Bed Liners

[Sierra1500wt]

I have a 2013 Sierra that I just purchased and it came with a Bed Liner, would it be wise to remove this liner until I get a sprayed liner? I am thinking of removing it, because I have heard stories of the Bed liners trapping in moisture and rusting the bed out.

 

I never usually haul things, so I am not worried about damaging the bare bed liner if I do take it out.. I was looking at getting a tonneau cover as well, would this be more wise then purchasing a spray in bed liner? meaning if I did, would or could this solve the problem of the bed rusting out, due to moisture now not being trapped between the bed and the plastic drop in liner that's in it now..if the tonneau cover was installed?

 

I do live in Ontario Canada, so it will see Winter, not sure if that ,matters or not in my question..

 

Thanks Everyone

 

Rob

[SouthernSilveradoGuy85]

All of my trucks have had the plastic drop in liners and never had a problem. First one was an '86 that was actually a work truck, It was 16 years old when I bought it and I removed the liner just to check out the bed and not even surface rust. Next was the '98 and even though I never checked it out because I always had a toolbox in it and didn't want to remove that just to remove the liner to check. But, I never felt anything and didn't have any rust on the body that I saw. Had that truck from '04 until '14. I can't speak for anyone else, but I've never had that problem.

 

I would leave the liner in there until you get the spray on one put on.

 

I thought about a spray on kind, but most if not all have a gritty sandpaper feel and to me that could damage stuff if you slide it on there. So I actually prefer a plastic one. Maybe there's some spray on/roll on types that doesn't feel like sandpaper.

[Sierra1500wt]

All of my trucks have had the plastic drop in liners and never had a problem. First one was an '86 that was actually a work truck, It was 16 years old when I bought it and I removed the liner just to check out the bed and not even surface rust. Next was the '98 and even though I never checked it out because I always had a toolbox in it and didn't want to remove that just to remove the liner to check. But, I never felt anything and didn't have any rust on the body that I saw. Had that truck from '04 until '14. I can't speak for anyone else, but I've never had that problem.

 

I would leave the liner in there until you get the spray on one put on.

 

I thought about a spray on kind, but most if not all have a gritty sandpaper feel and to me that could damage stuff if you slide it on there. So I actually prefer a plastic one. Maybe there's some spray on/roll on types that doesn't feel like sandpaper.

Thanks SSGuy

That was a big help and appreciate the feedback.. I will most likely remove the Liner see the condition of the bed, if all seems good, I may save my money and buy the Tonneau Cover, I read on a website, if you take off the liner, and it is in good shape, then smothering it with wax would be a good option....then put the liner back on..

 

Thnx Again

 

Rob

[sdeeter19555]

The plastic ones will buff the paint off eventually, but I never found that to be a problem. I ran plastic drop-ins in all my Dodges, half the paint would be scuffed off and the bed just as solid after 300k as when new, just had a little less paint. I went with drop-in liners because most guys bought a truck with a drop-in and then took it out to be sprayed...I know I got at least three of mine for nothing.

 

This Rhino - liner "hardliner" in my 2012 is my first sprayed liner. The bed is dented from dropped items, there are places where the liner is torn and cut, and needs touched up...my plastic liners never had that problem because they acted like a cushion in most instances...

 

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[Sierra1500wt]

The plastic ones will buff the paint off eventually, but I never found that to be a problem. I ran plastic drop-ins in all my Dodges, half the paint would be scuffed off and the bed just as solid after 300k as when new, just had a little less paint. I went with drop-in liners because most guys bought a truck with a drop-in and then took it out to be sprayed...I know I got at least three of mine for nothing.

 

This Rhino - liner "hardliner" in my 2012 is my first sprayed liner. The bed is dented from dropped items, there are places where the liner is torn and cut, and needs touched up...my plastic liners never had that problem because they acted like a cushion in most instances...

 

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Thanks SDEETER, so much help on my post, greatly appreciated...this is my first time ever owning a truck (Im 47) so I am trying to learn as much as I can... I came from a 2011 Camaro and LOVE my Truck.. never will go back to a car and only have had my truck for less then a month..

 

I love to see whats around me as well

 

Thanks Again

 

Rob

[dkjbama]

Had a drop in put in my truck when I bought it in 08. no problems thus far, but road salt is a once every couple years thing around here. I did add a rubber bed mat on top of the liner a couple years ago to keep stuff from sliding around.

 

If I drove around in brine 6 months out of the year, I would be tempted by a spray in myself.

[GLSierra13]

I've had drop-in and spay-in liners. No problems with any of them though the drop-in did scuff up the paint in the bed a bit because it moves around ever so slightly. I put a GM OEM bed matt in my new truck after the spray-in liner was put in and have a tonneau cover on it.

[anumber1]

I have had a plastic, drop in since new in my '99 Silverado reg cab shortbox Z71.

 

The rocker panels have all but dissolved,rust holes above the rear wheels, frame looks bad, 2 sets of replacement brake lines and fuel lines.

 

300,000 miles, 17 years of Michigan and North West Ohio winters. It has seen every blizzard, All the brine.

 

Truck has been used as a truck. Landscape rock haulin,scoops of topsoil, hauls cords of firewood, project engines, transmissions rolled around back there, towed a carhauler for at least 100,000 of its 300,000 miles.

 

Other than where the paint has been buffed off by the plastic bed liner, the inside of the box looks new. Not even a little rusty. The bed will outlast the frame. Tailgate is gettin pretty rusty too...

[Sierra1500wt]

Thanks everyone, , you have all given great feedback. I did take off the drop in liner today, to make sure it wasn't rusting and was EXACTLY as ppl mentioned, just scuffed and worn slightly. Since I had it out I did power spray it until it was completely clean and let it dry fully, I rubber coated the whole bed, just to give it that extra protection, let it dry fully and put the liner back in.. I will now buy a Tonneau Cover, instead of having a liner spray, to hopefully ad that extra protection from water and such.

 

Thanks again, everyone

 

Rob

[Silverado4x4]

I went with spray in liner on 1 of my trucks I owned and to tell you the truth I dont like them at all. I have had 9 trucks since 1984 and all of them had drop in liners and not one of those had rust under the liner, the spray in recieved a dent in the bed floor for hauling tree logs that I dropped (slipped out of my hand) and that was in my 2012, never again will I own a spray in liner and when they get some age on them they turn ugly.

[sk]

Get a BedRug. Since the name says "rug" people think they are carpet but they are made from polypropylene and don't hold water. They will even send you a small sample of the material if you ask:

 

http://www.bedrug.com/products/bed-liners.html

 

You can also just get the bottom portion if you want it (they call it the "BedMat").

[karlmg]

Another method is to use Line-X. It is pricey but durable and won't fade easily.

[06pirate]

The plastic liners scuff the paint, but then so does normal use without one, so what's the difference? At least the plastic prevents some dents, etc. I have them in both the GMC and the old Toyota truck, no problems with rust. I don't like the spray-in stuff myself because you can't slide things around easily. Some like that, some don't.