I've never had a spray in bedliner, always just get a rubber mat and call it good. My beds have always gotten a little beat up and mabey just a bit of surface rust, but I've yet to ruin one. The roughest use that my PUs usually get is hauling fire wood, 4-5 cord a year. In the summer and fall I haul around atvs and dirtbikes. I have a small trailer that I put gravel in if I need to haul rock.

I'm having a hard time swallowing the $500 price tag.

I have had a spray-in bedliner in about every other truck for the last twenty years or so. When I haven't had one, I often wished that I had gone ahead and had it done. When I had one, I never wished that I hadn't done it. I just bought a new Tundra and this one will have a spray-in bed liner. I wish the Tundras had the built-in bed liner like the Tacomas use. I have a 7 year-old Tacoma and the bed still looks like new...

Then don't do it. Last truck I had the bed looked nearly sandblasted by hauling gravel. I wonder if the loner would have paid for itself at trade in time. I suppose I could have sprayed it before I traded, but I didn't.

I had them in my pickups the last 20 or so years,the big plastic slide in,easy wash...

I've had slide-ins. They work fine except for 1 thing - they're too dang slick. On every stop or corner, the cargo goes sliding. I had to line it with plywood when hauling my llamas because they couldn't stand up. I was afraid of them getting hurt from falling into the stock rack.

Well,that's a little different use than what I've had for my truck

I have had one for 9 years. I won't have one without it if I can afford it at the time. With as much use as my pick-up has had the bed would be all scratched up if it wasn't for the spray-in liner. It is not slick like a slide in and water and debris can't get under it like a slide in.

+! On this comment. The plastic ones are slicker than snot and if you get a drip of oil on them, figure that you will bust your arse, also the ones that are corrugated, are a pain to sweep out.
Bottom line is they are tough and will save your bed and walls. That is about the only thing I have good to save about them.

I have the spray in, don't have to worry what I haul in it. Wash it out when I'm done. My 2 cents.

Given the price of a decent Pick-up these days, I think some sort of liner would be a good investment.

Heck, if it were me, and I carried a lot of crap,I'd probably end up adding additional protection over the liner..

Our Agricultural Supply stores sell a product termed "cow matting"..

It is comes as semi rigid 8'x4' sheets of recycled black plastic either 1/2" or 1" thick. It has a slightly textured non slip finish and is of course waterproof....

Last time I saw it for sale it was about $50 a sheet and it is idea for this sort of thing, being nearly indestructible in normal use..

I have used it for lining the floor of dog runs, and currently have some as a liner in the back of my Jimny..

i stuck a peice of 3/8" plywood into the bed of my f150 in june 94. when i sold it a few months ago the bed looked like new underneath except it had lost its clearcoat. rest of the truck was rotted to death but the inside of the bed looked great. unless your hauling chunks of busted concrete or scrap metal or a lot of gravel or something like that, the sides don't take much of a beating. my used dodge i bought came with one of them slide-in jobs but if it hadn't i'd just done the plywood route.

Of you don't mind a couple of hours work, you can do the roll on for $89 and never look back. Herculiner kit is $89 at Auto Zone. Its all about the prep work. I did my own and it looks every bit as good as the $450 spray in liner I had in my last truck. If you sand the top coat and wipe every inch with tolulene or acetone before rolling it on, it will stick like glue and never come off. Armor All UV protectant every few months sprayed on will keep it looking good and only makes it slick for a day or two.

I will always have one of some type in my trucks.

I'll be odd man out here and say that I don't see the point of them. The bed is the business end of a pickup and I don't care if it gets scratched and dirty.

If you are worried about your bed, go the spray in liner route.

Same here.Plywood on the floor is it.But I pack tidy tanks so the spray and plastic is out.Something to do with static going boom.

I'd been planning on getting a bedliner in my truck, but I've had it 6 years now and have yet to add a liner. I had a slide in liner in my previous truck and agree it's slicker=n=snot. Also the slide in liners rub against the bed and will cause bare metal spots that you don't see.

A buddy recommended that I wait a few years to have the liner sprayed in as you want the paint well and goodly scratched to get good adhesion. I think I'm there on the scratches and dents, maybe this summer I'll finally do something about it.

I have always put them in my trucks as well....I think they are good investment. I usually put a heavy duty rubber matt down as well.

Line-X is the only way to go.

Went from drop-ins in two trucks to Line-X in my current. Will never go without Line-X again. Great stuff, and looks great too.

Had the spray in bed liner in my F150 and liked it but currently do not have it in my Dodge. It came with the plastic bed liner which I really don't care for but I should remove it for fear of rusting.

My F250 has a rubber mat on the bed floor and tailgate which seems to work pretty good for hauling stuff.

I've delt with this quite a bit when I was the quasi "fleet manager" for our company. I've used plastic liners, rubber matts, plywood and spray on.

Plastic liners will hurt you because they are just too slick. Rubber mats are pretty good, but will bunch up and allow your cargo to slide if you have to make a sudden stop. Plywood is very good if you carry heavy cargo, but it will leave the bed of your truck in pretty rough looking condition after a few years. Spray on liners are probably the best for appearance, durability, slip resistance and clean up. You'll probably get at least half your money back for a spray on liner when you go to sell your truck. JMHO.

I had mine Line-X'd when I bought it and love it. I've used plastic liners before and they work well when you're chunking concrete blocks or wood in but are slick as owl snot when you try to stand on them if they are wet...they will also hold moisture underneath them and can lead to more rust.

On the rust issue I never bought it as a real problem, that is until I pulled one out of the back of my truck and saw how bad it was underneath.

I have a truck cap on my current truck and have not had a problem under the liner. I like the side wall protection that I get with the drop in liner. Never had any rust issues, even with a truck with an open bed.

Then don't do it man! I bought a new Silverado a little over 3 years ago and I seriously considered getting a sprayed in liner. Now, 3 years later...I'm glad that I didn't.

If you're looking for a cheaper alternative and don't mind cutting to fit around the wheel wells:



Horse Stall Mat - Tractor Supply

It won't slide when you brake. It will last the life of the truck. It's CHEAP! Stuff won't slide and the bed of your truck will be protected.

David

This summer I bought a Dodge that came with a new slide-in. I mentioned earlier that my llamas couldn't stand up in it because it's too slick. We found a better use for it. We turned it upside down on top of straw bales and made a great weather proof shelter for my wife's geese. The truck will get a DIY spray-in sometime this spring.

BTW - the geese love weather. All of it. It's been below 0 and windy and they still prefer the great outdoors.

I have had my pickups done with LineX the interior of my land cruiser done my rocker panels on my diesel pickup, and just last month the bed of my Yamaha rhino.

The LineX is far more durable then the steel. It's the best game in town for protecting your heavily used investment.

My little rhino gets used so much the bed would have been pounded with tools and equipment. I never even give it a thought now.

I've had Line-X and Rhino Liner. I'm more impressed with the Rhino liner in spades.

If I was going to do another and I will someday. I'd go to Fleet Farm, Menards, where-ever and get the "do it yourself" kit. It wouldn't take long to do. It would be more of a scratch/rust resistant thing. I don't really care if my bed gets some scratches in it, but up here in salt country, you'll have rust in no time if you don't fix the scratches quickly.

I do the plastic drop-in under the bed rails. Bed rail caps over that, and a rubber mat on the floor of the drop-in. No static, no dents no sliding cargo. mtmuley

Looks like the same stuff I mentioned earlier and I totally agree its great for this type of thing..Plus it deadens the noise considerably if you have tools or similar loose in the back of the truck..