Anyone know of a product that covers that area from rocks kicked up by the tires and offers a step I just got my jk a bit ago and I don't want stones to chip the pain then in winter it will rust with the salt any ideas

 

Nothing that I know of to cover the bottom of the tub. I was thinking about rhino lining the bottom from the frame out to the edge of the tub and up about 1" on the side. The stock plastic side steps on the Sahara models provided some protection. I took mine off and installed Smitty built side rails with steps, and now stones are being thrown up between the rails and knicking the paint on my rear fenders, gotta figure out some way to stop that.

 

Would mud flaps behind the front wheels work?

 

Mud flaps are your easiest and cheapest way out. In the rust belt, where I'm from (MI) and near where you live the absolute WORST thing you can do is a bedline the bottome of your jeep. I know its common theory that this helps. But the problem is when a stone kicks up and penetrates the coating (which it eventually will) it starts an accelerated corrosion process. What basically happens is the rust starts, and with the salt getting up in there you really never see it (b/c of the liner) and it eats and spreads rust very quickly without you even knowing it. I've seen this time and time again. On my jeep, I just keep it clean, touch up the rockers as I need to.

Hope that helps.

 

I'm getting a specialized rust proof undercoating for it but that's just the underbody I'm worried about the rocker area and i don't know how the mud flaps would look

 

I thought bedliner was like steel when it dried. Am I not correct in my thinking?

 

I mean Rhino liner