I guess I'm way off of the popular route of bed liners, but I still like a drop-in. If I didn't use the truck to haul heavy, bulky stuff sometimes, I would consider the spray-in. With the drop in I can put in the 5' long hydraulic cylinders that I haul at times and they roll all over the back and do not show dents in the wheel wells, floor & sides, even though they may be there, with the drop in.
If I were to secure the the cyls I know they wouldn't roll and also other heavy pieces of steel are hauled and dropped into the truck and the dents still don't show. My truck is a work truck that I want to look nice for a long time so thats what I think is best for my use.
I'm not sure but I would think they are less expensive (cheaper?) also and you're not w/o your wheels for a day and dropping it off & picking it up and maybe getting it patched if it should not bond in all areas.

PS I don't have to think about rain getting under the drop-in cause we haven't had much in the last 10 years. That would be a consideration if we did. Average of 7" year and less than that lately.

 

I got the aluminum rail caps and the tail gate protector, doing great so far. The side rails were 88.xx and the tail gate piece was 22.xx One thing I'm going to do different though. The side rails came with double sided tape and some self tapping sheet metal screws, and the tail gate piece came with just the screws, and only screwed down on the outer ends. I would take the hex head screws that came with the side rails and use those in the holes provided on, and drill new ones and use the nearly flush Phillips head ones evenly spaced towards the center. Went and picked up some RR ties for a buddy, and when we pulled them out the edge of it stuck up just enough to catch, buggered it all up. Don't know if a person would have been able to get those ties slid out of the truck with one of those liners on it.

 

Equilizer2, $2500 sounds way to high, ask at another dealer. In fact, one of the dealers here in Ft Worth monitors this board, maybe he will give an estimate.

 

$2500 for the rockers? I had my long bed sprayed in and paid around $400. The rockers are a lot less area. Whoever gave you that price is a rip-off. Find another LineX dealer.

 

Equalizer 2, I'm pretty sure that getting $2500 for doing a set of rockers, I could really really love the spray on too. What color would you like? Jeff

 

Spray in, over the rails.....just had mine done a few weeks ago and LOVE IT!!!!!!!! One of our work trucks here has a drop in, and it is a real POS. Underneath is all rusted out and nasty. Plus my Line-X has a lifetime warranty....can't beat that. I will post a pic later for you to see just how nice it is.

 

Heres the pics I just took:

 

im on the border. Ive heard that spray in is soposed to be dent proof/resistant or what not. Ive always had drop its

And on my last truck i had stainless caps. And where good till i had a fender bender, (the caps servived) but when they took them of and put them on one was a lil not straight nemore. And eventually rubbed into the steel. SO. For this truck what im thinkin is this. Run a spray in( for rust protections and rub from the.............) DROP IN haha prevent the dents. Then. have that spray on go over the rails. Then put on some stainless caps since my last truck was a sharpie. Get the best of everything. IF that bed gets another scratch ill just be like hum and on my next truck ill also just delete the bed so i dont have to worry about it

 

I''ve got the spray in bedliner (did it myself) and the DeeZee aluminum checker plate rail caps all the way around (used lots of 3m tape and screws to mount) Looks awesome the new rail caps have a way better coating than they used to, very easy to clean,never polished mine, almost 2 years old. I had a spray in liner in my previous truck (over the rail) was all good till my dirt bike fell over denting the box rail, couldn't get rail caps to fit very well after that just ended up leaving it.The route I went now means if this happens again its very easy to replace the rail cap!

 

BRULES . i have the same color and was wondering if they can mix a color that would be close or grey even?

 

I had mine reocker pannels done and along with the stainless stripping it cost me $500 Canadian (see my gallery for picture). As for the box liner I think that the price of the spray is high compared with price of a replacement box so I went with a drop in and aluminium caps.

 

Went with over the top spray in, then caps on top, including tailgate, My spray in is a dark blue, "almost" matches truck color.
Lee

 

You have to be selective the the aluminum caps. Some will dig into the paint, and you don't want that. If they fit correctly, I prefer them to the over-the-rail Line-X. I also perfer the Mopar plastic bed liner to spray-in. I've dented the bed with spray-in, but not with the drop-ins. Rust is a concern with a drop-in east of the Rockies (no problem here, nothing rusts), but there are some poly liners on the net. The fit between the drop-in and bed. I don't know if they are really needed with the Mopar drop-ins though as they are very secure; don't slide around and scuff the bed like other drop-ins. My vote is caps & drop-in (Mopar), but it's a close call. Line-x is great stuff.

 

I have used DeeZee aluminum bed rail caps on my last two trucks. They work great, clearcoated so they don't tarnish. Also notice they are slightly oversized so the rail won't dig into the paint when stepped on. I had a set on my last truck and they still looked good after 5 years of use.

MikeyB

 

Anybody use a "Do-it-yourself" spray-in bedliner? Lot's of places like, Whitney, sell it. Colors also. Know for sure it's not as durable as the professionals do but with a good prep to the paint surface adhesion should'nt be an issue. You can always recoat/touchup in a couple of years.........

What's your experience with the "Do-it-yourself" stuff?
bob r...