Party Foul?

"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck) 06/20/2019 at 09:00 • Filed to: None

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Bedlining your entire Jeep seems like a bad idea. It’s h ard to clean, generally fades with time (may not be a big deal with the light color), and can be a bit rough if you lean against it. What does Oppo think?

Discerning > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/20/2019 at 09:18

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That’s one of the silliest things I’ve seen done to a Jeep - and I feel like that’s really saying something.

Weight, aerodynamics, appearance... all of these things and more were spoiled by the beadliner

CalzoneGolem > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/20/2019 at 09:19

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I’d say that if you want to bedline your trail rig go right ahead.

Otherwise it  mostly offers no benefit and is only a hindrance for the reasons you listed plus the added weight.

CobraJoe > Discerning 06/20/2019 at 09:23

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I wonder how much aerodynamics are affected? Rough surfaces can cause turbulent air flow, and turbulent flow has less drag over a surface than laminar flow, but the jeep is a barn door anyways, so maybe laminar flow didn’t exist before.

CalzoneGolem > Discerning 06/20/2019 at 09:24

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... aerodynamics ...

TheRealBicycleBuck > CalzoneGolem 06/20/2019 at 09:25

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I didn’t even consider the weight.

Arrivederci > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/20/2019 at 09:26

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If it’s an actual trail rig, I’d be cool with it, but if it’s on the typical Jeep mall crawler, then it’s incredibly stupid.

CalzoneGolem > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/20/2019 at 09:26

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P robably pretty minor in the grand scheme but it’s gotta be significantly heavier than paint.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/20/2019 at 09:27

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A friend of mine used to have a truck with a bed liner “paint” job...I couldn’t help but think that the entire body would rust away before you’d notice and then it would basically disintegrate 

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Discerning 06/20/2019 at 09:27

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In their defense, weig ht and aerodynamics were never the model’s strong point. They're not spoiling much.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Arrivederci 06/20/2019 at 09:35

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It was clean as a whistle, but it did have a big whip antenna and that’s something most of the mall crawlers don’t sport.

Discerning > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 06/20/2019 at 09:36

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This is true. Though I’ve always been in the camp: just because something is bad or performs poorly, doesn’t mean we should be OK with it becoming worse. In all things in life though, not just cars.

Ultimately , the driver probably likes the aesthetics more than all of the cons. Which accounts for about half of the car mods I see on the road anyway.

Discerning > CobraJoe 06/20/2019 at 09:38

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I think it would actually be really interesting to see. It could be marginal or it could be significant I would imagine

Haase > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/20/2019 at 09:58

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I’m a fan, but not for my personal Jeep.

CobraJoe > Discerning 06/20/2019 at 10:03

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I imagine it won’t be significant, otherwise all manufacturers would be using rough paints to improve MPG numbers.

Or are the gov mandated MPG tests done on a dyno?  

Frenchlicker > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/20/2019 at 10:36

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Most Jeepers I know religiously clean their rugs after a day off road and you would never know it had been off-roading the antenna is a solid indicator that they do use it. 

Frenchlicker > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/20/2019 at 10:38

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I’ve never been a fan of the entire vehicle. Although I do plan on doing the bottom quarter of my Jeep in the liner. 

Discerning > CobraJoe 06/20/2019 at 10:42

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I would think the rough surface would be worse than a smooth surface.

I think it's performed on a dyno, but I'm not certain

Haase > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/20/2019 at 10:43

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I think it looks good, but I would never have it on my own Jeep.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Haase 06/20/2019 at 11:03

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That looks really similar to what is on the Jeep I spotted.

HammerheadFistpunch > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/20/2019 at 11:18

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fairly common here. stupid on a new vehicle. acceptable on something that needs a respray anyway and will primarily be a wheeler.

Haase > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/20/2019 at 11:19

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Are you in the Preble County or Dayton area?  

HammerheadFistpunch > CalzoneGolem 06/20/2019 at 11:19

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it’s actually pretty heavy. probably 80 lbs of paint on there

CalzoneGolem > HammerheadFistpunch 06/20/2019 at 11:21

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It’s probably quieter in this Jeep now I bet. 

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/20/2019 at 11:41

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It will take 40 lbs of wax to get a good protective coating. 

TheRealBicycleBuck > Haase 06/20/2019 at 11:48

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Spotted in Houston.

Haase > TheRealBicycleBuck 06/20/2019 at 12:34

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Gotcha’

BigBlock440 > CobraJoe 06/20/2019 at 13:03

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Or are the gov mandated MPG tests done on a dyno? 

Yes

CobraJoe > Discerning 06/20/2019 at 14:54

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Fluid dynamics was one of my worst classes, but I do remember that turblent flow can have less drag than laminar flow. The little eddies caused by turblent flow can actually help push the slower moving air away from the surface. Or something like that. And I’m sure too much turbulence is bad too.

ranwhenparked > Discerning 06/20/2019 at 21:14

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Also, if you ever need body work done, I would think this further complicates that.