it off.
Check it out on youtube
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Old Feb 22, 2013 | 12:49 PM
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I checked it out. It comes off so easily. If you go off roading you would have to touch it up all the time. The place I got my jeep from had one with the grill already sprayed so I got to check it out. It looks sick!!
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Old Feb 22, 2013 | 01:14 PM
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I plastidipped mine. I thought about bed liner, but.... why?!?!? I can always remove the plastidip later and if it chips (which it hasne't in over a year) then I touch it up.
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Old Feb 22, 2013 | 08:09 PM
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I bedlined mine the beginning of last summer and love it. I was nervous when I did it, but glad I did. Has absolutly helped on the rock chips and super easy to clean with a power sprayer. Plus, the shiny of the gloss paint on the hood and the flat color on the grill looks good. I took the jeep emblem off completly. Hope this helps
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Old Feb 22, 2013 | 08:12 PM
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Only con is that its kinda hard to reverse. Although I always feel great when I pull up next to another black Jeep and the owner falls in love with the offset color of my grill.
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Old Feb 22, 2013 | 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by echoshotz
Only con is that its kinda hard to reverse. Although I always feel great when I pull up next to another black Jeep and the owner falls in love with the offset color of my grill.
It was a horrible feeling taking sand paper to the grill to rough it up for the bedline to stick. Nothing like point of no return!
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Old Feb 24, 2013 | 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Hayzo7
Thinking about doing this and possibly rhino lining my stock fenders. Good idea or stupid as all get out?
I like my stock grill and I also like the look of the all black grill that would look awesome on my Dozer Jeep. I found an OEM grill for $81 here: 11 2011 Jeep Wrangler Grille Assembly - Body Mechanical & Trim - Action Crash - PartsGeek

So far I've sprayed the bed liner on it and am about to do the DIY mesh mod.

I did a test fit of the grill before I started work on it and it takes about 10 minutes to swap the grills.
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Old Feb 24, 2013 | 12:05 PM
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