I got my Rhino over the rail for 350.00 and the installer I went to did a
good job of masking. I have a nice straight line and it is the same
thickness all the way down. I have not had any trouble with chipping but I
dont really haul stuff that much I basically got it for it I decide to throw
something back there I dont have to be concerned and I like the way it
looks. Also they must have taken out my screws for the tailgate latch
assembly because they are not covered with Rhino. I guess you just have to
go to someone who knows what they are doing try looking at other peoples
trucks and find out where they had their liners installed.
Tony Sarro
tonyms@acadiacom.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Sperduto, Nick <SperdutoN@dnb.com>
To: Dakota Mailing List <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Cc: 'merichar@columbia-center.org' <merichar@columbia-center.org>
Date: Monday, August 31, 1998 9:07 AM
Subject: DML: Re: Bed Liners
>I have a 98 Dak. I thought that Rhino was the best thing since sliced
>bread. I got one and now I'm pretty pissed off and I hate it.
>Here's how mine went. I'll start off by saying the bed is fine, but the
>tail gate sucks.
>
>I had it sprayed in under the rail on the bed and over the rail on the
>gate. It cost me $408.
>I put my ramp against the tailgate and loaded my dirtbike and where the
>metal part of the ramp contacted the gate, it cut right thru the liner
>and I could see my paint. About the size of a dime. Then I gut start
>peeling the rhino back.
>It also chipped of in about 7 sopts on the hump of the tailgate down
>near the bottom.
>I brought it back to the guy he looked at it and said "it looks like it
>went on thin in those rounded areas, I'll do it over"
>
>I get it done and when I pick it up, The new mask line is now directly
>on top of the tailgate (the gate is a couple inces wide) and you can
>only see half of a crooked mask line cause he layed the stuff on heavier
>on the right because that's where the stuff peeled off.
>
>after I get it back, 3 days later I load the bike into the truck in the
>rain and the same exact thing happens and I look and the whole layer he
>sprayed on is lifting and I could sit there and peel huge chunks of the
>liner off.
>
>So now I'm really pissed. I called Rhino and it took me 6 phone messages
>with no calls back to finally get a human being on the line and
>basically you have to go back to the same installer because they are
>privatley owned.
>
>He was a little mad cause I called rhino, but he reshot the whole
>tailgate again. this time right over the bolts that I guess are for the
>handle assembly inside.
>he told me it the new layer chips off it's ok cause "rhino has trouble
>sticking to another coat of Rhino" And maybe I should put some kind of
>tailgate protector on so my ramp doesn't cut the liner. So to me there
>goes the whole reason for the liner.
>Anyway, some of the new layer is coming off but I really don't give a
>shit anymore.
>I do believe this is a problem with bad prep by my installer. I won't
>ever buy one again. I'lll get a non slip drop in and take it out once a
>year and clean it.
>I'm going to discuss this with another Rhino dealer that will be at a
>swap meet I'll be at.
>
>If you decide to get one and it's over the rail, make sure the guy does
>a very good job masking the truck, otherwise you'll have a shitty mask
>line going down the side of your truck.
>
>It's your decision.
>
>Nick
>>DMLers:
>>I'm thinking about getting a spray -in bedliner for my R/T. Does anyone
>>have any experience with RhinoLinings or Armacoatings? How do you like
it?
>>Thanks,
>>Mark
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