Bed liners for trucks?

[DAM]

What options are there avilable for protecting the bed of your truck? I don't think a spray on bedliner is what I want but I am just looking for options.


Thanks.

 

Why not a spray on? Do you want rust to occur faster? RhinoLiner is what you need my friend.

 

[NutBucket]

Yeah, spray on. That way there isn't a moisture issue to rust out your bed.

 

Drop in liners move around when the vehicles is driven, this can easily scratch the paint and promote rust.

 

[DAM]

can you remove spray ons, or are they permanent?



thanks for the advice.

 

Rhino liner is permanent, nothing removes it short of a nuclear blast

I had the diamond plate coated with Rhino liner on my tow truck below the boom, it has seen four years of incredible abuse and it still looks like it was sprayed on yesterday.

 

[NutBucket]

permanent. RhinoLiner is your friend. The coating is thicker then the slide-in liner.

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[DAM]

thanks roger, so how much should i be looking to spend? is this something i can do myself?

 

[waggy]

i would do a Rhinoliner. I had one on my work truck. It was great.

well worht the money.

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: DAM
thanks roger, so how much should i be looking to spend? is this something i can do myself?

Nope. applied by professionals only. This is not the same as the kit you can get at Pep Boys/etc.

 

$$$$$$

Back when I had my diamond plate coated, it cost the shop $600, I have no idea what it costs today and no you cannot do it yourself, they show up with a truck with a special sprayer that combines the two chemicals in a spray gun unless of course you buy the cheapo Hercules bed liner in a bucket for $100 at your local K-mart.

You get what you pay for.

 

[angrymaxx]

The other alternative to Rhinoliner is Line-X. I did some research comparing the Rhinoliner and Line-X and there doesn't seem to be much difference between the two. I heard the Rhino Liner is a little more brittle than the Line X so I ended up getting the Line X and I'm very happy with it. For a tacoma X cab bed it was around $450 including spraying over the rails.

Edit: another benefit of a spray on bedliner is that it dampens vibration and sound in your bed as opposed to a drop in that wobbles.

 

[drnickriviera]

Line-X

Rhino is pretty soft and doesn't allow things to move around in the bed.
Line-X is much harder. Good for when i'm getting a 2000lbs pallet of ceramic tile loaded into my truck, but does allow things to move around a bit.

 

[Pliablemoose]

Before you get Rhino lining, spray water in your truck bed & try to walk around in it in sneakers, be careful, you'll crack your head open when you fall.

I got Line-X this time.

Also, the doggone spray in liners are 3-4X the cost of a drop in liner, if it's an older truck, or one you don't plan on keeping for a long time, get the $99 dollar special drop in liner...

 

[HomerSapien]

Get a spray in. I have a thick nylon/rubber/whatever pad that my parents bought for me one year. The thing flaps in the wind above 60 mph. My toolbox is the only thing that holds it in the bed.

If you want to take out your drop in liner every few months to cleanout from under neath, save the money and go that route. It does get really annoying doing that.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

I use stall mats (available from any place that sells horse/cattle feed). They're about $38 for a 4x6 sheet, or $50 for a 4x8 sheet. You'll only need two 4x6 sheets to cover pretty much every pickup bed. Cut them with either a metal straight edge and a utility knife, or a jigsaw with a straight (no tooth) blade. They're about 1" thick and weigh in at about 100LBs, so don't worry about people running off very quickly with them.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

be careful with the spray-in liners. They are quite flammable. One of our superintendents had one in his 2002 Ford F-250. Super nice tuck, had a $3000 stereo system too. One day he was haulign some materials and a bucket of ashes he'd cleaned out of his fireplace the night before. The wind stoked up the embers, melted the bucket, started some wood shims and cardboard on fire, and withing 2 minutes had totally destroyed his truck.

 

[440sixpack]

Another Line-X here. Cost me $400 for over the rails on my Ram.

 

[GasX]

would this stuff work as an underbody coating?