Plastic bed rail covers and spray on bed liner?
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Plastic bed rail covers and spray on bed liner?
I have a 2000 F-150 that I use for camping. I would like to get the bed lined (line-x or rhino) and I am concerned about the plastic bed rail covers.
Can I take them off? Do I need to? I would like the liner all the way around the top of the rails. The bed liner place said they were an integral part of the bed construction and that if I took them off the bed would be weaker.
I have a hard time believing that a ****ty plastic rail cap would have that much importance, but Ford has surprised me before.
The whole deal is simple, I have a camper shell which I would like to bolt to the bed permanatly. I want the whole bed lined so it wont rust. I will seal the holes after I drill. With all the little gaps in between the body parts i want the back to be as water tight as i can make it because wet sleeping bags suck.
So anyone with any ideas or experiance please let me know.
Thanks
Can I take them off? Do I need to? I would like the liner all the way around the top of the rails. The bed liner place said they were an integral part of the bed construction and that if I took them off the bed would be weaker.
I have a hard time believing that a ****ty plastic rail cap would have that much importance, but Ford has surprised me before.
The whole deal is simple, I have a camper shell which I would like to bolt to the bed permanatly. I want the whole bed lined so it wont rust. I will seal the holes after I drill. With all the little gaps in between the body parts i want the back to be as water tight as i can make it because wet sleeping bags suck.
So anyone with any ideas or experiance please let me know.
Thanks
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The aftermarket aluminum diamond plate bed rails attach to the factory plastic caps with 3M double stick tape (and one screw on each side). A good brand is Dee Zee.
It's really not a very good idea to apply a bedliner product to aluminum rail caps. Aluminum has a unique property when exposed to water called cathodic migration which can lift the bedliner material (or primer) from the aluminum if there is an edge (edge of bedliner and aluminum) exposed to water.
It's really not a very good idea to apply a bedliner product to aluminum rail caps. Aluminum has a unique property when exposed to water called cathodic migration which can lift the bedliner material (or primer) from the aluminum if there is an edge (edge of bedliner and aluminum) exposed to water.
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I don't think a bedliner product could be applied to the Pace Edwards rails and look nice and still allow the cover to function properly. I think you're better off either painting it or having it re-powdercoated.
Typically, when your dealing with fairly flimsy plastic, it's best to apply the bedliner all away around to totally encapsulate the plastic, as we do with say....Bushwacker flares. The plastic rail caps can't be totally encapsulated (or else they would not fit back onto the truck) so, I would discourage spraying the caps.
Typically, when your dealing with fairly flimsy plastic, it's best to apply the bedliner all away around to totally encapsulate the plastic, as we do with say....Bushwacker flares. The plastic rail caps can't be totally encapsulated (or else they would not fit back onto the truck) so, I would discourage spraying the caps.
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