Bed Liner Options

CompactTractorFan · May 25, 2012

Looking for recommendations for lining the bed on our new F-150. We are currently leaning toward getting Line-X.

I was wondering of anyone has any reviews for the Line-X?
Are there other options we should consider?

dodge man · May 25, 2012

Line-x is good. My truck is a 2004, and I bought it used, but I suspect it was sprayed when it was new. You can tell it was beat on and a lot of stuff thrown in the bed. Its held up pretty good, but chipped and cut in a few places. If I had a new truck, I'd always go the route of a sprayed in liner.

bdeboer · May 25, 2012

I've had rhino liner in 3 different trucks, and it is softer. The advantage is stuff won't slide as quickly. The disadvantage is it can be cut. My dad had his LineX in his previous truck it looked good for 4 or 5 years that he had it.

IMHO the dealer doing the install is more important than the product.

Diamondpilot · May 25, 2012

It is good stuff but here recently we have started doing our own with kits from the internet. Non of the cheap roll on crap, this is real spray on bed liner. It takes about 3 hours to prep, tape off, then spray a bed. Cost is right at $100.

Chris

jeffsw6 · May 25, 2012

I kinda think the Chevy dealer bed liners suck around here and I would not get one. I imagine this varies from dealer to dealer and maybe from job to job if they get in a hurry, but my point is "dealer installed" is not necessarily an advantage here.

SPMMD · May 25, 2012

I added a rhino-liner to my gmc2500 shortly after delivery when new in 2007. The bed and sidewalls still look like new despite almost 5 years of boat equiptment, agricultural tools, kennels and kennel supplies, engines and dinghys. I found the Rhinoliner applied by my guy in Bourne MA to be 2-3 times as thick as the local bed liner competitors. When my 17 year old daughter decided to remodel the right rear quarter panel, the resprayed bedliner on the new sheet metal looks perfect still!!! My vote is Rhinoliner all the way!!!!!!!!!

aczlan · May 25, 2012

Diamondpilot said:
It is good stuff but here recently we have started doing our own with kits from the internet. Non of the cheap roll on crap, this is real spray on bed liner. It takes about 3 hours to prep, tape off, then spray a bed. Cost is right at $100.
Chris

Link? Might be worth replacing the plastic bedliner insert in our '97 Dodge 1500 for that price.

Aaron Z

Rustyiron · May 25, 2012

They'r kinda old school, but I've been moving my rubber "bed mat" from truck to truck since '94. It's one of the best $75 bucks or so I've ever spent!

oldballs · May 25, 2012

:thumbsup:

Rustyiron said:
They'r kinda old school, but I've been moving my rubber "bed mat" from truck to truck since '94. It's one of the best $75 bucks or so I've ever spent!

Ditto here. It's about 1/2 inch thick and stuff doesn't slide very easy. But I'm not rough on it like I used to be when hauling rock, sheep manure, gravel etc.

tow653 · May 25, 2012

Have Line-X in 07 F250 super duty and very pleased with it.

not2old · May 25, 2012

Diamondpilot said:
It is good stuff but here recently we have started doing our own with kits from the internet. Non of the cheap roll on crap, this is real spray on bed liner. It takes about 3 hours to prep, tape off, then spray a bed. Cost is right at $100.

Chris

I recently bought a kit that can either be rolled on, or sprayed with an undercoating gun. Do you suggest that spraying it will be a better job, or is it the kit itself? Mine is made by Dominion Sure Seal and I've been satisfied by some of their other products.

Diamondpilot · May 25, 2012

We use a kit called Raptor. Very nice stuff. I have found ebay to be the best price. Enough for a long bed truck and gun is right around $100.

I would never roll it. Spraying is very easy to do.

Chris

RollingsFarms · May 25, 2012

I've had both Rhino lining and Linex. Honestly I would have either one but if I HAD to choose only one it would be Linex only because of their nationwide lifetime warranty. What that means is if you get your liner sprayed at one dealership and end up moving to another state or town, or perhaps you're on a trip and notice something wrong with it you can take it to ANY Linex dealer and they will fix it free no questions asked. Rhino also has a lifetime warranty but only with the dealer who initially sprayed your liner. That really is the only reason I went with Linex this time. Plus I was curious how it would compare to the Rhino I had for 7 years that never let me down.

buck12 · May 25, 2012

I have Linex in my almost three year old truck and have been pleased. The installer can determine the texture. If you plan to use the truck bed I would have it applied with as much texture as possible.

GreatWhitehunter · May 26, 2012

I had rhino on the last truck and went with Linex with the uv protecter this time. I think the Linex is a better product. But it has alot to do with the applicator. There is no spray in line diy(that I've seen) that comes close to Linex or rhino. The Linex is thicker and seems more tough than the rhino.

Matt

fisherridge · May 26, 2012

Depending on how you use your truck, you might want to take a look at BedRug.
I really like mine, but with a topper, my truck bed has become nothing more than a large trunk.

daveinnh · May 26, 2012

I have Rhino on a 2009 GMC. Linex looks a little thinner, but still nice.

Just be sure that you or the installer over-drill the drainholes or they'll close-up.

I wish I'd pull out the rubber inserts along-sdie the stake pockets though.

Look ahead.

SPMMD · May 27, 2012

Following this thread, it has become clear to me that the installer may be more important than the product when considering Rhino-liner vs. Linex. In the southeastern MA/Capecod market, Rhino-liner applied by CapecodRhino-liner was thicker and appeared the better product hands down. The Linex product was thinner, less textured and appeared to weather far less well than the Rhino-liner. Yet this thread lists so many opinions favorable to Linex, I can only conclude that the installers outside my area do a better job, or the product was improved.

I have no cap, my bed lives outside, no garage, and 5 years later looks almost new.

If you can, look at some of the finished beds in your area, then choose. I looked at both, and am glad I went with Rhino-liner.

scrappy isb67 · May 27, 2012

another option for a DIY kit is Al's liner:
Al's Liner. DIY Truck Bed Liners!

it is supposed to be on par with the professional stuff and not a bad price either. it also is tintable so it can be matched to the truck's paint color.

any bedliner whether professional or DIY is on the installation. if you spray it thin and do bad prep work it will fail.
I like thre idea of a DIY kit so I can get my bed setup the way I want and spray the bedliner where I want.

raptor749 · May 27, 2012

Had Line-X in 01' F150 and did my 05' F350 , got a discount for the 2nd . If your going to install a gooseneck or fifthwheel hitch drill all your holes before the Line-X and tell them , they sprayed it thicker around the holes, and it still looks great ....:thumbsup: