Suprizes under plastic bed liner
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Suprizes under plastic bed liner
Took my plastic dropin bedliner out today and the bed looks like crap. The truck must of been used for Landscape or Masonry b/c the bed has scratches and dings and dents all over the place. The floor of the bed has many waves in it. I am so ticked off it is a 2007 and i bought it with 18k on it and assumed the bed was brand new under the liner but aparently not. (My falut for not looking.) Anyway i am going to linex xtra the bed. Do you guys think that it will look good with the dents and wavey floor?? Anybody have pics of there bed linexed with a previously wavey floor?? Thank you guys just wanted to vent a lil.
And anyone looking to buy a truck in the future just a piece of advice it it has a brand new plastic bedliner take it out and look at the actual bed it might be like mine.
And anyone looking to buy a truck in the future just a piece of advice it it has a brand new plastic bedliner take it out and look at the actual bed it might be like mine.
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That's the cheapest way for a dealer to fix it. Truck was probably a repo. I see lots of them. I work at an auction that gets alot of the Ford repos and you won't believe what some of these trucks look like. I see Lincoln pickups that were used for roofing trucks with tar all over the beds and leather interiors. You would think a guy would buy a cheaper truck and be able to pay for it. Good Luck
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I know that dealers have to disclose damages over a certain dollar amount.
At least they have to in Hawai'i. I bet that bed would qualify for that.
You should look in to the dollar amount and see if your state has similar laws too. If the dealer did the cover up intentionally, you might need to have them fix it.
At least they have to in Hawai'i. I bet that bed would qualify for that.
You should look in to the dollar amount and see if your state has similar laws too. If the dealer did the cover up intentionally, you might need to have them fix it.
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i bought it in NJ used from a used car dealers ship. (FLEXI lease) was the name. i have had it for about a month and just took the bed liner out so i can linex it and it looked like ****. i doubt i can do anything now. just go get it linexed and live with it. also i dont think it was repoed it doesnt say anything on carfax or anything like that.
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i think it would look better to just put the drop in back in and forget about it. The linex will look like crap in my opinion and be a waste of time. My '99 F250 had a drop in liner in it for the same reason. The truck was owned by a farmer and looked like he'd bucked bails of hay into it. There were pretty large craters and waves in it, and a patch had been spot welded into where there had been a 5th wheel hitch. I didn't discover this until a deer cratered the driverside bedside and i was lucky enough to find a new take-off that was the same F1 Vermillion red paint code cheaper than it was to fix the bed. I'm glad too cuz the original bed looked like hell!
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My dad had a truck a while back that he used with a 5th wheel. My dad thought it would be best to sell it with the 5th wheel hitch and all and went to a dealer about trading it or seeing if they wanted to buy it. They told him they'd buy it from him, take all the 5th wheel stuff out so the buyer didn't know it'd been used for towing and they'd put a "drop in" liner in to cover the 5th wheel mounting holes. Nice...
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I took my plastic bedliner out and found a B&W Turnover hitch underneath. The bed is in pretty good shape. I still can't figure out why the used car dealer put the bed liner in there.
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a 5th wheel hitch tells a potential buyer that the truck was used to haul heavy trailers and is a potential turn off for most. many don't want to mess with problems that heavy towing present so the dealers try to hide the evidence so the truck will sell faster at a higher price.
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From: So Oregon
Originally Posted by dchamberlain
.... I still can't figure out why the used car dealer put the bed liner in there.
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I hate the plastic drop in bed liners because things slide around in the bed and it traps moisture. I prefer a thick rubber matt.
It may look fine with the linex since it is textured. Maybe linex it and if it looks bad put down a matt.
It may look fine with the linex since it is textured. Maybe linex it and if it looks bad put down a matt.
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i am going to linex xtra it. my old truck was used as a tower and it had craters as well and wavey floor vut with the linex all the scratches were not shown. going to lin3x it but it sux that it looks like this.
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Originally Posted by elee3
I hate the plastic drop in bed liners because things slide around in the bed and it traps moisture. I prefer a thick rubber matt.
It may look fine with the linex since it is textured. Maybe linex it and if it looks bad put down a matt.
It may look fine with the linex since it is textured. Maybe linex it and if it looks bad put down a matt.
