Fords Bed mat
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Thank you kind sir
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If the mat is thicker than the head of the bolts, chalk the head of the bolt, lay the mat in the bed and then lift it back out. The bolt heads will have deposited chalk to mark their locations. Take a drill and bore out the bottom side of the mat just a bit to give the heads clearance.
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Laughing Gas
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oh yes it very much so
If the mat is thicker than the head of the bolts, chalk the head of the bolt, lay the mat in the bed and then lift it back out. The bolt heads will have deposited chalk to mark their locations. Take a drill and bore out the bottom side of the mat just a bit to give the heads clearance.
yes and make bed very flat
Looks great Clean you can see super duty nice and has a texture on bottom to fill in groves of bed and makes flat like i have said dog likes it to better than line x its about 7/16 thick almost half in areas things slide on nice as well wit no marks
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If the mat is thicker than the head of the bolts, chalk the head of the bolt, lay the mat in the bed and then lift it back out. The bolt heads will have deposited chalk to mark their locations. Take a drill and bore out the bottom side of the mat just a bit to give the heads clearance.
LOL...it wouldn't matter if the mat was thinner or thicker than the bolts...because the mat sits on top of the bolt
. Ya see what we're saying???? Doesn't matter how thick the mat is...it still rises at that point that it touches the bolt in all four spots. BUT....you have a great suggestion to take a little rubber out of the mat on the bottom to get it to at least sit a little more flat. 
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Laughing Gas
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yeah
LOL...it wouldn't matter if the mat was thinner or thicker than the bolts...because the mat sits on top of the bolt. Ya see what we're saying???? Doesn't matter how thick the mat is...it still rises at that point that it touches the bolt in all four spots. BUT....you have a great suggestion to take a little rubber out of the mat on the bottom to get it to at least sit a little more flat.
. Ya see what we're saying???? Doesn't matter how thick the mat is...it still rises at that point that it touches the bolt in all four spots. BUT....you have a great suggestion to take a little rubber out of the mat on the bottom to get it to at least sit a little more flat.
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Laughing Gas
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From: California Mountains
bed mat
Yes i will cut mine out for 5th wheel hitch after holidays
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Yep, just use a hole saw and make some nice cutouts for the 5th prep. I did the same on my 12 and will do it again on my 17.
The best thing about the mat is it keeps things from sliding all over during acceleration and braking. Both the drop in liner and spray liner have no grip. The bed mat cures a lot of this.
The best thing about the mat is it keeps things from sliding all over during acceleration and braking. Both the drop in liner and spray liner have no grip. The bed mat cures a lot of this.
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Laughing Gas
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yes sir lay your mat down
Cant even tell the bolts are even there and its non scuffing kind of, stuff don't slide all over its
right sweet.
right sweet.
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LOL....what the heck are you talking about dude....where did Ford "make a spot on the bed mat"??? Are you not looking at the pic? The mat is level on the bottom...AND sticks slightly up on top of the bolt. That was the WHOLE purpose of the comment. Yeah...it's not that bad...barely noticeable.....but it sat FLATTER with the old female bolts. Nothing more...nothing less...but there is no "Spot" on the mat to compensate for this....LOL
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Laughing Gas
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From: California Mountains
well
LOL....what the heck are you talking about dude....where did Ford "make a spot on the bed mat"??? Are you not looking at the pic? The mat is level on the bottom...AND sticks slightly up on top of the bolt. That was the WHOLE purpose of the comment. Yeah...it's not that bad...barely noticeable.....but it sat FLATTER with the old female bolts. Nothing more...nothing less...but there is no "Spot" on the mat to compensate for this....LOL
