Stupid Bedliner
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From: jonestown pa
Stupid Bedliner
Took out my Bedliner today!! When i removed the tailgate liner It also removes the bolts for the access cover to tailgate latch mech . The bolts that hold the liner on the tailgate are shanked and will not work to hold just cover on. Does anyone know where to get the right bolts to hold this cover on? Will try the hard ware store tomorrow ( they actually are screws not bolts) . Im taking the liner out to install a bed rug.
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From: Isanti, MN
Originally Posted by SteelHorse08
Get a spray in bed liner and you wont have those issues anymore. Plus looks a lot better then drop-in bed liners. Increases the value of your truck, I get compliments all the time on it.
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From: Loveland, CO
Originally Posted by Crazy001
So, did you even bother reading the original post? He was not looking for better ideas than the bedliner, he was looking for the right BOLTS to keep his tailgate together!!!!!!
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I had the same issue with my plastic bedliner tailgate cover bolts stripping. I removed the plastic bedliner and had a spray in liner installed. They fastened the tailgate access plate down with stainless steel screws. Looks quite nice. I dropped the old plastic liner off in the dealers yard as it was useless and just downright dangerous. Yes it was dealer installed in a KR Screw. Try standing in a plastic bedliner with snow. I just finished hauling basement development materials all weekend on the spray in liner and things grip so well, I didn't even have to tie anything down. Try hauling building materials on a plastic liner with the tailgate down.
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Originally Posted by SteelHorse08
Get a spray in bed liner and you wont have those issues anymore. Plus looks a lot better then drop-in bed liners. Increases the value of your truck, I get compliments all the time on it.
Originally Posted by f150dude05
the spray in liner and things grip so well, I didn't even have to tie anything down. Try hauling building materials on a plastic liner with the tailgate down.
Last edited by Ryan50hrl; Mar 24, 2008 at 11:33 AM.
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From: Lansing, IA
Originally Posted by 19expy97
Does anyone know where to get the right bolts to hold this cover on?
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"Your local Ford Dealership should have some on hand"
Congrats to the_webers_inc for actually being the first and only person to correctly answer the question asked by the thread starter. He deserves an attaboy if anyone from management is tuned in. (IMHO) LOL.
Congrats to the_webers_inc for actually being the first and only person to correctly answer the question asked by the thread starter. He deserves an attaboy if anyone from management is tuned in. (IMHO) LOL.
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From: Neenah, Wisconsin
Originally Posted by Chauncey
"Your local Ford Dealership should have some on hand"
Congrats to the_webers_inc for actually being the first and only person to correctly answer the question asked by the thread starter. He deserves an attaboy if anyone from management is tuned in. (IMHO) LOL.
Congrats to the_webers_inc for actually being the first and only person to correctly answer the question asked by the thread starter. He deserves an attaboy if anyone from management is tuned in. (IMHO) LOL.
Agreed.......and in due fashion i've given him positive rep points.....keep it up
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LMC has them too. the 92-96 f150's used the same bolts in there tailgate access covers. here you go, i was in the same boat when i removed my liner to get it sprayed. i bought a set of these bolts from this guy and you even get a few left over!
he has them buy it now also
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-8...spagenameZWDVW
he has them buy it now also
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-8...spagenameZWDVW
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From: Loveland, CO
Originally Posted by 4DOORSR
Right on Ryan50hrl, those spray in liners sure look nice, but they don't protect the bed.
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From: Neenah, Wisconsin
Originally Posted by F0rdzTuff
The slip in's rub the paint off, and then rust the bed from the water sitting underneath them.
i think thats just propaganda from the spray in companies....my 95 had a drop in the whole life of it...when i sold it in 2005 it didn't have a spot of rust under the liner...and i know cause i took it out and sold it seperate...
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From: Loveland, CO
Originally Posted by Ryan50hrl
i think thats just propaganda from the spray in companies....my 95 had a drop in the whole life of it...when i sold it in 2005 it didn't have a spot of rust under the liner...and i know cause i took it out and sold it seperate...
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Originally Posted by F0rdzTuff
The slip in's rub the paint off, and then rust the bed from the water sitting underneath them.
I had the Line-X spray on applied to the STX the same week I bought it. It looks great and will provide enough protection for me. I don't know if they all do it, but this shop took the bed bolts and tie down brackets out before applying the coating instead of spraying over them.