I wanted to accomplish many goals during the build-up of my Bronco. A major key point was to make it better and more durable than it came from the factory. The materials and products available to us now versus 1979 made this goal easy to accomplish. The common method to protect the underside of vehicle bodies is to apply a spray-on undercoating from a spray can. This material is soft and does not totally protect the body. You were lucky to even get that, it is usually an option that the dealer would offer you when you bought a car. Oh and not to mention the killing they made off of the people who took them up on this offer....$600 option for a few $5 dollar cans of undercoating and some minimum wage worker squirting it on.

I decided to get the best possible protection possible. Line-X spray on bed liner is by far the most durable and best looking coating out there. It goes on smooth and fills all the gaps and contours nicely, plus has the best texture than all the others. I loaded the Bronco body on a trailer and headed down to a sandblast shop. They blasted all the old gunk and paint off so the Line-X would have a nice surface to cling to. Then it was transported to the local Line-X shop, and they sprayed it from the very back all the way up the firewall. I will also coat the entire inside floorboard and inner firewall before I paint. The body will then be permanently protected from rust FOREVER!

Another benefit to the Line-X on both side will be the major reduction in road noise. Anyone who owns one of these Bronco's knows what the term road noise means for sure.

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