I had a drop in, wasn't overly impressed with it. Things slid around easily compared to a spray in. I did find a stop sign under it when I pulled it out though. I put a Duplicolor spray in liner in my first truck, and it flaked and peeled of after about a year. We can get an Armaguard liner here, which I believe is similar to a Rhino liner. They get sprayed on 1/4 to 3/8 of an inch thick and are tough as nails.

What I have in my truck right now is a 2 piece deal that was in it when I bought it. The box sides are done in aluminum checker plate and the bed floor is covered by a rubber mat. Probably has the same problems as a one piece (floor rust and all) but man does it ever hold. Leave the cap off an oil jug and not have to worry about spills it holds so good. Well, maybe thats a bit of an overstatement, but you get the point.

Trevor

 

i did the roll on liner from walmart about 2 months ago i used 2 gals for my short box 88 f 150 before i rolled it on i sandblasted the bed to bear metal to make sure it would hold....and have moved lots of rock and lots of outher stuff have had no problems... those plastic bedliners suck because everything will slide in them... but thats just my 2 cents.....

 

I would have to opt for a spray in also. My 95 f150 has a drop in and things slide around in it and debris (sand/dirt) get between the liner and box all the time.

 

88f150- what brand did you use?

thanks for the replies

 

What i really hate about drop in, or plastic, bedliners is that over time they rub against the paint on the bed sides and mar it up really bad. this happened to my previous truck and the Ford that i drive now. the local shops who preached that drop in bedliners were superior said that this could be prevented with pads/liners or some other kind of backing on the underside of the bedrail part of the liner, however, in my experience, most trucks that i have seen with drop in bed liners suffer from this same abrasion and have scuff marks in the paint.

call me a stickler, or **** retentive, but it breaks my heart to see my beautiful truck with the paint rubbed off the top of the bedsides.

now, its out and im waiting to afford a spray in liner.

i can say from experience that Line X is the best spray in liner for the money. i have seen Line X stand up to a lot of things, not the least of which being shot at (a 1" thick test piece that the local Line X boys showed off) ive worked on cars with Line X sprayed on the floor pans, the underside of hood and trunk lids, in engine compartments, and even on the rocker panels of jeeps, VW Things, and other off-road vehicles. It stands up to abuse very well.

My vote, Line X!

 

I used duplcolor.... may not have spelled it right its a blue can....

good luck

 

Im going monday morning to have a line-x bedliner put in my 95 f150.

 

I don't know how I would have clamped down the cap to the bedrails with the bedliner in the way. Not to mention the liner would have held the cap up off of the rails by about a half inch.

 

I don't see how it would interfer to much, i have a leer camper shell that i clamped straight to the bed rails on top of my diamond plate bed caps.

 

There is no way to get to the underside of the bedrail with the over-the-rail bedliner I had before my spray in liner. Caps on top of the rails would have posed no problem.

 

that i can understand sorry for not reading more in the thread.

 

Plastic liners are ok if you need one....but it leaves wear spots where the liner goes over the bed rails. Not good mine has lines down the bed now where it rubbed for a few years now. Id go with rhino, about 400 bucks though but its very tough and you can specify not to go over the rails so you can run a topper.

 

The Rhino dealer in my area quoted me 385.00 to spray my shortbed, that does not include the rails, Thats another 85.00 if I want that done. The thickness is 1/4". Is this close to what others have paid or been quoted? I haven't found a LineX dealer in my area yet if there is one to compare with. THX MoJo

 

Another vote for Line-X!

Then again, I'm a bit biased, as my cousin Kevin works for their marketing division out in Cali....

 

A couple rhino liner dealers in my area said it is $429 to do my long bed, but not over the rails. One of them also said that they use at least 5 gallons of liner per truck minimum