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10 hours ago, Toops said:

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

The only issue with sliding things around is those objects may get scratched.  I have a bed mat for if I am hauling anything I do not want to get scratched and it is easy enough to roll it out if I am hauling scrap, mulch, anything I hunt, etc.

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Black02Silverado
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Just a quick observation on the factory spray in bedliner.  After looking over my truck and installing the bed cover, here is my thoughts.   1. This factory or should I say GM SIBL is exactl

Camario
Camario

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?

Grumpy Bear
Grumpy Bear

I was given the option to have it done at the dealership and after looking at the ones on the lot came to the same conclusion you have. Cheap job done with cheap materials without the proper prep work

Cpl_Punishment Senior Enthusiast

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11 hours ago, Toops said:

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

I have heard that stuff doesn't slide on the spray in liner very well. However, I'm not sure it would slide much better on a drop in liner. One of my friends keeps rubber mats in the bed of his GMT-900 to enable stuff to slide a little easier and to keep the liner from scratching his stuff. 

 

Sorry if I accidentally gave the impression I was in the military. This is just the screen name I use for all my online activities.

Cpl_Punishment Senior Enthusiast

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1 hour ago, Sjordan said:

The only issue with sliding things around is those objects may get scratched.  I have a bed mat for if I am hauling anything I do not want to get scratched and it is easy enough to roll it out if I am hauling scrap, mulch, anything I hunt, etc.

Used to be we worried about our stuff scratching the bed. Now we worry about the bed liner scratching our stuff. ?

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Cpl_Punishment Senior Enthusiast

Cpl_Punishment

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8 hours ago, Dunn said:

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

I think it depends on what exactly the GM liner is. In Canada, GM charges $600 for their liner and Line X charges $530 for theirs. So if the GM liner is decent quality, it might be worth $70 not to have to take your truck to a shop on a weekday, drop it off for a few hours, get a ride or a taxi back and forth, etc. 

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18 minutes ago, Cpl_Punishment said:

I have heard that stuff doesn't slide on the spray in liner very well. However, I'm not sure it would slide much better on a drop in liner. One of my friends keeps rubber mats in the bed of his GMT-900 to enable stuff to slide a little easier and to keep the liner from scratching his stuff. 

 

Sorry if I accidentally gave the impression I was in the military. This is just the screen name I use for all my online activities.

 

17 minutes ago, Cpl_Punishment said:

Used to be we worried about our stuff scratching the bed. Now we worry about the bed liner scratching our stuff. ?

Thanks for the info. I may just get the bed rug. Had that on my last two trucks and was awesome. If you ever kneeled in the bed the rug is the way to go. I might be waiting for a while anyway with GM not productive with trucks now. I have time to think about it. I like forums, people have honest opinions and is very helpful.

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Dunn Senior Enthusiast

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33 minutes ago, Cpl_Punishment said:

I think it depends on what exactly the GM liner is. In Canada, GM charges $600 for their liner and Line X charges $530 for theirs. So if the GM liner is decent quality, it might be worth $70 not to have to take your truck to a shop on a weekday, drop it off for a few hours, get a ride or a taxi back and forth, etc. 

yeah its kind of pain....line x quoted me  like $425 for basic and $525 for their best one which is supposedly really strong and lots of praise.....but yeah I have to drop it off and wait 4 hrs.....its nice to drive off with everything done but not so nice to have liner peeling so that can be hassle too....I have seen quite a few where people had peeling issue when I was looking at doing this, but everyone said line x was superior product so idk.....where I live it probably wouldn't matter but some of you where weather is drastic and how you use truck may or may not be an issue

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I like the fact stuff doesn't slide with spray in, I had plastic drop in and everything would be sliding  around in back while driving....paint cans opening up, heavy stuff smashing tailgate for me it wasn't good....but again it depends how you use your truck.....you may want stuff to slide really easy it could be beneficial to some

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Cpl_Punishment Senior Enthusiast

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51 minutes ago, Dunn said:

yeah its kind of pain....line x quoted me  like $425 for basic and $525 for their best one which is supposedly really strong and lots of praise.....but yeah I have to drop it off and wait 4 hrs.....its nice to drive off with everything done but not so nice to have liner peeling so that can be hassle too....I have seen quite a few where people had peeling issue when I was looking at doing this, but everyone said line x was superior product so idk.....where I live it probably wouldn't matter but some of you where weather is drastic and how you use truck may or may not be an issue

I went with standard because my understanding is the only thing the "better" ones add is UV protection, which I didn't figure I needed because I have a canopy on my truck. 

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1 hour ago, Cpl_Punishment said:

I think it depends on what exactly the GM liner is. In Canada, GM charges $600 for their liner and Line X charges $530 for theirs. So if the GM liner is decent quality, it might be worth $70 not to have to take your truck to a shop on a weekday, drop it off for a few hours, get a ride or a taxi back and forth, etc. 

When I was at the dealership building the truck, I’m pretty sure the spray-on bedliner was built into the AT4. I guess I never did ask if it was an option not to have it done. When I get the truck (not sure when) I’ll let you know how I think of the quality and so forth. I’ll see if I can add a photo too.

Cpl_Punishment Senior Enthusiast

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41 minutes ago, Toops said:

When I was at the dealership building the truck, I’m pretty sure the spray-on bedliner was built into the AT4. I guess I never did ask if it was an option not to have it done. When I get the truck (not sure when) I’ll let you know how I think of the quality and so forth. I’ll see if I can add a photo too.

I've mostly looked at trucks with the build and price tool and it's been optional on all the ones I've built but I don't think I've built an AT4 and it could just be that the dealers aren't ordering any without the liner. 

 

Yeah, I'd be interested in your thoughts on the quality. Thanks. 

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Toops

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7 minutes ago, Cpl_Punishment said:

I've mostly looked at trucks with the build and price tool and it's been optional on all the ones I've built but I don't think I've built an AT4 and it could just be that the dealers aren't ordering any without the liner. 

 

Yeah, I'd be interested in your thoughts on the quality. Thanks. 

Yes I will do that. Thanks 

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f8l vnm Senior Enthusiast

f8l vnm

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anyone try Rhino liner ?  I have been using them for 3 of my last trucks. Price is comparable and it feels thick and dosent kill the knees. Never any issues with it holding up 

JimCost2014 Senior Enthusiast

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Had Rhino in 3 different trucks, really liked the product, would use them again if I bought a truck without a liner.

 

The 3 K2's I have/had all came with the factory (Line-X?) and they have worked well, I keep my factory GM rubber mat on top and for the most part things stay in place.

 

The one advantage to the factory, is that they do a nice clean job on the installation, where as no matter where I took my other trucks, they always managed to put a scratch somewhere, or overspray all over the place.

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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?


This is so ridiculously unnecessary.


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GM factory bed liner is one of the best. It's extremely tough. I've had loads of sharp edged rock dumped into my bed multiple times...the bedliner doesn't seem to mind. Things slide on it quite well too. It is a rough texture and I wouldn't slide anything on it that is softer than the liner. If you want to transport nice wood furniture, etc, put a rubber mat in the bed. I'm honestly amazed that anyone would have any complaints about it. 

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