Opinion on monstaliner for rockers (EDIT:DONE, with pics)

Red Beard · Last edited by Red Beard on Tue Apr 02, 2013 2:52 pm; edited 2 times in total

Ok, recently asked about spray can crap for rockers, did a ton of research and reading on some 4x4 forums, and stumbled across this stuff which I am settled on using to do the rocker panels on my 1990 Vanagon which is pastel white/L90D:

http://www.monstaliner.com/

$135 for a gallon kit with rollers, more than enough to do what I want. They say it rolls on at 40mil thickness, it has the best texture (in my opinion) of any of the DIY products, its UV resistant, and lots of reviews say its easy to apply, super tough. 4x4 guys seem to love the stuff.

AND! It comes in either black or several color options:
http://www.monstaliner.com/forms/monstaliner_colors.htm

Was planning on doing the standard black, but then thought maybe white? Or light gray? Or?????

Anyone have an opinion about what would look best?

More photos of the stuff on various projects:
http://www.monstaliner.com/monstaliner_photos_video.htm

And some photos I found of someone's vanagon covered in the stuff:

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Bntbrl · Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 2:38 pm Post subject:

Lets see a pic of your setup and go from there...
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Red Beard · Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 2:44 pm Post subject:

AdrianC

Central Syncronizer · Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 2:53 pm Post subject:

Hi Red Beard,

Just do what ever you want to. If you've done the research about the product and are happy with it, then just pick your color and go for it.

You are going to get a bunch of opinions from out here in computer land that won't make any difference.

Its your ride. Oh yeah, and I did mine black Wink

cheers,

Jay
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joseph928 · Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 3:07 pm Post subject: colorado

X-2 on black, I like the contrast! Very Happy

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vw7266 · Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 3:18 pm Post subject:

do the whole van!

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Nachtfalter · Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 4:14 pm Post subject:

The names of those colors is downright cool. Looks like a cool product.

Do anything but "i want to be like everyone else" black. There are lots of cool colors there, use your imagination... I like "coppa feel" personally.

Red Beard

MayorMcCheese · Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:09 pm Post subject:

Dark Burnt Orange over the whole thing!
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Bntbrl · Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:24 pm Post subject:

Not to hijack the thread but... I've been contemplating this as an entire refinish approach. I didn't buy my westfalia as an investment but I did get a beat up body cheap and clean inside. I'm sure it'd be easier to sell a cream puff with shiny Macao paint over a liner coated camper though would it not?

If I were concerned about resale I might not even spray the rockers black on the OPs van. I'd spray a clear or matching color about 3 inches up from the pinch weld. There's spray bomb rock chip that's used for production auto body, Wurth I think being a better one.
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purplepeopleeater · Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:15 am Post subject:

Don't forget about Rhino liner, its $130 on ebay and can be tinted.

comes with a spray gun or you could roll it on.

Bntbrl · Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 9:15 am Post subject:

I was talking to my buddy about rhino liner. I know rhino liner is hard to get off once applied. Going over the whole van and having to repaint a wrecked area would be a pita to get removed.

I guess you could just keep spraying it to build up after metalwork and do it bobo.

I tend to bump rocks and trees a bit on the trails and liner would be a good substitute for scratches. Fixing dents the right way would be more difficult, but painting would be easier. Blending the paint over the adjacent panel would be hard so you might have to brick it and wait for it to dry then dry brush the adjacent panel for transparency to blend the new matched color.

I've replaced a heck of a lot of bedsides with it on and it was never really easy to remove so I could get a weld going. I never really tried too hard, just ground it back a couple inches but it didn't go fast.
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Red Beard · Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 9:19 am Post subject:

Red Beard · Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 9:21 am Post subject:

I am toying with doing it in white, but I think it might be a poor match b/c the L90D will probably look darker/dingier in comparison.

Red Beard · Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:39 am Post subject:

Fishing around their site more....on the "comparisons" page there is a lot of interesting info, obviously a bit biased, except for the following pics
http://www.monstaliner.com/monstaliner_comparisons.htm

Bntbrl · Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:58 am Post subject:

I'd like to see how different rollers changed texture.
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Christopher Schimke · Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 12:13 pm Post subject:


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