those things got a good amount of boltst that hold them in there i dont see them coming out there that easy

 

Read this:

http://ebusiness.durakon.com/Pressre...e.aspx?PRID=39

 

ill make sure i dont buy one of those

 

Drop-in bedliners flying out of the back of trucks...I don't buy it. Some of the first junky bedliners may have, but the newer drop-ins don't. People think that they do, because spray-in companies (ie: Line-X) have done a great job in marketing. I've been in this industry for approaching 10 years and I've never seen a bedliner fly out of the back of a truck. Good advertising, but not true.

Drop-in liners DO get a bad rap. Duraliner and Penda make some drop-in liners that are very very nice and very very skid resistant. They don't require sanding your bed down to the bare metal to install, they are removable if you want to remove them, they don't harm your bed, and they won't fade/crack/chip...they're warrantied against it, so it's not just a marketing hook. Am I biased because my company sells drop-in bedliners? Absolutely. Do I also like spray-in bedliners? Yep. They are nice for certain applications too. If I had a pickup with a gooseneck hitch on it, I'd definitely have a spray-on bedliner.

Duffman, if you want to drive down to Lexington, KY sometime I'll hook you up with a killer deal on a nice new drop-in bedliner for your truck. For that matter, I might be able to hook you up with a dealer up there in Hoosier-land when you get home. My company sells bedliners to some install shops up that way.

Many thanks for your service. A good fishing buddy of mine is over there in the big sandbox with you right now too...he's due home in '08. I think about him everyday and thank the lord that he's over there doing what he's doing so that we can all be back here doing what we're doing. God speed!

 

Drop-in liners that fit on top of the rails do have a history of flying out of truck beds.

The goal of spray-on bedliner companies is to scuff the bed's paint, not remove it.

I've never seen a drop-in bedliner that's not slippery.

This is a REAL picture of damage from a drop-in bedliner. Not all drop-ins cause this much damage, but as long as they vibrate, the potential does exist.

 

I'll concede that over-the-rail liners probably do have a better tendency to somehow catch air and fly out, but I've still never seen it happen or have a customer who it has happened to.

As for the prep factor, to scuff or to remove the paint, what's the difference? It's still permanent finish damage, which is no different than that picture.

Most of the bigger drop-in companies have refined their molds, plates, and thermoforming techniques over the years. Good liners fit well and don't move around a lot. In my experience, the Penda Skid Resistor and the Duraliner are both quality pieces...and they most certainly are not slippery. Run your hand across either. It's very skid resistant, very thick/glossy/heavy, and they are made with a co-extruded process that allows the skid resistant material to carry throughout the product, not just a coating applied to the surface. Also in my experience, there is still some junk out there in the drop-in business too...Rugged Liner/Colonel comes to mind in my neck of the woods.

Take a truck with a good drop-in liner and toss a cinder block in the back. Chances are really good that it won't tear, crack, or chip...and your bed won't be dented. Do the same to a truck with a spray-on and the results might not be as good.

For someone who really uses their truck, in my opinion, a drop-in liner is a better option in most cases. I don't dislike spray-ons, but respectfully, that's just my two cents.

 

Removing the paint is removing the clearcoat and paint all the way down to the metal. Scuffing is a light sanding which basically scratches up the clearcoat in order to provide a rough surface so that the bedliner material has something to grab onto. When a bedliner company scuffs, there will be only occasional spots where the sander goes all the way to the metal. But, it doesn't matter, the bed will soon be covered with a water tight protective coating.

Some spray-on bedliners much stronger and harder than others. For example, LINE-X's tear strength is 304 pli, Rhino is 145 pli, LINE-X's hardness is Shore D 45, Rhino is Shore A 92.5. So, some bedliners can take a tossed cinder block better than others.

Drop-ins are fine for a work trucks, otherwise, just know that chances are, it will cause at least some damage to your truck.

LINE-X Arizona Beige color match:

 

When I got my 99 Silverado earlier this year it came with a well used drop in liner. I remove it and found that they had placed felt under the liner. I removed both the liner and the felt and there was no scuffed spots on the bed at all. Only along the sides of the bed (over the wheel wheels and back by the tailgate) where it didn't fit well. Just a thought: maybe throw some felt in first before the liner so it won't scratch the paint. BTW: I just replaced the Silverado with a King Ranch (I saw the light).

 

I hope they have gotten better. THe company I work for has 15 F150's at a time. The liners we were putting in 5 or so years ago were crap. They warped, let water/dirt in and that ended up rusting the front of the bed.