Cheap truck paint job

[Great-Kazoo]

Bed Liner.

[Duman]

Bed Liner.

Ah.... I saw a biker do his entire harley with bed liner. Looked interesting, and bomb-proof.

[crays]

I just saw a newer full size truck on the highway this weekend that was fully done in bed liner.

[Great-Kazoo]

Buy the gallon cans of BL, a few rollers and go to town. I highly recommend a good respirator, lots of ventilation (fans) and an open area to apply it. We did a trailer frame i built with BL, people down the block were getting a buzz from the fumes.

[MarkCO]

Maaco sucks for body work, and they are over-priced. If you do the bodywork, they shoot a decent paintjob. If you can get it all smooth, I have seen solid color wraps for as little as $500. Those last 3-5 years depending on how much you sun it.

[Honey Badger282.8]

Buy the gallon cans of BL, a few rollers and go to town. I highly recommend a good respirator, lots of ventilation (fans) and an open area to apply it. We did a trailer frame i built with BL, people down the block were getting a buzz from the fumes.

I think this is the best way to go. Make sure you address the rust before rolling it on though.

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

Interesting long-term on the wrap idea: http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-cult...-wrap-removal/

[BushMasterBoy]

CARC is going to be a tough search. GCI military paint is available on ebay.

[newracer]

I have done both bed liner and plasti-dip, I would recommend plasti-dip over bed liner unless you were to get it done professionally.

[Jim B]

...badly faded paint and a few minor rust spots on the body...

Are you sure it needs new paint? Have you spoken to any detailing places about doing paint correction? Sounds like there's no way it would come out great, or even good, but maybe a big improvement could be made for a few hundred dollars?