Are there any advantages in having a drop in bed liner as opposed to a spray in? Perhaps cost might be the only one? Anything else?

 

the ability to produce mad amounts of rust

 

I had one in my 94 once, luckily I got it out before there was any rust. The 87 had one in it, and I pulled it out last week. There was some rust under there. I am going to get some roll-on/spray on liner and take care of that.

 

And what is it good for ? ? Protecting the bed and or sound insulation ?

Just curious I have nothing on the bed of my truck.. just tools and that sort of stuff..

 

The only other advantage I can think of is it can be removed. I had a drop in liner and found that the tailgate area was rusting. I pulled out the bedliner and fixed the rust. Then I used a do-it-yourself spray in liner and added a rubber bed mat. It was inexpensive compared to the profesional spray in liner but not as good either. I can always respray it if it gets scratched though.

 

heres a pic.

 

Please point out what product is good to use There is some rust on mine, so when I fix it, I could spray on this stuff.

 

They make great snow toys for riding down snowy hills when you take them out.

I had one once, but would never do it again. Dirt would get under it and grind the paint off.

 

rhino lining is popular round here... saw some in a chevy silverado the other day, looks great.

 

Yea plastic liner sucks.... rubs paint off, causes rust. i jsut bought a 97 tacoma truck it had one in it... i took it out to find piles of leaves under it and a ton of dust. the leaves where damp feeling so thats not good. long periods of time would not be good. all that comes in the 4 holes that u cut out so u can still use your tie downs.

rhino lining is very good stuff.... and u dont have to get BLACK..... if u pay to have it done they can mix paint with it and make it match your paint color ... its of course not going to be smooth feeling or look smooth but it does look nice painted to match you rig color.

 

Do they have rhino liner or line x in Iceland?
If your gonna do it yourself Check out Herculiner, Duplicolor, Durabak. There are probably a bunch of others.

 

I used Duplicolor. It came in a spray can for $6 each. The stuff really sucks compared to the pro stuff. But I can re spray it and I'm "thrifty"

 

I used to work at Rhino Linings. The only benefits to drop in liners are:

1. Can be removed (too easily sometimes, they fly out a lot)
2. You can slide heavy things on them with relative ease

Hmmm, that's about all I can think of. Otherwise they pretty much suck.

 

I see drop-ins along the highway often.
The sliding heavy things is also a disadvantage - nothing will stay put on one.

 

When i pulled mine out, i found a shoe, screwdriver, a knife, and a coupla of socks. I also found next to no paint and dents. So pretty much the whole thing was pointless. I gave it to my mom to plant stuff in.

 

Just have to find out if they have anything here to spray it with .. or just order it of the net somewhere .. Doubt we have shops here that do that, I would just do it my self.

I'm a perfectionist, so the day will come where I have to do the bed

I'm always doing something for the truck, got to have the truck in a good shape for a glacier trip after the girlfriend finshes her exams

 

Rhino on mine. The plastic ones would only be good for temporary use when you wanted to slide stuff in your truck. Then when you are done slide that piece of crap right out of your truck.

 

And heavy things slide out really easy going up hill. I was following a lady driving a chevy with a brand new washer in the back. The feet of the washer seemed to slide out real easy once it broke the thin nylon twine that was keeping it snug. I stopped and helped her load what was left and she went back the the store for a new one.

Rhino liner in my truck. I have heard that insurance companies increase premiums if they are installed because they are very hard to fix after an accident. Can anyone confirm??

 

Yes, that is true about being hard to fix. The cost of a repair/re-spray is much higher than a new truck with a "virgin" bed.

I would usually grind down the old Rhino with a fiber cup brush (sometimes I would go through two at $30 a pop), then I would have to get all the dust out of the back, acetone it, mask the whole thing off, re-spray the entire thing paying careful attention to uniform thickness, and then trim everything, etc.

The cost of this would run between $400 and $600 depending on the truck and the labor involved. Most insurance companies will cover up to $1000 in accessories over the value of the vehicle; Rhino would fall into that category. So, I do not see why premiums would increase just because a Rhino liner was installed. After an accident, premiums increase anyway (most of the time).

 

When I had my 1994 Ranger, it came with a drop in bedliner. I hated that thing, it rattled, super slippery and trapped dirt under it. I guess an advantage is that it was removable, but the only time I took it out was to clean under it.

I eventually ditched the plastic bedliner in favor of the Rhino Lining and I loved it!