Gen 1 running board covering unpeeling?

[Palacco]

My black coating is unpeeling I assume from salt water, as I live on Long Island.... Anyone have guidance on fixing/replacing..?

 

[Dane]

Mine are finally peeling a bit on the bottom. At some point I'll probably clean them up and Raptor line them. I think that should hold up for a long time.

 

[CoronaRaptor]

I would spray them with a hard coating like @Dane mentioned or take the running boards to Line-x and have them resprayed, will last like new.

 

[Jakenbake]

I would spray them with a hard coating like @Dane mentioned or take the running boards to Line-x and have them resprayed, will last like new.

If linex will spray them…… our local linex only wants to do truck beds, hardly anything else. Wouldn’t even quote the wheel wells.

I agree on the raptor liner

 

[ToddReynolds]

My Line-X dealer did color matched fender flares, front and rear bumpers and I had them do my running boards to match after. They also did my rear fender wells and under carriage protection. Everything turned out great, definitely worth a phone call for sure

 

[lkmcfee]

Line-X them, I did that with mine 2 years ago and they are still looking like they did right after I got them back.

 

[MrGable27]

I stripped mine and recoated them with bed liner. Looks surprisingly good for $70 worth of flap discs and spray on bed liner.

 

[perry]

I stripped mine and recoated them with bed liner. Looks surprisingly good for $70 worth of flap discs and spray on bed liner.

What grit? 60 or lower. I bought 2 new but held onto the old ones thinking I’d refinish. The top is thick. Looks like a pain to strip.

 

[MrGable27]

What grit? 60 or lower. I bought 2 new but held onto the old ones thinking I’d refinish. The top is thick. Looks like a pain to strip.

I think I stepped it between 200 and 300 grit. Just be careful or it can eat into the aluminum (ask me how I know).

 

[Gen1TillDeath]

Yeah either have them line x or if you’re wanting to tackle it yourself , use UPOHL raptor liner and spray gun kit Stuff is amazing.
BONUS:
Clean the gun out really well, and you can use it to spray down your underside with fluid film to keep the salt from corroding in the future