Bed rusting through Ford bedliner
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This deal has me wondering. Does ford paint the bed before applying the bedliner? This would be the situation with an aftermarket bedliner as the bed would come painted from Ford. However, since they are doing it in house, do they skip the paint and just spray the liner instead? If so, some thin spots combined with water sitting in the low spots that have rust would seem to explain it.
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I've had several Rhino liners installed over the years and usually they just run a buffer of sorts over the paint to "rough" it up so it adheres well.
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This deal has me wondering. Does ford paint the bed before applying the bedliner? This would be the situation with an aftermarket bedliner as the bed would come painted from Ford. However, since they are doing it in house, do they skip the paint and just spray the liner instead? If so, some thin spots combined with water sitting in the low spots that have rust would seem to explain it.
Or, is it a "dealer add-on"?
Read all the posts and even now not sure if it is an ABS plastic drop-in liner or a "sprayed in" liner.
In either case, the ABS can not "rust/crrode", as that is chemically impossible. If a true, quality spray in, that is a two part expoxy material that can not rust, however if not applied with sufficent film build there may be minor concerns in some areas, which is usually indicated by the sprayed material "lifting" from the surface.
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Allow me to gain some clarification. Was the bedliner listed on the trucks window sticker?
Or, is it a "dealer add-on"?
Read all the posts and even now not sure if it is an ABS plastic drop-in liner or a "sprayed in" liner.
In either case, the ABS can not "rust/crrode", as that is chemically impossible. If a true, quality spray in, that is a two part expoxy material that can not rust, however if not applied with sufficent film build there may be minor concerns in some areas, which is usually indicated by the sprayed material "lifting" from the surface.
Or, is it a "dealer add-on"?
Read all the posts and even now not sure if it is an ABS plastic drop-in liner or a "sprayed in" liner.
In either case, the ABS can not "rust/crrode", as that is chemically impossible. If a true, quality spray in, that is a two part expoxy material that can not rust, however if not applied with sufficent film build there may be minor concerns in some areas, which is usually indicated by the sprayed material "lifting" from the surface.
I used the term "toughbed" in my initial post to imply that it was a factory spay in liner as that it Ford's name. Yes it's on the sticker. I custom ordered the truck.
