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Jan 2, 2009 | 09:03 AM

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Zaairman

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From: St. Charles, MO

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Originally Posted by ManualF150

Well, mine I bought aftermarket.... it seems to be a decent liner... but I'm now paranoid from seeing that carnage!

Are you cutting out the old bed and welding in a new floor using the diamond plate? Or are you just tacking it to the old floor?

They all look the same, but trust me, this one is THIN. It will bend in half. I can pick it up enough that it will bend and lift til I can see the front of the bed... 8' up. My F-150s bedliner was so stiff that you could maybe lift it 3" up.

The old bed floor would be cut out, and then this one welded in.

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Originally Posted by Bartak1

Zaairman, if you LineX or Rhinoline or whatever the bed floor and use diamondplate, wont the bed lining just cover up and hide the design in the diamondplate? Seems not very worthwhile to me if your doing it for the look. But then again, for a case of beer....

I'm not going for the design, I'm going for whatever works and is cheapest. And I'm pretty sure the design would still show through the Line-X. Hell, Rollingrock had a design put INTO his Line-X.

Jan 2, 2009 | 09:05 AM

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jrbhc8

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Originally Posted by Zaairman

I've got a Code Alarm SRT-9000 to install, but other than that there are no new mods, beside the bed floor. Next mods for the truck will be a compressor wheel for the turbo, gauges, and by then I'll probably need tires, but all of that won't be coming for awhile. Gonna try to pay off some bills first. And I just bought a new(er) and bigger boat motor, so that needs to get done too.

Semester finished ok, I passed everything so I can't complain.

Whats next for your truck? You'll have to swing by my house sometime and have some frosty... apple juices.

Cool. I just got my SRT 9000 back in my truck after having it missing for 6 months due to issues with the remotes. Nothing new for my truck. Trying not to spend much on it, because more than likely I will be getting something else when I graduate.

Hopefully I can free up some time to meet up with you. I had Heat Transfer, Controls, Internal Combustion Engines, 242 lab, and Machine Design all last semester. Semester from Hell!! Word of advice do not take that load. ICE was cool, but so hard!! More chemistry and thermo than I ever want to deal with again. I had 4 finals all were back to back to back to back. (i.e. Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri) Only 2 ME classes to deal with next semester, and the rest should be BS classes. I'm sure I will run into you next semester. later.

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Jan 2, 2009 | 10:34 AM

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bjp207

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From: Erie, PA

was it a Tuffliner? my dad had an issue with water being trapped w that liner in his SD, We pulled it out when he had new bedsides put on bc of rust and a tree, and theres one hole in the bed, I'm going to tack some new metal on it and linex the whole bed.