Let's argue about bedliners
- Thread starter Tazz
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Duck
Sarcastic remark goes here
I say just leave it alone.
Slide-in liners are for when there are rust holes in the bed.
But if there is no rust yet, don't put a liner in cuz if water gets between the liner and the bed it'll accelerate the rusting.
Spray in liners require a clean surface to adhere to. And that requires more WORK.
Slide-in liners are for when there are rust holes in the bed.
But if there is no rust yet, don't put a liner in cuz if water gets between the liner and the bed it'll accelerate the rusting.
Spray in liners require a clean surface to adhere to. And that requires more WORK.
Had a slide-in liner in my '92 Dakota. The few times I pulled it up, the metal under it was shiny and polished. The liner rubbed the paint off, but it also kept rubbing the rust off. I had that pickup for 8 years on the Oregon coast. Lived ocean-front. Didn't have a rust problem with that one.
That's why you pay somebody else to do it in a proper body shop.
The next pickup I had was a 2005 Ram. Had a Rhino-Liner put in it. It got chipped and scratched just like regular paint, so not really impressed with it. Also, that rough surface is slippery and I had to double-tie everything.
So, with this GMC, I'm taking it to get a Bull-Liner. The material is not rough. It's more like a rubberized coating. There are two grades: 1/16" (standard) and 1/8" (industrial). The difference in cost is about $100. I'm going with the thicker one.
neither.
i have had 3 trucks now, the first had an oak flooring, so i didn't cover it.
the other 2 had drop in, and frankly, i hated them. PITA to remove and clean the bed yearly. if i should ever get another truck.>??
a simple mat from either a home improvement store, or JC Whitney, and i'm done.
in all my time owning trucks, i never dinged up the sides anyways, and if so, a simple can of factory color spray paint will clean it up for when i trade it in. the new owner can deal with the scratches it has. it is after all, a truck.
and also, no cap, no tonneau cover of any kind. too expensive, and a PITA to remove everytime i want to dump stuff back there.
also, a PITA to shovel snow out of.....!!!!!
so i don't, i drop the gate and drive around till it all falls off.
no laws (yet) about that....
BTDT, and it is marvelous....
Personal experience?I thought this was a thread about plastic/rubber sheets for bed wetters. Disregard. Carry on.
Rigjockey
In Gord we trust!
No I clicked on the thread to laugh at others
I now think I am the victim of click bait and will be subject to ridicule
Tazz
Infidel
The ridicule was coming any way you went so suck it upNo I clicked on the thread to laugh at others
mndriver
curmudgeon extraordinare
Need to create a safe place first for buttercupThe ridicule was coming any way you went so suck it up
Rigjockey
In Gord we trust!
Mind your step there big boy! I have 34 replies to where my safe place is on you and all of them would have you reporting me and me getting banned
Princess!
Mike
Well-Known Member
Spray in. Looks good, works good.
Drop ins will scratch the paint and create rust issues.
Electric Chicken
Well-Known Member
Lucky for me, aluminum doesn't rust.
thing is, spray in, like a Rhino(??) they have to remove the paint, prep, then spray the liner. too expensive in my book(s).
previous ownership of 3 trucks dictate my future expenditures for truck beds. yes, scratched beds will form rust, but a regular maintenance of the bed, much like oil changes can be done on the cheap.
i really like my 1980 chevy stepside, and it's oak flooring. when i traded it in, back in 1986 for another new truck, this time a fleetside, is when i started the plastic liner from the dealership, can't remember what GM sold back then. but i also have a knack for installing bed rails as well. this too added to the BS of removing those, then removing the liner for a yearly cleaning.
my last truck, had a liner as well, from the Ford dealership. very nice, had cut outs for the factory ties downs in the bed. but here too, i put on a nice set bed rails, as well as the tubular steps..
if i were to never remove the liners for a yearly cleaning, i'd not care to spend the money for a drop in plastic, over a sprayed liner.
i keep (usually) all my trucks on average of 8 years.
in all this time, i absolutely never had any major rust issues, nor minor ones.
i'd much rather spend the extra money on tubular steps (over running boards), mud flaps, and bed rails. unless a new truck is a basic model, most come nowadays with some sort of factory chromed wheels, which i do not replace with outlandishly priced aftermarket ones.
yes, customizing a truck is a personal thing for sure.
but in the end, it's still a truck, a basic workhorse. no one will get more than book value at either trade-in or private sale time.
low mileage does not count, for used anything, save for maybe a class 8 truck.
it is still most times, "by the book" at resale time.
anyone spending more than book value, is a fool.
even these restored trucks we all see, in the paper, online, and on tv shows..... not really worth 10's of thousands of dollars over a brand new one, with a full factory warranty.
it'll be a cold day in hell, i ever buy a used truck, well over 30 years old, for $30,000, with faded paint, from a guy in Texas at the Gas Monkey Garage.....
but some will.......
a sucker is born every minute.....PT Barnum was right.....
Electric Chicken
Well-Known Member
So sharp I cut myself.
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