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I recently laid a small carry-on suitcase on its back in my bed with factory spray-in bedliner, and strapped it against the front wall, using the factory tie downs on the side walls. I was surprised to discover that it still slid around especially side to side. Do any of you use a mat or rug to help keep items from sliding around in your bed even though it has a spray-in bedliner? If so, what? 

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SilveradoRST
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I had Line-X sprayed on my bed the first week of buying my truck.  But sometimes I was just lazy or couldn’t really tie down every little thing I threw back there.  So things slid around.  I have the

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When I turned 16 many many years ago and got my first truck, a Ford Ranger, I was so excited to clean it and make it mine. It had a drop in plastic bed liner, and I Armor-Alled the whole thing, looked

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I had Line-X sprayed on my bed the first week of buying my truck.  But sometimes I was just lazy or couldn’t really tie down every little thing I threw back there.  So things slid around.  I have the full bedrug now.   It’s a GM part but made by Bedrug.  Part number 84655118.  It helps preventing some things from sliding around.  Any smooth plastics like a bin would still need to be tied down.  And you probably don’t need the whole bedrug like me.   Having the bottom rug alone is good enough.  

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When I turned 16 many many years ago and got my first truck, a Ford Ranger, I was so excited to clean it and make it mine. It had a drop in plastic bed liner, and I Armor-Alled the whole thing, looked great! But wholy cow that thing was like ice! Haha. I ended up with a bed rug and problem mostly solved.

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MrLeadFoot Enthusiast

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Thanks for the Bed Rug recommendation. After looking at it, I have a few questions:

 

1) If I wanted to haul wood mulch or rock mulch would I remove the rug?

 

2) Is the hook side of the velcro on the bed or on the rug? I'm hoping the hook is on rug so stuff won't get caught in it if I were to remove the rug to haul a bit of dirt or something. 

 

3) What if use this in open bed and it rains? Must I remove it to dry it? 

 

 

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1) You don't have to remove the rug unless you want to

2) I can't remember for sure but I think the hook side is what sticks to the bed. It's been years since I had one.

3) NO. It is polypropylene and closed cell foam so it doesn't absorb water. It's essentially marine grade carpet.

 

https://bedrug.com/why-choose-bedrug

 

 

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Do you guys have the mat only, the XLT, or the full liner over your spray-in? I would think mat only or XLT because of difficulty with adhesion to the spray-in walls, is that right? 

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I have the full bedrug going up the bed walls.  I cheated and didn’t use any Velcro or adhesive for the walls and it‘s staying up so far.  No flopping down or anything.  It tucks under the bed rails and the 3 brackets on each side for my tonneau cover keeps it from flopping down as well.  Only Velcro tape I used was on the edges at the tailgate.  And of course I need it for the piece that stays on the tailgate itself.  Can’t say if that would be the same for everyone but worked for me.  

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The GMC rubber bed mat from GMC accessories is fantastic. I have it and love it. Absorbs impacts and everything sticks like velcro back there. Also knocks down sound. Not expensive either. 

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Husky makes a nice bed mat. I have one in my 2022 Silverado (no bedliner) and also one in my 2019 GMC Canyon on top of the factory spray-in bedliner.

 

Here is where i got mine for my Silverado. https://amzn.to/3ItpsdY

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I have the OEM spray in bed liner and I have a GM rubber bet mat on top of that, it's been about 2 years and no issues to report.

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