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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / 4x4 Cars / April 2005Spray on Bedliner Recommendation
Buying a new pickup truck shortly and I'm strongly leaning on a spray on bedliner. I've shopped around a little, just curious as if anyone has used a product call "Pro-Tex" by SEM. Any thoughts on it versus Rhino Linings? Anything else I should bear in mind when considering a spray-on liner? Thanks, Anthony Linex > Buying a new pickup truck shortly and I'm strongly leaning on a spray on > bedliner. I've shopped around a little, just curious as if anyone has [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Thanks, > Anthony Sorry, Line-X > Buying a new pickup truck shortly and I'm strongly leaning on a spray on > bedliner. I've shopped around a little, just curious as if anyone has [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Thanks, > Anthony > Buying a new pickup truck shortly and I'm strongly leaning on a spray on > bedliner. I've shopped around a little, just curious as if anyone has [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Thanks, > Anthony I have only knowledge of Line-X, which is what's sprayed in my '99 Chevy. I like it a lot, I unloaded gravel from it all last week end. It holds up great. Brian >Buying a new pickup truck shortly and I'm strongly leaning on a spray on >bedliner. I've shopped around a little, just curious as if anyone has used >a product call "Pro-Tex" by SEM. Any thoughts on it versus Rhino Linings? FWIW there are sometimes other factors to consider. A slip in bed liner can protect the top of the bed rails, something that spray on will not do. And, at least in my case, slip in was much cheaper (and that was from the dealer, too.) than spray. Most spray liners won't warranty damage caused or related to shoveling out the load. Most say that if you use a shovel in the bed, the warranty is void. I've not had problems shoveling my drop in, but were I to have a spray in, I'd just drop in a 4x8 sheet of 3/8 ply and put the load on that--that solves the wraranty issue. : FWIW there are sometimes other factors to consider. A slip in bed : liner can protect the top of the bed rails, something that spray on : will not do. My bed rails have Rhino Liner on them. Protection is the same as for the sides, around 1/8". My first truck actually damaged the paint around the top of the bed rails, as it was chaffing the paint. The Rhino managed to cover most of the damage, but some of it was too low... : Most spray liners won't : warranty damage caused or related to shoveling out the load. Most say : that if you use a shovel in the bed, the warranty is void. I don't believe Rhino has such a limitation. Never managed to ding it shoveling, either. Only damage I heard of to Rhino was a fork lift that had the forks just a tad too low. Only problem with Rhino is finding a dealer that knows what they are doing, and perform the proper prep work, else you will have problems. Bruce  Signature------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I like bad!" Bruce Burden Austin, TX. - Thuganlitha The Power and the Prophet Robert Don Hughes > : FWIW there are sometimes other factors to consider. A slip in bed > : liner can protect the top of the bed rails, something that spray on [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Bruce But does Rhino have a lifetime warranty for as long as you own the truck? So, if you get a bad installation - you don't have to pay to get it fixed? : But does Rhino have a lifetime warranty for as long as you own the truck? Yes, it does. : So, if you get a bad installation - you don't have to pay to get it fixed? Wasn't my truck, but it was fixed. :-) Dealer sprayed new Rhino under the tear, after preping the area, and simply laid the old Rhino into the new. Problem solved... Bruce Signature------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I like bad!" Bruce Burden Austin, TX. - Thuganlitha The Power and the Prophet Robert Don Hughes > My bed rails have Rhino Liner on them. Protection is the > same as for the sides, around 1/8". [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > to ding it shoveling, either. Only damage I heard of to Rhino > was a fork lift that had the forks just a tad too low. I realized after I posted that you could spray the rails, especially if using a matched color. As to warranty, the best thing is to read it first! If the term abuse is included as a warranty exclusion then make they define abuse in writing, or walk. > >Buying a new pickup truck shortly and I'm strongly leaning on a spray on > >bedliner. I've shopped around a little, just curious as if anyone has used [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > just drop in a 4x8 sheet of 3/8 ply and put the load on that--that > solves the wraranty issue. For shoveling and rough drag loads, go to Lowes/Home Depot and buy a 4x8 sheet of the plastic lattice material. About 1/8 thick, it comes in several grid sizes. Shovel or drag the load out, slip the out the lattice work and sweep or hose. Cheap, works great even over bed liners. SignatureWill Honea >For shoveling and rough drag loads, go to Lowes/Home Depot and buy a >4x8 sheet of the plastic lattice material. About 1/8 thick, it comes >in several grid sizes. Shovel or drag the load out, slip the out the >lattice work and sweep or hose. Cheap, works great even over bed >liners. My 4x8 ply suggestion is better in that it keeps the bed cleaner! Plus it is cheaper, and won't break. <g> Another solution that I use is 10 mil nylon reinforced plastic. > >For shoveling and rough drag loads, go to Lowes/Home Depot and buy a > >4x8 sheet of the plastic lattice material. About 1/8 thick, it comes [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > it is cheaper, and won't break. <g> Another solution that I use is 10 > mil nylon reinforced plastic. The original reason I got the plastic was to keep the bottoms of some boxes and bags dry on a trip. Keeps them out of the floor channels and doesn't wick water. Whatever you use, make sure to clean the bed before putting it in - that leftover dirt grinds thru about anything. SignatureWill Honea >The original reason I got the plastic was to keep the bottoms of some >boxes and bags dry on a trip. Keeps them out of the floor channels >and doesn't wick water. > >Whatever you use, make sure to clean the bed before putting it in - >that leftover dirt grinds thru about anything. Now that is an angle that I had not thought of! <g> Good idea. Or do what my Dad has always done. Scratch the h@LL out of that truck bed and when your ready to sell it put in the bed liner. The last one he did he had the liner sprayed all the way up and over the rails,not a problem. |
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