The spray-in bed liner is like 100 grit sandpaper...

[m3n00b]

Dude!

 

-tapa

[stereojnky]

Lol. The next time I need to refinish some furniture, I'll just toss it in the back of the truck and drive around for a week.

 

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[TxTruckMan]

Lol. The next time I need to refinish some furniture, I'll just toss it in the back of the truck and drive around for a week.

 

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Be sure to rotate every 20 miles for an even finish...

[Brian S.]

A drop in liner just has to many downsides. They trap water underneath and cause rust issues. They also trap dirt and debris. Plus a spray in liner looks 10x better. The drop ins just look bad to me with the big cut out holes for tie downs.

 

 

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(shrugs)

 

I guess I've never had a truck 5 years, but I've never seen any rust. Also don't know why a drop in would cause it to rust, all the metal is primed, painted, clear coated. You think a soft plastic liner with no sharp edges is cutting through three layers of coating?

 

As far as the cut outs go, can't see them under the tonneau.

[jhplak325]

(shrugs)I guess I've never had a truck 5 years, but I've never seen any rust. Also don't know why a drop in would cause it to rust, all the metal is primed, painted, clear coated. You think a soft plastic liner with no sharp edges is cutting through three layers of coating?As far as the cut outs go, can't see them under the tonneau.

The drop in liners will rub those 3 layers of coatings away, water and dirt gets trapped between the liner and bed. There is no way for this moister to air out.

 

I have pulled many drop in liners and there wasn't much sheet metal left under them.

 

A sprayed in liner is the only way to go.

[Brian S.]

http://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1000011-who-uses-a-drop-in-bed-liner.html

 

Most of the people in this thread are like me, use drop in liners, no rust.

 

My dad and I have always used drop ins, no rust.

 

I'm not saying it's not possible for truck beds to rust, but I don't think its guaranteed.

[m3n00b]

The drop in liners will rub those 3 layers of coatings away, water and dirt gets trapped between the liner and bed. There is no way for this moister to air out.

 

I have pulled many drop in liners and there wasn't much sheet metal left under them.

 

A sprayed in liner is the only way to go.

Not true at all. My dad had a 1992 4x4 wt with a drop in for 15 years that was his daily and work truck through many Tahoe winters. We pulled the drop in out and the paint was fine.

 

-tapa

[dagwood2001]

Dude, I know. That's why I'm hauling furniture in it. That doesn't mean that I want my furniture sanded down to raw wood...

 

i was breaking balls, good natured. Sarcasm is tough to pick up on the net.

[99-ls1-ss]

i was breaking balls, good natured. Sarcasm is tough to pick up on the net.

All is good. I was picking with you too.

[Donstar]

You destroy the paint when applying spray in liners. A well applied, good quality spray in liner looks sharp but is not there to protect the original finish. A proper fitting bed liner will do an excellent job of protecting your truck without rubbing off the paint and damaging the original finish. I have owned many pick up trucks and used various strategies to protect the box from unnecessary dings and scratches. With my new truck I am using only a gm bed mat and will use tarps when hauling dirt or rocks. It is the floor of the bed that has the most potential for scratches. If the box needs refinishing in a few years, a spray in liner may be the solution. In the meantime, I enjoy the factory painted look!

[mikepol2]

I've been driving Silverados for about 15 years and always used plastic drop in bed liners. My 2015 came with the factory spray in and I hated it, you can't slide heavy stuff in or out, and isn't that the reason you buy a truck in the first place? Plus plastic liners keep you from denting the bed. Got so sick of it that I went to the Chevy dealer and bought a GM plastic liner today and dropped it in over the spray-on, then went out and bought 1,000 lbs of retaining wall block, it was a breeze loading it all the way to the cab. Just make sure you get the kit with the 9 round plugs to cover up the holes in the liner for the side tie-downs if you get a Chevy liner.

[joemartin]

BedTred by BedRug is what I have and love it.

 

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[b1gted]

I just did this for the same reasons.

 

 

 

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[wulfgott]

BedTred by BedRug is what I have and love it.

 

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I also have the BedTred. I loved how the bed looked with factory paint personally. I know it wouldn't last (its a truck). So, was considering spray ins. I wished mine had the factory spray in when I first got it though. When all was said and done I settled on the BedTred. It looks like a spray in, very clean. Easy to remove if I want to, which I haven't wanted to. Protects everything. Seems to (for me at least) to have just enough abrasiveness to prevent things from sliding around. Not so abrasive that my kids can't roll around in the black and have rug burn sanding type marks on their knees too easily. On top of that, it is padded so if I can toss things like a brick onto it from a short distance and it won't explode.

 

My father had Rhino liner and it was very good too. Which is whom I was going to go with before I found BedTred. I had a plastic dropin liner in my old truck. They worked great too. The key I found to those was buy one that was specifically made to fit the truck and you shouldn't have any problems if you go that route. If you get a generic one that was made to fit but not form fitted then that is where I believe many of the problems come from. Non-fitted drop ins will rub down the paint in many places under the liner and expose the bare metal which can after a very very long time allow it to rust if moisture then gets underneath. There are plenty of youtube videos showing rusted out beds from plastic liners. Form fitted ones like the GM factory I believe would alleviate most of those issues though. I have personally never had a form fitted one designed specifically for my truck with no gaps before though.

 

All that being said again, I am VERY VERY happy with my BedTred and would buy one again without hesitation.

 

I love the idea that many had with a bedmat or BedRug over the sprayins too. I may consider that next time, you never know.

[LoganX]

I use the drop ins cause I am loading Hvac equipment and hauling and prefer it to slide, much easier to handle that way. Weather tech makes an underliner for drop ins to protect the paint rubbing from the drop in shifting that little bit. So its a bed liner for your bed liner as people has made fun of me for buying. $100 bucks.

 

Still have the old truck, 8 years with drop in will see if I cant pop it out and take some pictures