I have been wondering for awhile and after looking at more pictures I noticed that in all of the bed bolts are exposed. I had mine done 2 years ago and the guy that did it basically just sprayed over everything. There is not one bolt exposed everything is covered including the bolts on the tailgate. Should I go back to this guy and ask him to redo it, or has it been to long and I am SOL? Thanks

 

you will just have to cut around them if you need to remove the bed, not a big deal

 

All the Rhino's I have seen have the bolts covered. I just got mine done and it's done that way too. I asked the guy doing it and he said that's the way the Company said to do it. They do remove the tailgate access panel bolts and don't spray them so you can remove later if needed, He also said if I do a body lift to just use a 2in. hole saw to cut around the bolts,

 

Mine were all sprayed over. On the 2 body lifts I installed, I took a razor and cut the lining off of the top of the bolts. It takes 15 minutes. A hole saw might be overkill, a razor worked fine for us. I know some liners are tougher than others though. I don't think it was installed wrong, as this seems to be a common practice.

 

It's not a matter of right or wrong, it's a matter of:

1. It's preferred not to spray the bolts and tie downs because most people think the bed looks better that way.
2. It's preferred not to spray the bolts because if the bed ever has to be removed, say for a repair, they won't have to dig the bolts out of the bedliner.
3. Rhino's Tuff Stuff dried in about 45 minutes, they don't have time to wait for it to dry to reinstall the bolts. So, they just sprayed over everything most of the time.

 

Line-X Of Austin left all of my bed bolts exposed, as I would expect.

Just as a side note, a friend at work recently bought a 2008 King Ranch and his dealer gave him a certificate to have the bed done by Rhino.

It looks like CRAP!!.. Sure it's glossy (black, his truck is black) but damn.. big gloopy looking runs down the sides, big what I would call "warts" all over everything.. just looks shoddy and horrible.

He hates it, but is trying to accept that that's what they did to his $36,000 truck.

 

My old truck had Rhino from the previous owner. When I bought my current truck the previous owner had not put anything in the bed besides a drop in liner. I took the drop in out and had Line-X sprayed. Line-X is better in my opinion.

 

I had Line-X sprayed in my truck and they covered all the bolts as well except for the ones on the tailgate panel. He said thats so it would be easier to access the tailgate handle if need be. Shortly thereafter I got hit in the side of the bed by a car and the body shop needed to take the bed off to to do the repair work. They just cut out around the bed bolts, peeled off the lining off the bolts, and popped off the bed. They said it was no big deal at all.

I personally preferred the bolts sprayed over because now I can see some rust starting to form on them. When the weather gets better I'll just take some black spray paint and cover them up again.

 

On top of that, it's gonna look like this in 3 to 6 months:

 

Yeah, that's the main thing I've always disliked about the Rhino lining, that it becomes "chalky" looking, feels chalky, has the texture of 80 grit sandpaper after a year or less.

We have several E350 cargo vans where I work, and all have had the basic Rhino liner sprayed in the back. Vans, ok. The liner has never been exposed to any elements or the sun. ALL are dried out and turd-like. I hate the few times I have to take one of 'em out because it seems to me that the stuff degrades in to dust, dust that I do not want to breathe.

And the texture is more like sandpaper than any claimed "no-slip" surface.

I guess I can understand Rhino if you're paying to have a fleet done, but I'd never do it to a personal vehical.