Why ?
Why ?
Would anyone in Texas Rhino-line their whole truck black, it's not hot enough for them ?
The dash and cowling is even coated. A new form of road rash in the making.
The only cool thing about this pinz is the Top(s)
The dash and cowling is even coated. A new form of road rash in the making.
The only cool thing about this pinz is the Top(s)
Re: Why ?
It must have been a fad thing at some point, because here is another one Rhino-lined inside and out.19D20 wrote:Why?
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Re: Why ?
In poor taste or not, the worst thing about whole body coverings like those is that rust can creep under it and there's no way to know until it's finally a parts truck. None of these liners, no matter how expensive, keeps rust away 100% and they definitely don't keep it from spreading underneath.
Not to mention re-sale value drops like a brick. Are there any body-shop guys here that can estimate what it would take to strip all of that off?
Not to mention re-sale value drops like a brick. Are there any body-shop guys here that can estimate what it would take to strip all of that off?
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Re: Why ?
One time I was sailing on a car-carrier ship, bringing back a load of military personnels private vehicles back to the states; one jeep cherokee had been covered completely in the U.S. navy ship flight deck non-skid. It had to be a half inch thick, I'd guess that it added a couple hundred pounds to the vehicle weight.
Chris.
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Re: Why ?
texas pinzgauer (the dealer) used to do this to a lot of the trucks they handled. There is a red 710K running around somewhere. The only thing it does is quiet the truck down just a little and of course add a bunch of weight.
Re: Why ?
Probably doesn't to anything to help the aerodynamics, either.
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Re: Why ?
maybe acts like dimples on a golf ballkrick3tt wrote:Probably doesn't to anything to help the aerodynamics, either.
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Re: Why ?
Having spent many years on the flight deck of a carrier and countless hours treading across that non-skid stuff..it does not act like a golf ball. It will tear your skin off.
I have seen rino-coat stuff on a Mog and it was probably appropriate, in red no less, for an aggressive off road machine although, I have not seen pinzys that were in need
of a tremendous aggressive coating. Maybe I need to get out more.
I have seen rino-coat stuff on a Mog and it was probably appropriate, in red no less, for an aggressive off road machine although, I have not seen pinzys that were in need
of a tremendous aggressive coating. Maybe I need to get out more.
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better take a closer look at the American Indian.---Henry Ford
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Re: Why ?
I've seen this kind of "treatment" on bondo buggies here in the rust belt. Helps smooth things out, believe it or not, when proper body work is not complete. Not by any means appropriate or useful, just redneck rust work. Now if your Pinz is in that bad of shape, shame on you!
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Re: Why ?
You know sometimes you need to light a match, but the striker on the box has gone soggy? Maybe that happens a lot to these guys and they're fed up with it.
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Re: Why ?
What gets me also is all those signs attached to the side with screws. It looks like vinyl decals attached to metal sign backing that's screwed in place; I would think they could have just put the decals directly on the truck. Now whoever buys that truck in the future is going to be trying to get that bed-liner off as well as spot-welding those holes shut if they want to revert it back to stock. That's not an improvement, but a liability in my opinion when it comes to resale value.
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Re: Why ?
When I purchased my Pinzgauer it was lined on the inside with some form of spray in liner, don't know the brand but they didn't mask any of the wiring or hydralic lines so it was every where the spray could reach. It was sprayed in the entire cab are below the roll bars and also in the entire bed again below the roll bars. If I recall it took over 2 months of part time work to get it all off. Lucky for me there was no hidden rust but it had not been on that long. And yet I have re-applied bed liner again to the bed tub area.
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Re: Why ?
That black pinz rarely if ever moves, they just ruined it to make it into a rolling advert.
I googled the advertised company, if they are the same as the one out of California.Their reviews: LOL !
I googled the advertised company, if they are the same as the one out of California.Their reviews: LOL !
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Re: Why ?
I agree the full vehicle bedliner is a bit much but otherwise the truck looks pretty nice to me!
Plus I want to work there!!
http://www.1srestoration.com/contact.html
Plus I want to work there!!
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