I have a 2000 F150 Short Bed. Just bought a couple months ago and it didn't come with a bedliner. Will a 2013 Short Bed bedliner mount up? Found one on Craigslist for a pretty cheap price.

Need something with Winter coming up soon. If not will just undercoat until Spring.

It is the 5.5

 

not a chance.

 

And generally the plastic drop in ones are worse than having none at all rust wise, because they'll trap water in between. They're only really good for keeping your bed looking new underneath.

 

Get a spray on liner.

 

Line-X or rhino lining! i had a drop in and it's junk. get a good spray in liner done!

 

Only thing that sucks is the bed has about four holes in it from something that was mounted in it. Could someone weld plates over them or apply heat tape and then apply spray on?

 

Spend the money to do it right, take it to a Line-X dealer.

 

Some of the local spray-in dealers have used plastic drop-ins available for $50 or so. These are the ones they removed from customer's trucks.

Call around. I understand the fervor and hysteria over Line-X here (they are super-nice, no doubt), but not every 12yr old truck needs a $600 spray-in

 

Ummmm, not sure I completely and totally agree with this logic. I had my plastic Ford bed liner out just last week. The bed liner came with the truck from the dealer, so dealer installed item on day one. That liner has been in my bed, untouched, since April of '02. Took it out last week to get to the bed bolts for another project and when I pulled it out, I was literally and completely blown away by the excellent condition of the bed. Around the rear (tailgate end) where there's no overlap or anything, sure; it was dirty and what-not, but only dirty. And the dirt and signs of water only indicated that such had creeped forward under the liner a few inches. Zero signs of corrosion anywhere and zero signs that water, dirt, and other elements had been creeping in down the sides or any other areas of the bed. I'd argue it's been doing a damn fine job.

Now, don't get me wrong, I'm in no way saying the spray in isn't better, just sayin. Line-X is on my short list of projects also.

I'm also confused about your statement anyways; How is it that a drop in bed liner will keep my bed looking new and but the same time trap water and promote rust?

 

If its new when you drop it in it'll be less likely for the paint to get chipped, scratched, dinged, etc. that layer of paint is all you have to protect against rust, so that's why you had no real signs of it. Now take a truck that's been used and not new off the dealer floor and trap water on a bed full of scratches where it's bare metal exposed and that'll cause some bad rust issues. Hopefully that makes a little more sense.

 

http://www.u-pol.com/product-cat/83/.htm

The best $100 ever spent on my truck was this stuff!