Hey all,

I want to get a bedliner, but I'm not sure what kind to get. Drop-in? Spray-on? Roll-on?

I'd (obviously) like to save some money, but I want to get something as high quality as possible...

Is there stuff you guys have had good or bad experiences with?

 

get a rhino liner or something equivalent (spray on). Dont make the mistake I did. I purchased a kit that is basically the same material that rhino uses, but without the proper sprayer and such it looks like **** and eventually wears off pretty easily.

I was looking to save a few bucks on our two ranch trucks. The kit came with a spray gun to hook up to a compressor....it was a piece of **** hind sight. The rubberized material ending up clogging the gun within the first five minutes. It is impossible to clean the gun in the middle up spraying. I ended up having to roll the rest of it on, and it turned out ****ty. It didnt hold up near as well as the portion that was sprayed and still looks like ****. Spend the extra money and get it done right. My 2 cents. FOrtunately the trucks are used on the ranch and not my daily drivers otherwise I would have been even more pissed at the results. Wasted a day of my time plus had **** poor results.

 

do you know whether amazon sells this?

 

if you can swing the extra money opt for the Rhino, Linex, etc., rather than a slide in

 

Most slide ins are super slick, especially if you get a little oil on them. Most anything you put back there will slide around all over the place. Spray ins don't have this problem, but the bed will still "dent up" like on the inner fenders.

I like the spray in better. If you have it done at, say like a dealer, it will come with a warranty. The secret to any spray/roll on liner is bed prep. A good prep, and the roll-ons will holds as well as any.jd

 

my experince with slide in was not great. They warp in heat,things slide easily, attaching crossbox or bed rails is a pain, and dirt and debris builds up between liner and truck bed absorbing moisture and causing rust.

 

Line-X.
End of story.

 

X1,000,000 !!!!!

Had LINE-X put in my old truck,,,,
I threw EVERYTHING including a 130lb. cast iron kitchen sink at it!

 

I had the stock Ford drop in for many years and finally got mine Armha coated, IIIRC it is basically the same thing as a speedliner. It is one of the best mods I ever did.

 

One of the trucks I used to own had a drop-in liner (when I bought it, otherwise I would'nt have had it) that was a "below the rail" type. Water and dirt managed to get under the liner, and combined with the flexing/rubbing the liner did, eventually caused the bed floor some rust damage. Not to mention that it was pretty slick, as stated above. My recommendation is a spray-in (Line-X would be my choice, as well). I've seen trucks that had this done before they ever left the dealership, and the inside of the bed is in great shape, despite what has been hauled.

 

My first truck was a 1992 Ranger that I had a Rhino liner sprayed into it. It was good, I never had a problem with it. My current truck is my signature has a body color Line-X in it. The only thing to say about that is if it gets nicked and you take it back to be repaired under warranty, they patch it with black and it doesn't look very good on the blue liner. Otherwise it is as good as the Rhino was in the old truck. Line-X has a new product that wasn't available when this was installed that is a added coating that allows it to look better longer.

 

I'm on the Line-X bandwagon...it's the only one I sell my customers. If they want a slide in or other brand of spray on...they're on their own.

 

I had a Rhino liner in my 66 F100 4x4, it peeled in about a year, put in a Linex, that was the end of the problem.

 

Cripes, LINE-X it is!

Thanks for the input guys.

 

The drop in liner seems to cause more problems than it prevents. I had a Rhino liner in my B3000 and you can forget about just sliding something across it. It seems to be a little rougher surface than a Line X. I would have considered the Line X but the dealer had the attitude of he could care less if you bought one or not. One thing with the Rhino liner though is that with mine anyway you have to bring it back to the dealer that put it in with the paperwork to get repairs if needed. Mine was still great after 5 years except for where it was sprayed over the edge of the tailgate. Boards and the like laying on it made it chip off, but I didn't take it back before I traded it off.