decals on bedliner

[yellowx16]

I ordered some yellow second gen xterra decals from creepy a while ago, and this weekend I am final painting my rack. I want to use rustoleum or duplicolor bed liner, but I am not sure if my decals will stick. anyone have any experience with creepys decals on bedliner?

 

[civicjoe]

i think you need to use paint, decals dont work so great on bedliner, thats been my experience

 

[AZhiAZiAM]

if your going to do it, use a heat gun, that's what i do on all my bedlined stuff. slightly put them on and almost like melt it to the bedliner, i've had mine on for about 6months on my roof rack and its holding up just fine.

 

[yellowx16]

that sounds like a pretty good idea, so just stick it on then heat it up with heat gun? did you press it back down after you heated it up or just let it kind of melt to it?

 

[Muadeeb]

Just let it melt. If you try to mess with it while it's hot, you either get burned, or it'll stick to you.

 

[AZhiAZiAM]

that sounds like a pretty good idea, so just stick it on then heat it up with heat gun? did you press it back down after you heated it up or just let it kind of melt to it?

i just used some gloves and slowly pushed it down as it started to melt, you don't want it to melt to much because then the vinyl won't look correct just enough to get the bedliner affect on it and your good.

 

[AZhiAZiAM]

the decal there is "melted" on sorry can't see to well i'm at work or i'd take a picture for you. on the roof rack.

 

[yellowx16]

cool, thanks ill give it a shot tomorrow when I put on the sticker.

 

[Jack Stilts]

Good luck man. I tried the same thing - one of Creepy's decals on my bedlined rack, and no luck. Had to relocate.

 

[yellowx16]

ahhh thats not good to hear. I just finished bed lining my rack and I'm about to try my decal on it tomorrow, wish me luck. I will report back.

 

[yellowx16]

Just to get back to those wondering, the heat gun worked perfectly for the decals on bedliner. Thanks a lot for the help guys. Here is how it ended up turning out

 

[Creepy Cruiser]

Nice!

 

[Scott Peele]

What did you use to bed line the rack, and how difficult is it to reassemble?

 

[yellowx16]

it's really easy to reassemble. I used duplicolor bed liner at first, but I ended up covering that with rustoleum bed liner. I like that finish much better and the spray nozzle doesn't get clogged up

 

[AZhiAZiAM]

looks sexy. nice work

 

[southernXterra]

How well does the bedliner hold up on the roof rack? I was considering doing this to my xterra.

 

[yellowx16]

it's help up great for me, no issues at all so far. the important thing is using the heat gun to "melt" it on.

 

[southernXterra]

Awesome! How much was the new xterra logo from creepy?

 

[Creepy Cruiser]

Email me. I'll send you all the info.

 

[southernXterra]

Email has been sent Thanks.