I am getting a spay on bed liner soon (about two years late). I have a few dents in the bed mostly on the wheel wells. Will the spay on fill the dents or should I get them popped out before the liner goes in?

Thanks!

 

It is just like very thick paint. It will fill in some scratches but not dents. It will follow the contour of what is being sprayed.

 

Pop 'em out if they bother you that much. The spray on liners just cover any contours that are already on the bed. They're about 1/8" thick I think, so if they are really small dents it may kind of hide them, but it won't just fill them in.

 

They dont cover/hide dents. They will prevent some of the smaller dents from occuring but not much. I loaded my truck with fire wood and now have a nice big softball size dent in the wheel well from a log. Nothing that cant be hammered out but still a pretty big dent.

 

Spray on bedliners dont stop dents

Another great reason why drop-in liners are better for harder-than-normal use.

 

or a bed rug.......and your dog will appreciate the carpet on their butt!

 

Cheeto will have to live without the carpet on his butt I will see what I can do for the dents. Also has anyone had a Speedliner spray on installed? The price I got from them is about $50 cheeper than Rhino and they are 5 miles from home vs. 40 miles. At this point I am going with the Speedliner.
If anyone has anything good or bad to say about that brand please let me know.

 

My boss got a speedliner and I think it looks like crap compared to my Line-X (so does he). It looks more like a plastic meterial sprayed on the bed and it had a rough surface. He also had issues with it peeling and they didn't spray it on very thick at all. I suppose some of those problems could just be attributed to a bad installer, but I'd steer clear of the speedliner.

 

Rhino and Speedliner are applied without heat, where the Linex uses high heat and pressure during application. Linex also seems to have the least fading and stands up the best. This could get into another Rhino vs Linex thread, but from personal experience I would go with Linex on every truck from now on, even if it werent the closest shop.
Linex in 2 years now, hauled everything from furniture to gravel to fire wood, spilled beer, chemicals and everything else in it and it still looks brand new after being hosed down. I am sure all are good.
Just watch for dents...

 

Rino and Line-x have a different surface as well. The Rino has a more rubbery non skid surface. If you have a heavey took box you WILL have to pick it up to move it, htte Line-x has a little more slip to it, but not a hard plastic like the drop in. For me sliding equipment in and out the back the Line-x was the best choice. As long as I don't get to wild in traffic things will stay put, but I don't have to lift them completely to get them out either.