box liner or body paint

[Crd80BU]

this is the epoxy primer box I have and im almost ready to paint, I have 2 options, used the jaded green paint im doing the exterior with or line x bed liner, which would look better, the line x is going to be glossy black.. im leaning towards the line x but im worried it will look stupid with the green exterior

 

[Crd80BU]

did anyone leave the spot welds alone before painting or should I get them worked on?

 

[Carlola]

Are you gonna be using the truck bed a lot? paint will get scratched up pretty easily. I would go with a flat/satin black liner, think it would look better than a glossy black on green.

 

[Crd80BU]

Are you gonna be using the truck bed a lot? paint will get scratched up pretty easily. I would go with a flat/satin black liner, think it would look better than a glossy black on green.

I wont be using the bed much but when I do I don't want to scratch it up, maybe flat or satin will hide the spot welds..

 

[Carlola]

Yea it will hide imperfections and wear better than a gloss. Builds up pretty good too, will probably fill the dips from the spot welds.

 

[axisg]

box liner on the bottom of the box and paint on the sides IMO. Or paint it all and put down a heavy rubber mat when you want to use the box. I personally don't like the contrast between the bedliner and paint. Or just put a soft tonneau cover over the box and paint it whatever colour you like 🙂

 

[tc1959]

If your going to spend the cash for Line-X just have them tint it to match your paint. All they need is the paint color code.

 

[BigGeorge]

Originally, was the bed body colored or black? That would give you a better idea of which route to take. Personally I like the black bed liner look. It's more durable.

 

[Crd80BU]

Originally, was the bed body colored or black? That would give you a better idea of which route to take. Personally I like the black bed liner look. It's more durable.

I'm going with eastwood jaded green paint metallic, its pretty dark so Im thinking the black would look pretty good

 

[olds307 and 403]

I used the Dupilcolor with Kevlar in my Dakota box. It is very tough, spilled gas in the back, didn't do a thing . It has chunks in it for grip, needs dabbed on to look even.