About Millennium Linings

Millennium Linings Truck – SUV – Fleet Outfitters and MPC of Indianapolis has two convenient Indianapolis locations- our West location near Avon and our South Location near Bluff & 465. Our locations have the largest truck gear showrooms in the Indianapolis area, with up to 3,000 square feet of truck accessories. 

OUR STORY: HOW IT ALL BEGAN

In the spring of 1998, brothers Jim and Jay Hutchek found they had an issue with their fishing boat — their rear seat would often hit and scratch the boat motor hood of their aluminum Sylvan boat. Jim, being in the Composite, Plastic, Polymer industry, had the idea that they could get their hood coated just like Jay’s truck bed. They quickly realized they couldn’t get any dealer to do it for a reasonable price, because the dealers only knew truck beds and at the time there was only one bed lining company that seemed to be well-known in Indianapolis.

After seeing the company’s products again at the Indiana State Fair, they negotiated a fair price and took it to a local shop to have the top of the boat’s hood coated. A few weeks later, they found the product peeling off the motor’s fiberglass hood. As advertised, they took it back to get it repaired under warranty. The local dealer turned them away, saying, “not my problem.”

Frustrated, they vowed never to use this R-Lining product again. Jim and Jay vowed to show how to run a respectable protective linings company, and the rest is history. A month later, Jim came home to find his wife Shelley had not only researched every known spray-on bed liner, but had samples of every one of them on their dining room table. Jim, Jay, and Shelley went through all 40+ samples, and found that one sample stood out above all the rest….

In the late Fall of 1998, while on a family vacation to Las Vegas, the three decided to go into business together. With the new millennium quickly approaching, they decided to name their brainchild Millennium Linings, as this was going to be the company to take their family into the next Millennium.

With all good business ideas, you need a plan, so they put together their resumes and a detailed business plan to take to the bank for review. In February of 1999, they officially met with Burton Chemicals to open Indianapolis’ first X-Lining Bed Lining Location: Millennium Linings & Accessories in May of 1999 on Indy’s west side.

NOT EVERY PATH IS AN EASY ONE

It would be great to say “and they lived happily ever after” — However, with all new businesses, there are always “BUMPS IN THE ROAD”. Millennium Linings first bump was just a few months later at the 1999 Indiana State Fair, where they found that the Indiana State Fair Board had illegally sold an exclusive agreement to the aforementioned R-linings company to keep all other bed liner companies from showing their product at the Indiana State Fair.

Jim decided that if they couldn’t get in, they needed to make their issues known. Armed with hundreds of flyers — and plenty of trucks in the fair’s parking lots to put them on — Millennium told customers why they weren’t at the State Fair. This, along with a vast amount of help from the local press, meant Millennium Linings prevailed in the end. By week two of the State Fair, Jim had received a call from the Governor’s office offering them a guaranteed spot in the 2000 Indiana State Fair, and a promise the State Fair board would not be signing any more exclusive deals to keep local businesses out. This came on the condition that Millennium Linings would stop talking to the press, as it was terrible publicity for the fair. The Mayor’s, Governor’s, and State Fair’s offices had all been inundated with phone calls and complaints from Indiana citizens and other local small businesses.

WOW HOW TIME FLIES BY……..

2002- Millennium had evolved beyond the bedliner spraying full vehicles, commercial & Industrial Polyurea Coatings along with adding truck accessories to their company lineup.

2003- Millennium decided to start expansion to the South Side but had found that X-Lining had become a Franchise with territories thus to protect their expansion interests they purchased Cookies Body Shops vast Territory.

2006- Millennium moved into their new Raceway Road location allowing them to also add their newly acquired RUST CHECK Rustproofing Center.

2007- Millennium Moved their South Location to Greenwood Indiana

2008- Millennium Custom Coatings (MCC) was formed for Mobile Applications. To increase revenue during the 2008 Crash

2010- MCC began transition beyond Mobile application and into a Glascraft parts supplier

2011 & 2012 Due to a Conflict with the X-Lining Franchisor, Jim and Jay split their business ownership with Jim & Shelley keeping the MLA side of the business and Jay taking the MCC side so that it could further evolved as a Graco Dealership

2014 MCC evolution required more space and moved to Indy’s East Side. Allowing Jim and Shelley to expand their Commercial and Industrial coating operations at the Raceway Location along with expanding into Fleet Upfit.

2015 Millennium Expanded its Greenwood location to include RUST CHECK Rustproofing.

2017 Millennium Expanded its Services to include VALUGARD Corrosion Prevention.

2020 Millennium Expanded it location moving from Greenwood to a larger 6000 sqft facility on Bluff Road, allowing it to expand its Commercial and Industrial coating operation.

25 YEARS LATER…..  MORE BUMPS IN THE ROAD

Millennium once again hit a “BUMP IN THE ROAD”. As our Bed X-Liner Franchisor had been purchased by Private Equity Clear Lake Capital in 2020 and decided it wanted to transform from a Bed Lining Franchise system into a Full Vehicle upfit Center Franchise System.

In May of 2024 after several years of failed Group Franchisee negotiations with the Bed Lining Franchisor, Millennium Linings decided it was in its Company’s and its Customers best interest to leave the Bed Liner Franchise System.

QUESTIONS

Will these changes affect you, our customer? NO

Millennium has always been the one who backed and/or directly handled any customers warranties for all the products we represented and sold. This support will remain as we continue to honor our past commitments to our customers.  

What is Millennium Spraying now?

Millennium has chosen to move forward under our own brand Millennium Protective Coatings (MPC) allowing us to now buy directly from the Manufacturer and still offer a Nationwide Warranty you can rely on if you should ever need it.

2025 AND BEYOND  

Millennium Linings Truck – SUV – Fleet Outfitters is still run by Jim and Shelley today. Jim not only oversees the store operations; he’s also at the locations making sure Millennium Linings holds up to their tradition of treating each and every customer like family. This also gives customers assurance that we are a local company that cares. Any concern, no matter how small, won’t fall on deaf ears, as an owner is always on duty or nearby to ensure the customer’s needs are being met. Millennium Linings also does not commission its staff to sell and upsell like most truck accessory chains do, as this leads to customers feeling pressured and confused over what is the best product for their needs. At Millennium Linings Truck – SUV – Fleet Outfitters, we are not after the single sale, we are here to earn your family’s or companies’ business for life. Browse our site to see the services and truck accessories we offer! Check out a few of our featured builds for inspiration and stop by our locations to see how we can help you. Have questions? Contact us below!