It was nice to be home for a weekend and be able to get a lot done on the Monty.
I started by trimming the rear quarters. I taped them and then cut them off with an angle grinder and a Sawsall. Then I made filler plates and tacked them in. Welding sheet metal is not my specialty, but they ended up OK (no photo though). I siliconed the welds to make sure there were no pinholes and then moved the drain tubes up.
Then I spent some time scuffing the silver panels and cleaning everything up that was going to get coated with the roll-on bed liner. I went with Monstaliner because it is UV stable. After everything was masked off I mixed the catalyst into the Monstaliner and started brushing it onto the places I would not be able to get the roller. Next came the first coat with the roller. It said the usual drying time was 3-5 hours, but it was pretty warm today and it was ready for the second coat in about an hour and a half. The second coat went on great and super easy. I'm VERY happy with the result. Then, as per the instructions, I peeled the tape off before it dried too much. I will eventually paint black over the rest of the silver that is in the door sills.
First coat.
Finished result
Since I was done with the bedliner, but still had more daylight left, I decided to add an orange stripe to the side to match the other orange accents already finished. I just taped it all off and sprayed base-coat color and then the clear coat. It came out pretty well. When the other orange bits I also painted are dry (like the d-rings) I'll put them on and get another photo.
Once the rear bumper and tailgate trim piece were dry (they got Monstaliner too) I put them and the taillights back on. Overall I'm pretty stoked with it.
