Everyone keeps telling to go Line-X but I have really yet to see why I should go with a spray-on versus a drop-in.

I hear people making the argument about moisture and rust, but aren't the new truck beds made from galvanized aluminum (ie, won't rust)? If that's so, then what's the real advantage of Line-X over a drop in?

I am willing to spend the money if there's really a good, justifiable reason to get Line-X over a drop in.

Please help!

 

A few reasons:

#1 - as you have mentioned, there are concerns over rust and moisture retainage (will wear the paint even if the metal is galv.)

#2 - drop ins can crack or break in spaces where they don't fit tight, like in the front corners

#3 - drop in's tend to be very slippery when wet or if they have snow in them, where spray in's usually have a grainy texture in them to assist in traction

and #4 - because spray in's LOOK BETTER

just my opinion of course

 

I agree with the above.

I used to have a Ford drop in....it fit like crap and looked terrible.

 

#1 - even with the paint warn off, galvanized steel won't rust - if you wore through the galvanizing you might have an argument. This is an old wives tale pushed by spray in guys.

#2 - true and spray ins show dents and get torn up easier than drop ins.

#3 - Textures wear off. Neither one has much skid resistance, wet or dry.

#4 - Why limit yourself to drop-ins vs spray-ins? The DualLiner gives you the good looks of a spray in with better durability than either one. And the ZeroSkid floor mat gives you the best traction available.


Typically these threads go one way... "I've got brand X and it's the greatest!" But they never talk about why they are better or how they use their truck.

How you use your truck is the most important thing to think about in a bedliner. YOUR use will determine durability and what is "best".

I am your friendly neighborhood DualLiner guy, so I am biased - but then I spent 30 years looking for a bedliner than survived me... I found it and went looking for a job! Search for "DualComp" on the forum - I've told my story more than a few times and don't want to bore everyone with telling it again.

 

Neither!! Get a rhino liner I have had in my last three trucks and it has never let me down! even after i let deisel fuel sit in my last truck for a week never cracked peeled or anything!

 

You're 18 and have had 3 trucks already?!?

 

I saw the video and was impressed.

How well does it keep moisture from under the liner? I know it's rubber so there is no chafing, so that's good.

Does the rubber tear easily? The NoSkid liner seems nice, but what about when you DO want to slide something into the bed? Is that a pain?

 

Water drains through the factory drin holes - same theory as the outside of your truck, it gets wet and drys off. Water is only an issue if you destroy the paint.

The rubber can be cut - with heavy pressure and a razor knife it takes 3 or 4 cuts to get through. I've never torn one, nor heard of one tearing (and trust me, I would get those calls if it happened). I've hauled bare engine blocks and never leave a mark. I also throw my tool box in the back and drive away without a tailgate... never lost anything off the back.

Even pushed around Road America as fast as our hot rod Hemi Ram would go (over 140 in the straights) with 3 truck batteries in the back under race conditions - one battery move - centrifugal force in a corner tipped it on it's side. Acceleration and braking had no effect.

It is definitely harder to slide something in - I actually had a guy complain about it... - but look at it this way, you spend minutes loading your truck. You spend hours driving - which is more important, loading or your stuff staying where you put it?

With superior dent protection and your stuff staying where you put it, the answer becomes very easy.

 

in my 2003 Lightning, i had the factory Ford bed liner.. the bed is all scratched up because bedliners move around from all the vibration.. i went with a bed rug and am very happy with it.. now in my 07 XLT im lloking for a bed rug or liner.. the spray to me is a bit too expensive unless i get the do it yourself herculiner from pepboys or something..

 

well i should clarify one is my dads truck but the other was my ranger that i owned, but it got totalled when an old lady ran a red light on me, but i ahve to say it was for the best cause now i bought my 150

 

Thanks for the info...

Another question: Given the sides are plastic how scratched up do the sides get due to rattling? I am sure the bottom does not get scratched due to the mat being rubber but what about the sides?

 

No scratching at all. The reason a drop in chafes is that it can't fit tight to everything. The DualLiner looks like a spray in at 10' - it fits tight and the tiedowns hold it even tighter. No movement, no chafing, no problem!

In almost three years I have only had one complaint - I mentioned above - the guy was mad when he went to the lumberyard and the first sheet of plywood was hard to load!

We guarantee satisfaction and our new warranty is for the LIFE of the LINER!!!! Not to the original purchaser like all the other so-called lifetime warranties!!!

 

Here's some pics of LINE-X bedliners. Perhaps you will agree that they are nicer looking than some of the other bed protection options?