I see a lot of threads in here about people wanting a good bedliner for their trucks... one that is flexible in as many ways possible. Both durable, and easy to work with. Slippery, yet gritty when you need it... so here is my plan. I already have a drop in bedliner, but from what i hear everyones complain with one of those is rust beneath it. While my truck has never done any serious hauling, just occasional rocks or sand... and it was always done with the bedliner in, and the bedliner is a fully protective liner (as in, it is a 1 piece, that covers everything inside the bed, with another piece for the tailgate) im pretty sure there are no dents or scratches beneath it. But since ive heard standing water can eat through the paint, what im thinking of doing is getting some herculiner and coating my bed with that, then re installing my drop in bedliner. I figure i will have the best of both worlds. A fully protected bed from any natural corrosion, as well as a nice sleek and stylish drop in liner.

See, my thing is this... i figure im not going to be doing any serious hauling, and if i ever do i always have the bed to do it in. But for the most part my bed is going to be a mobile lounge lol I have installed a soft tonneau cover, so i can just undo it, roll it up, and with the 2 beanbag chairs i have sitting in my bed, i can go anywhere and just sit out back in the bed and relax. Perfect for going to drive in movies, or parking somewhere by the water. But since the line-x or herculiner is probably a little too rough for the beanbag chairs or for human skin in case someone were to brush up against it while sitting inside, i dont want the bedliner to be so grippy... in this case i will have the slick plastic liner... but if i ever need it for something really fragile, that needs to stay put (1 in a million chance i will ever give a damn that much about ANYTHING going in that bed lol) i will still have the option, and the rest of my bed is still going to be covered by the herculiner to prevent rust.

Anyone have some feedback on this idea?

 

Sounds good in theory, but you based the entire scenario on unproven assumptions. The bed isn't going to rust underneath the bedliner any more than it will rust elsewhere on the body. The bed will not hold water under the liner because there are drains in the front. And very few people actually go through the hassle of removing a bedliner once it has been put in, certainly not on a regular basis. Seems like a lot of white collar types who are used to driving cars with carpeted trunks all seem to get worried about 'scratches' under the bedliner. Well, who cares? It's a cargo bed, it's under the bedliner and I will never see it as long as I own the truck. The 'scratches' do not reduce the value of the truck but the drop-in liner will increase the value by $100.

 

trust me... im not worried about the value... i just dont wanna take my bedliner off one day, step in the bed and fall through to the pavement LOL that, and i dont want to have to keep my bedliner on because i HAVE to... i wanna keep it there because i like it, it looks nice, and it has function... seems like a lot of people here and elsewhere screw their beds off, THEN decide to get the protective liner... like it was a new skin for the bed or something lol i much rather prefer the preventative measures... fix it before it happens, then it never happens

 

Have you considered a BedRug?

 

why a bedrug? i do need it to be SOMEWHAT weather resistant... lol and cost effective.... i just want something to keep it from rusting out... most people say the bedliner will do fine (plastic) as long as i dont have scratches... i guess ill just deal with it, and clean out my bed underneath the liner (hasnt been done since it was purchased lol)