Bed Liner advice on new purchase

[Silverado4x4]

I don't seem to understand here, the truck already has a drop in liner and you want to remove it and put a bed rug in? Why not just keep the drop in and then put the bed rug in or just no rug at all. If you just use a bed rug and no liner its going to get scratched anyway.

 

I have had both spray in and drop in liners and I prefer a drop in for the reason the spray in will dent if stuff is dropped in and will stain. Don't let people say to you that a drop in will rust under the bed due to rubbing the paint off. We had a truck at work that had a drop in for over 20 years and they had to remove the liner and yes the paint was chaffed but there was no rust. Hell the bed under the liner looked 100 times better then the truck did.

[TJay74]

I would take spray in over drop in any day of the week. I had Line-x in my last 2 trucks and it covered a bunch of dents, holes and of course the scratches. The new truck is going in for one after the new year.

[mcnwil]

To each his own, but I have had bed liners in the last 6 of my trucks and hauled blocks, firewood, gravel, etc. with no issues. I have pulled them out and washed the bed out and never saw any real scratches in the paint. I run an ATV in and out all winter with plenty of mud and blood that always washes out easily. My buddies spray in's have had dents due to heavy objects being dropped and the mud is harder to get out, let alone the fading. Unlike some people I like that I can easily slide cargo into and out of the bed.

[BringTheRain403]

I like my Rugged Liner I got for $150 installed.I put a piece of roofing rubber under it to try and keep the rubbing and any rattles to a minimum. So far so good...

 

 

[SouthCo]

A plastic drop in liner will not protect your bed from dents any more than a spray in liner will. And Line X is the best. I say let them pull the plastic drop in, but you should get more than a 250 credit. When I bought a little Tacoma back in 2003, the price for the factory plastic drop in was 500. Even back then I had it pulled for a Line X.

[BringTheRain403]

At least with a plastic liner you won't be able to see the dents unless you pull the liner out. I wouldn't get a spray in for exactly that reason. I'm to OCD and if there was a dent that I could see I would have to get it fixed. Out of sight out of mind kinda thing...

[arkenzo]

I like my Rugged Liner I got for $150 installed.I put a piece of roofing rubber under it to try and keep the rubbing and any rattles to a minimum. So far so good...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link to where you got it for $150

 

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[BringTheRain403]

Shop near my house. Junior's Automotive in Creighton PA. I can give you the # if you'd like...

[mzodarg]

It's been my experience that drop in liners are way to slick and IMO look cheap. To each his own!!

[CorvetteOJ]

This is my position on bed liners. Personally, I would never use a drop in bed liner, however, it does depend, entirely, I think, on what you plan to do with your truck. First of all, I will never haul anything dirtier than my golf clubs, and even then I will vacuum the bed after each use, to remove the dead grass that falls off the bag after it dries. Therefore, I have the bed rug, and hard painted Undercover bed cover. That works perfect for my purposes and provides a continuous sporty appearance, which is important to me. But that's me! That will not work for everyone.

 

However, if you are going to use your truck for a truck and sometimes haul dirt, rock, sod, rusty automotive parts, muddy four wheeler, or dead animals, then the drop in bed liner is without a doubt the way to go. They fit good, look presentable, and clean very easily. Yes, they will chafe in some areas. If you ever get tired of the drop in, and remove it, you will have to put a bed rug or something similar in its place because there will be some unsightly chafed areas showing. How do I know this, because I have been there twice in the last three years.

 

I bought a new 2010 Silverado, reg cab, short bed and paid $165 for a drop in bed liner. Yes, you can buy them all day around here for $150 to $200. After 6 months, I decided it was too ugly for my purposes and didn't go with all my bling. I removed it and had a hell of time trying to compound the chafe marks out of the bed. About a year later, I traded it on a 2012 Ext. Cab which was delivered with a drop in bed liner. It was a dealer trade and had 200 miles on it. I worked a deal with the parts manager to trade the drop in back to him for some chrome door handles and mirror caps. The bed already had some mild chafing showing after the 200 miles. I finally got it looking presentable.

 

I guess the bottom line to my dissertation is, I think it depends on what you are going to do with your truck. I do know from experience, if you go with a drop in, there ain't no turning back, especially if it has been in the truck for a while, at least not if you are OCD like "Rain" and I.

 

According to all the hype, you can haul sod on a bed rug, but I'm not sure it's going to clean up as good as a drop in bed liner would. I guess this is a little like the thread from a few weeks ago, about where to touch the door when closing it...it all goes back to "different strokes for different folks." Some thought that was a silly thread, but I found it very enlightening to know there were others who worried about fingerprints on their truck as much as I did. Once again...different strokes.

[BringTheRain403]

To go back to your different strokes for different strokes comment and take a bit further. In my short time on this earth I've learned that there's ass every seat. Basically if you build it someone somewhere is going to buy it. As I said I could never do the spray-in liners because I couldn't handle seeing dents that would almost certainly appear since I haul firewood and stuff like that. I put the drop-in liner in so I couldn't see the debts or anything else that happened the bed (what I don't know won't me kinda thing). I put the rubber down underneath the liner to minimize some of the rubbing. Only time will tell how that works out. Bedrug was my second choice but I didn't like that it was attached with Velcro

 

 

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[DRS 95 Silverado]

I went with the drop in liner. The way it locks under the bed rails and with the screws it's not as loose as some I've seen. I have a bet mat on top of it also. Almost went with the Dual-Liner but I figured this way I won't have seams in corners and around bottom for dirt to get in. I can lift up the corner of bed mat and rinse out under it like I do on my old truck with just the mat.

[ShotgunZ71]

Buy a trailer if you're worried about damaging the truck bed for doing what it was meant for. I have a Line-X liner in place for the extra grip in the bed and they are very durable. My last truck has a few scrapes in the back and a ding or two, but that's normal for a truck that was used as intended. To each his own, though. That's why we all have options to choose from.

[BringTheRain403]

Sorry I don't enjoy seeing dents the bed of a $50K truck. I'll spend $150 and hide them. You enjoy your dents...

 

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[CorvetteOJ]

To go back to your different strokes for different strokes comment and take a bit further. In my short time on this earth I've learned that there's ass every seat. Basically if you build it someone somewhere is going to buy it. As I said I could never do the spray-in liners because I couldn't handle seeing dents that would almost certainly appear since I haul firewood and stuff like that. I put the drop-in liner in so I couldn't see the debts or anything else that happened the bed (what I don't know won't me kinda thing). I put the rubber down underneath the liner to minimize some of the rubbing. Only time will tell how that works out. Bedrug was my second choice but I didn't like that it was attached with Velcro

 

 

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Yes sir, Rich, you have a good point there, reference the bed rug being held down with velcro. Anyone hauling anything of significance like firewood, I can't imagine that occurring without screwing up the velcro. In my opinion, the bed rug is more for a clean look than anything else. Although they promote how versatile it is, and how you can haul things and hose it off, etc., I can't ever imagine it meeting the standards of a drop in liner. However, for my purposes, it is perfect. I'm all about clean and neat. I did add a lot of commercial grade velcro to mine, especially on the tail gate, even though I will never haul anything in mine.