Factory GM spray in bedliner, just my thoughts on it.

[Londawn]

See above

Edited September 25, 2019 by Londawn
Unnecessary

[MacLaren]

On 2/13/2019 at 7:17 PM, Camario said:

Factory spray bed liner seems pretty tough in my truck. And I’ve thrown all sorts of things in there. Granted it’s a 2017 and not that old?

Ya know, mine seems pretty darn good too. Mine is a 19. 

[Z45]

Same here, looks perfect.  I have seen the work done locally and I would not accept it. Sloppy and they are a well know brand installer. I am more than satisfied with mine, its just a truck, not a work of art. 

[MacLaren]

Lol, not to mention the 23.3 mpg I'm getting on this tank with about 200 miles in so far. 

I tell ya, that's freakin wonderful in itself. 

[Z45]

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I would imagine they are sanded.  Pretty sure they are all hand sprayed as well. 

 

Bed Liner, Spray-on, Pickup box bed liner with GMC logo consisting of high pressure, chemically bonded, sprayed-on polyurea & polyurethane liner formulation. Liner is permanently bonded to the truck bed providing a water tight seal. The textured, non-skid surface is black in color and robotically applied.

Edited October 17, 2019 by elcamino

[spizike9]

On 9/25/2019 at 4:54 PM, MacLaren said:

Lol, not to mention the 23.3 mpg I'm getting on this tank with about 200 miles in so far. 

I tell ya, that's freakin wonderful in itself. 

5.3 or 6.2? What type of driving? 

[MacLaren]

5.3 8 speed

2 lane rural mountain country roads

A lot of short trips too. 

[MacLaren]

2 hours ago, spizike9 said:

5.3 or 6.2? What type of driving? 

Actually I just filled up again.

I had 494 miles and filled up with right 21.5 gallons of fuel. 

The truck said I still could've went another 70 miles.

I didnt do quite as good as last time, but I did get 23 mpg.

I ask ya, what more could anyone want? 

Edited October 17, 2019 by MacLaren

[Thomcat]

On 2/14/2019 at 4:26 PM, newdude said:

 

I would imagine they are sanded.  Pretty sure they are all hand sprayed as well. 

 

GM does the liners off site.  Fort Wayne has a building a road over from the plant.  Ground Effects LTD is who sprays them for GM, Ultimate Linings is the brand.  Ultimate Linings also does the Ford and Ram spray liners. 

What's to sand on a new truck at the manufacturer? It not like it has a load of crap to be washed out first and prepped on a fresh clean factory color finish.. All you need is a formulation containing the right solvent that will soften and bond with the clear coat such as lacquer thinners. Once flashed off the resultant coating can be bulletproof. The factory sprayed in liner on my '16 looked perfect after three years of throwing and hauling crap in the bed and a nice neat install on my '19 also.

 

Irrelevant whether they spray under the side rails, can't store anything and water cant hang up there there anyway.

[Comscan]

On 10/17/2019 at 2:33 PM, Thomcat said:

What's to sand on a new truck at the manufacturer? It not like it has a load of crap to be washed out first and prepped on a fresh clean factory color finish.. All you need is a formulation containing the right solvent that will soften and bond with the clear coat such as lacquer thinners. Once flashed off the resultant coating can be bulletproof. The factory sprayed in liner on my '16 looked perfect after three years of throwing and hauling crap in the bed and a nice neat install on my '19 also.

 

Irrelevant whether they spray under the side rails, can't store anything and water cant hang up there there anyway.

Yup, exactly what he said!

[Toops]

On 2/14/2019 at 3:53 PM, Wintersun said:

My current truck has the GM drop-in bedliner and a spray in one would have been a better way to go. The bedliner cost me nothing as the dealer really wanted to move the truck. I would have an aftermarket guy do the spray-in lining and get a better job for the same price as the factory charges. 

 

A friend bought a commercial kit and made the cost back with the first two trucks he treated for the local dealer. Figure on about $30 worth of product with a $350 bedliner coating job.

I have a 2020 GMC 2500 AT4 ordered and the package comes with a spray-on bedliner. I have thoughts of purchasing the drop in liner to put over the spray-on. Has anyone ever done this before?

[Imcrazy]

Almost 95k on my 4-1/2 year old Silverado and the spray in bed liner is still going strong. I don't take it easy on truck either, certainly not a contractor but, I've done some serious weekend projects and I see no signs of wear... The exposed metal on my tailgate has many scratches down to the primer, probably should address that to avoid rust... Hoping to get 250k out of this truck before I get a new one...

[Cpl_Punishment]

On 3/22/2020 at 9:34 AM, Toops said:

I have a 2020 GMC 2500 AT4 ordered and the package comes with a spray-on bedliner. I have thoughts of purchasing the drop in liner to put over the spray-on. Has anyone ever done this before?

What would be the intent behind that, if you don't mind me asking?

[Toops]

1 hour ago, Cpl_Punishment said:

What would be the intent behind that, if you don't mind me asking?

I guess I’m not quite sure. Probably the ease of sliding totes/boxes in the bed. I’ve never had the Spray-in liner before. Maybe I should have asked if it’s easy to slide things around in the bed without having to pick them up to reposition them. By the way I’m new to this forum but am familiar with some others. By the way I was in the Marines Semper Fi. Thanks

Edited March 26, 2020 by Toops
Noticed Cpl Punishment was in the military.

[Dunn]

if the truck came with it fine but line x i would think be much better option and cheaper....if your only adding bedliner option

 

nothing the manufacturer does is top notch tho, it all has to meet a pricepoint and made for max profit so i wouldn't expect it to be as good....if it happened to come with one fine if not i just go to line x