Bed Liner Purpose?

Those that have added a bed liner to to your truck - were you primarily trying to:

1) protect/strengthen the factory bed?

or

2) provide some slip resistance to keep things where you put them?

or

3) Other? - explain

Did you accomplish what you wanted?

 

I got mine to stop slippage and also because my bed cover leaks. The water runs down the sides and then under the bed mat and out the back. The hope is that things on top of the bed mat stay dry. Has worked so far.

Edit: I got a bed mat, not a bed liner.

 

Throw a bedmat in the bed and be done with it. I'm not ware of anyone who even makes a traditional bedliner for 2nd gens given it's a composite bed.

 

just a rubber bed mat to keep stuff from sliding around too much

I don't care about the composite bed, it is tough as nails. you can scratch it but have to try really hard to break it

 

Keeps stuff from sliding

 

Bed liner does not add strength to a bed.

 

I might disagree on that point. Bed mat? Definitely not.

Bed liner?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JOXrpCLCJg

 

I have the mat. Probably adds some protection to the bed, but great for keeping stuff from sliding around.

 

Keep stuff from sliding around definitely. That composite material is very slippery.

 

This....You don't need anything else.

 

I'm impressed!!

 

Bed mat...had the same one in a 2006 and 2014. Keeps stuff from sliding and easier to kneel on when climbing around in the back end.

 

Line-X. Seen one a week or two ago that had just been done.

 

I'm not talking about spray-on bedliner, I'm talking about those junk plastic inserts people would stick in their 1st gens or any other bare metal truck bed.

 

Oh, I completely misunderstood. I don't know of any companies that make a plastic liner either.

 

I gotta chime in here on this one. I found what they call a stall mat at Tractor Supply for $40 and used a jigsaw to cut out the wheelwells . This stuff is indestructible. It is heavy duty and heavy. Just ask my back. Nothing sliding around on this mat !

 

That stuff you're trying to keep from sliding around? Tie it down, before it comes crashing through the back window.

 

My truck had a mat when I bought it, but I have used the Tractor Supply mats for other stuff. Agree they are tough, and can surprisingly be cut with a utility knife. I used them as mats under a weight bench and for vibration/sound control under a washing machine.

 

The spray in liners are probably better, but cost a lot more. Even the cheap insert liners do a very good job of protecting the bed from scratches and dents.

 

My friend had a drop in liner and though it protected the bed from most damage, it ended up scratching up the paint underneath pretty bad, which isn't great since water can collect and then cause rust. He ended up just getting it bedlined. Not to mention I've seen quite a few plastic style bedliners hanging out on the highway after they blew out.