bedliners for tow vehicles (trucks, or course!!)

[Larry C]

I have been driving pickups all my life. My first was a new 1971 Chevy with a wood floor which worked great. I have since owned so many pickups I can't count. IMO/ the rubber mat is by far the best. The sprayon stuff comes off and lets the bed rust.

The plastic bed liners don't breath and lets water stay under the liner, more rust. The rubber mat is the most slip resistant. It sits proud of the bed ribs allowing air movement, and can be removed in seconds. Also, it offers the MOST impact resistance.

I take mine out to wash and inspect every time I wash my truck. I have carried motorcycles, stone, concrete construction debris, slept in the bed, dozens of loads of fire wood, and abused the mat more than you an imagine, and it protected the bed so it looks like a new truck, after 20 years, in the northern rust belt (read salt).

1992 PU that has had a rubber mat since it was new....

[Captain Monkeyshines]

I beg to differ on the spray on liners peeling off. I'm guessing they were not applied properly and the bed was not prepped correctly. While my rhinoliner certainly does not look new anymore, it has in no way peeled in the least, and except for where the bed bolts were removed the lining is still a solid piece. I had this applied 2 weeks after I got the truck in 2002, that's almost 10 years and 180,000 miles later.

In my last truck it was dirt and leaves getting under that darned plastic liner, and rubbing around til the paint was worn through that rusted out that bed.

[rowerwet]

I did the cheapo plasticote liner from wallyworld, it worked, but I always wished I had gone for the more expensive ones at the autoparts store http://www.autozone.com/autozone/access ... ier=229817. I knew some people who used it and it was much better. and much cheaper.
no matter what you use the prep is important, some spray on places only use a pressure washer to prep, I used a scotch-brite wheel in my die grinder to break the clearcoat on the paint. the only place that wore through was on the tailgate where the truck cap door seal wore through