Bedliner in Interior?
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5th Wheeling
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Bedliner in Interior?
Hey FTE, I've recently ripped out the carpet and rubber mat in my project and found that my floorboards are extremely rusty. I'm going to replace the floor pans but want to know if any of you have tried bedliner on the interior and how it worked. Also, how would you hide wires without a carpet to run them under? Thanks!
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5th Wheeling
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Hey FTE, I've recently ripped out the carpet and rubber mat in my project and found that my floorboards are extremely rusty. I'm going to replace the floor pans but want to know if any of you have tried bedliner on the interior and how it worked. Also, how would you hide wires without a carpet to run them under? Thanks!
Tuned
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I haven't used bed liner but have used duplicolor under coat and really liked it. In my replacement cab I am looking into bed liner myself. As for the wires try running them under the sill plates ?I am going too follow your post to see what guys are saying about bed liner.
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Those two are for the seatbelt warning light, I didn't put them back in on mine, left them coiled up. (didn't work anyway) The dimmer switch wires were close enough to the side that I just loomed them up nice as I could and made a little sheetmetal cover that screws into the kickpanel and holds them against the floor. I did make a mat to cover the center hump, you could extend the wires some to run down the top and under a mat like that, or get fancy and make a wiring run out of metal - I added some speakers and an inverter behind the seat, and ran it up through the posts and over the door. It's a pain, but do-able, and probably better than through the firewall and underneath.
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From: Great American SouthWest
Yes, yes they certainly are!
I've not seen it personally, but I've heard of guys using HercuLiner and Line-X. I think Rhino would be really good
I've not seen it personally, but I've heard of guys using HercuLiner and Line-X. I think Rhino would be really good
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From: Great American SouthWest
run them up the A pillar, across the headliner, and down the B pillar
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I found mine years ago when I pulled the carpet up one day, it was no where near as bad as that in the pics above though.
I replated mine inside over top (inside) with some new 11 ga steel I formed to fit, tied in around sides / up firewall some number of years ago. Then I coated underneath really well.
A couple years ago I added some aluminum underneath to shield them down there below from road splash (they were no worse, I was just driving it more in bad weather) and I went over the whole inside floor with bedliner and got some of those "indoor / outdoor carpet squares which have rubber backs and made carpet sections that fit and fastened in place with SS screws and those finish washers and SS lock nuts under the bottom to pull it all together.
Should last the life of the truck. More at link.
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I replated mine inside over top (inside) with some new 11 ga steel I formed to fit, tied in around sides / up firewall some number of years ago. Then I coated underneath really well.
A couple years ago I added some aluminum underneath to shield them down there below from road splash (they were no worse, I was just driving it more in bad weather) and I went over the whole inside floor with bedliner and got some of those "indoor / outdoor carpet squares which have rubber backs and made carpet sections that fit and fastened in place with SS screws and those finish washers and SS lock nuts under the bottom to pull it all together.
Should last the life of the truck. More at link.
Post 19 @ https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...-thread-2.html
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5th Wheeling
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How hard is it to run them down the A-pillar? I don't currently have a headliner so the back pillar and roof part should be easy.
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For the floor board coating... good primer and finish enamel (like Rustoleum) holds up well. It is also easy to refresh later on as needed. Also cost effective. Bedliner would be a PITA to deal with for maintenance later on I think.
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5th Wheeling
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That looks really nice. I might have to try that, still trying to find a way to put carpet it in without dropping $170.
Tuned
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From: Fort Wood, MO
Check out MONSTALINER. Its not as rough and sandy as most other bed liners (almost a textured plastic feel) so you wont have mud and crud sticking in it if you plan to leave the carpet out. The finish kinds lets you wash it off easier and it tintable. I have no stake in the company, I just did a lot of research when I was thinking about going carpet less.
Monstaliner do-it-yourself roll-on truck bed liner outperforms Herculiner Bed Liner, Duplicolor and Rustoleum Road Warrior
On the 3m Bed liner, it is super convenient and easy to apply. However, it does take a bit of time to dry so I would recommend multiple light coats. ITs is highly highly UV sensitive so it will gray without good tinting
Monstaliner do-it-yourself roll-on truck bed liner outperforms Herculiner Bed Liner, Duplicolor and Rustoleum Road Warrior
On the 3m Bed liner, it is super convenient and easy to apply. However, it does take a bit of time to dry so I would recommend multiple light coats. ITs is highly highly UV sensitive so it will gray without good tinting
Tuned
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From: Vermont
The only problem I have had with bedliner is like Blue &White stated.... maintenance down the road. Before any welding,cutting etc.,it is a pain to remove the stuff but as far as a protection,it seems to work fine. gary