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which flooring
Hello all I am considering new flooring. Would like to go either bedliner or vinyl. What is everybody's opinion on what would be best considering cost, durability, cabin comfort, etc?
What brand/company if molded vinyl?
What brand if bedliner?
What brand/company if molded vinyl?
What brand if bedliner?
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Vinyl lets you put dowm Duramat and or some other kind of sound deader and or insulation.
Bed liner is just that, an almost impossible to remove later on coating.
Herculiner, Rust-Oleum, Gator Guard II, Lizard Skin, Al's liner, Monster-liner, Duplicolor, Durabak....
I am using Herculiner, has the best reviews for a DIY product.
Bed liner is just that, an almost impossible to remove later on coating.
Herculiner, Rust-Oleum, Gator Guard II, Lizard Skin, Al's liner, Monster-liner, Duplicolor, Durabak....
I am using Herculiner, has the best reviews for a DIY product.
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I've got vinyl in mine with virtually no insulation... just those stock absorbent pads that help promote rust. After I install new floor pans, I will put down some serious sound insulation and then some heavy carpet with the hopes of toning down the noise levels and top that off with some nice heavy floor mats.
If you just got a mud truck then get something easy to hose out and go with a bed-liner product. If you want to listen to your stereo, haul your sweetheart around, keep your feet from getting hot, then put down some insulation.
Really depends on what is more important to you - comfort or pure ruggedness.
Not sure what you have now, but in my truck the replacement Vinyl floor it short, meaning that it does not extend to the back of the cab, so even then your insulation will be limited when going this route unless you make your own. This is why I'm going back with carpet.
If you just got a mud truck then get something easy to hose out and go with a bed-liner product. If you want to listen to your stereo, haul your sweetheart around, keep your feet from getting hot, then put down some insulation.
Really depends on what is more important to you - comfort or pure ruggedness.
Not sure what you have now, but in my truck the replacement Vinyl floor it short, meaning that it does not extend to the back of the cab, so even then your insulation will be limited when going this route unless you make your own. This is why I'm going back with carpet.
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My truck currently has non molded carpet that looks like it was pulled our of an office building and thrown in there. And thrown in poorly lol
I think I will go will vinyl because of the ability to add extra insulation. With that narrowed down what experiences have been had with different brands of replacement molded vinyl. Or is non molded a good way to go?
.thanks
I think I will go will vinyl because of the ability to add extra insulation. With that narrowed down what experiences have been had with different brands of replacement molded vinyl. Or is non molded a good way to go?
.thanks
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I just picked up some Dupli-Color Bed Armor Aerosol Bed liner from Canadian Tire that I'm planning to shoot on the cab floor in my truck after I patch it and clean up the rust. I'm still not for certain about it though, but what I'm thinking is that if I clean the floor up well, it should protect from future rust, and it would provide a barrier between the metal and vinyl/insulation if I decided to go that route in the future. What I'm wondering is, can I put that foil covered insulation on the outside, underneath the cab?
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