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

[15 Z71]

What's the point of a spray in bed liner when your never going to take off the sprayed bed liner? Protect the paint when your never going to see it again?? And drop in liner just rubs the paint off.

[b1gted]

What's the point of a spray in bed liner when your never going to take off the sprayed bed liner? Protect the paint when your never going to see it again?? And drop in liner just rubs the paint off.

 

The point of a spray in, isn't to protect the paint, it is to replace the paint with something that won't scratch when the bed of the truck is used as intended, to haul things.

[kp52]

+1 on the bedtred. I started using them in my rams in 2010 or so and used the same one in three trucks, first couple they would send me the velcro install kit for free - now they charge 50.00 for it lol. After four years, three trucks and tons of cargo it still looked like new after some scrubbing.

 

Swapping them between trucks is easy and they do no damage underneath. I bought one for my '15 Silverado as well and swapped it into this '16 SLT. I dont mind the spray in liners but these being soft absorb some impact, plus things dont slide around like paint or drop-ins. I have nothing against the factory spray ins, but with the bedtred if you swap every year or two like I do it saves a few bucks if you keep the same brand and the beds stay the same.

 

I've never kept a truck with a drop in long enough for it to rust badly, but have a had a couple wear spots to bare metal. but if it rubs off the paint it rubs off the rust too

 

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.

[mikepol2]

This all seems to boil down to one question...do you want to be able to slide things or not. Yes? Get the drop in plastic liner. No? Spray in, mat or rug.

[sk]

I got the full BedRug and love it. That being said if I had it to do over again (and cost didn't matter!) I think I would get a full BedTred for most of the time and the BedMat (basically just the floor portion of the BedRug) to put in when I wanted to camp/lounge/etc.

 

And on a side note -- I just recently pulled the drop-in out of my 1994 Silverado and looked under it. It has been in that truck since December 1993 and the paint was rubbed to a "matte" finish on top of the wheelwells but was fine everywhere else with absolutely no rust spots on the bed.

[15 Z71]

I would not put anything in mine if it had not come with factory spray in. My 06 never had one. I used it for anything and everything. Yeah it had scratches on it but not rust 9 years later. What I liked about it,if you got oil or anything on it, it wiped right up. This spray'in stains so easy.

[Donstar]

I would not put anything in mine if it had not come with factory spray in. My 06 never had one. I used it for anything and everything. Yeah it had scratches on it but not rust 9 years later. What I liked about it,if you got oil or anything on it, it wiped right up. This spray'in stains so easy.

Excellent point! Prior to my 2000 Sliverado, I didn't put anything in the box for protection except for a scrap piece of plywood for those particularly harsh loads. The patina of a working truck box isn't a bad thing nor does it reduce the value of a truck. Subsequent owners could put in a spray liner if they don't like the natural look!

[Deanjo]

Excellent point! Prior to my 2000 Sliverado, I didn't put anything in the box for protection except for a scrap piece of plywood for those particularly harsh loads. The patina of a working truck box isn't a bad thing nor does it reduce the value of a truck. Subsequent owners could put in a spray liner if they don't like the natural look!

 

 

Carried around the same 3/4" sheet for nearly 30 years in the old 1980. Paint wore a bit on the humps but zero rust. Even on a lease they consider the box to be normal wear and tear and don't ding you for scratches, dents, etc. In my 2014, thew in the GM rubber mat. Good enough.

[426ted]

I think the factory liner sucks. Or at least it does in my truck. Way too slippery (compared to the Line-X in my last truck) and areas that Line-X sprays were not by the factory, such as the box rails and the lower 2" of the tailgate.

[15 Z71]

I know a guy who owns a line x shop. He told me that the gm factory liners are line x. They are just sprayed to GM spec. So basically half of what you get if you have it done.

[moosehead1]

Liner protects your truck, bedrug protects your stuff.

[tnchevy]

Drop in bed liners don't look as cool but IMO they are still the best overall solution.

[b1gted]

Liner protects your truck, bedrug protects your stuff.

100% agree

[Donstar]

A gm bed mat does a great job of protecting the bed and keeping things in place. Today I added a gm tailgate cover to save me from lifting objects over the tailgate. It inexpensive, functional, good looking and easy to install!

 

[wulfgott]

I would not put anything in mine if it had not come with factory spray in. My 06 never had one. I used it for anything and everything. Yeah it had scratches on it but not rust 9 years later. What I liked about it,if you got oil or anything on it, it wiped right up. This spray'in stains so easy.

With my BedTred, I have not had any issues with stains so far. I spilled some oil not long after I got it and it wiped up pretty nicely. A couple of weeks ago while moving I had a battery flip over when I had to stop suddenly and I guess I didn't have my board in the right place. It flipped over and a little acid leaked out. After clean up can't even tell where the oil or acid originally spilled.