How to Bedliner Your Side-by-Side

We're updating our 12,000-mile project 2019 Can-Am Defender HD8! This is how to bedline your side-by-side, from prep to spray. For more on our workhorse, check out UTVDriver.com, and be sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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After our trip to Marshall, Texas, to visit the crew at Thumper Fab, our 12,000-mile 2019 Can-Am Defender HD8 was wearing a spate of new parts. All that gorgeous black powdercoat only served to highlight just how hammered the rest of the rig is, with a faded and cracked bed and dinky factory wheels and tires. We considered a few options to solve that first problem, from new bed panels to vinyl wraps, but finally settled on bedlining the old plastic components.

To be clear: This is an experiment. When we called our local Line-X to get their opinion on spraying a UTV bed, they said they wouldn’t touch the machine because they’ve had adhesion problems in the past. That didn’t worry me too much knowing that our bed won’t see the kind of abuse a pickup typically endures. At worst, our Defender will need to move some photography gear and a cooler, and survive the occasional tree branch. With that in mind, we snagged a cheap bedliner kit from our local parts store and got to work.

You can check out our how-to video below. The project took the better part of a day, but made a massive difference in how the machine looks, and for a fraction of the cost of new panels. Even used bedsides in passable condition start at around $200, and replacing the entire bed will set you back closer to $800. Even with supplies, bedlining our Defender set us back less than $200. Not bad.

Full story here: https://utvdriver.com/story/utv-maintenance/how-to-bedline-can-am-defender-hd8-project-build-video/

Note: Amazon has the same kit we used for around $210 bucks. Call your local parts store. We found our kit for closer to $150 locally.

Bedliner Kit: https://tinyurl.com/mspy3f5x

Adhesion Promoter: https://tinyurl.com/23t2988w

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