Best truck bed & tailgate bed liners according to redditors
We found 25 Reddit comments discussing the best truck bed & tailgate bed liners. We ranked the 12 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 25 Reddit comments discussing the best truck bed & tailgate bed liners. We ranked the 12 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
Herculiner™
You don't need plugs, the drain holes are enormous, I didn't cover them. I did make sure to put all the bolts back in for the seatbelt and seat brackets and covered the threads with some painter's tape. I used herculiner. Just like any body work, spend most your time on prep and it'll come out great.
For the plastic, clean clean clean.
For surface prep, Don't laugh, but I whip blasted them with the sandblaster. Yes it leaves it rough and ugly. Your spraying on bedliner, no one will ever know.
Edit in, Clean it after you sand blast it. or thoroughly scuff it with 80-120 grit sand paper.
Upol Adhesion promoter
Then their acid 8 Primer.
Last Raptor bed Liner
I did the valance, fender flairs in tintatable white on my 03 Sierra. I also did the plastic pieces for the rear bumper and the plastic bed rail piece in black . Even after a year of stepping on the bumper constantly it's held up well.
If I may offer a suggestion; when my Dad fixed up the old fishing boat he used roll-on pickup truck bed liner to coat the floor for a nice non-slip surface.
I used this bed liner kit with the appropriate primers. I'm pretty pleased the result-nice looking and seems quite durable. In a few places it chipped off very quickly, but I think that was my error during the prep phase. Fortunately, I saved one can of the coating from the kit, so I plan to go back and finish these areas properly.
Really most of the work was prep. Prep (cleaning, sanding, cleaning, wire brushing, grinding, cleaning, priming, and cleaning) took two days, and the actual painting took perhaps 45 minutes.
You could try covering the floor with the material used to coat pickup beds. Something like this:
http://www.amazon.com/Herculiner-HCL1B7-Brush--Liner-Quart/dp/B0002TDUXS/ref=sr_1_1?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1342969057&sr=1-1
Here's the flares:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00WCMD5EM/ref=yo_ii_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1
And I used two quarts of Herculiner which was the perfect amount for two coats.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0002TDUXS/ref=yo_ii_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1
So total was probably around $300 after buying everything I needed to put it all together.
I've used the Raptor Liner a bunch of times and really like it for a DIY kit. You do need a compressor capable of keeping up with the gun though.
http://www.amazon.com/U-POL-0820V-GUN-Black-URETHANE-Truck/dp/B003TQIIPG/ref=pd_sim_auto_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=08HA9ZQFDAETS5353K8B#productDetails
Yeah. This https://www.amazon.com/Raptor-Urethane-Spray-Custom-Regulator/dp/B074KQLKMH/ref=mp_s_a_1_2_sspa?keywords=upol+raptor+liner&qid=1566865582&s=gateway&sr=8-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyWUJMVUlEN0pWUVMyJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwOTA5ODEwMTY1TjJLRFM1VUpaNiZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMDQ0MTUzM09DRk9MUjlMRTBIUyZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX3Bob25lX3NlYXJjaF9hdGYmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl is the kit that I bought.
If I didn't change the color of the front grill and quarter panel, I would have been able to get away with this kit. 4 bottles would have been enough. But since I still had half a bottle left of black and needed to switch to gray, I ended up wasting that half bottle. That would have saved me from having to buy another bottle to finish up the hood
2009 to 2016 should fit. They're all Gen 4. Amazon has this one for the 6'4" bed.
Rustoleum is by no means gonna be as durable. But it'll be waay cheaper. A good alternative to line x that would be cheaper and still be durable would be something like [this](Herculiner HCL0B7 Brush-on Bed Liner - Quart https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002TDUXS/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_guaIyb3W9AYR5)
You do have to roll or brush it on but with bedliner you won't be able to tell the difference. And a lot of times, rolling on is much, much better.
Herculiner might as well make it tough! This is a diy bedliner.
Try a truck bed liner?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002TDUW4
This stuff is pretty good I hear. They have black and also you can get it tinted at a paint shop for some color.
https://www.amazon.com/Bedrug-VRF92-VanRug-Cargo-Van/dp/B000BN3TF4
I'm thinking about using this instead of wood flooring. It's water and stain resistant and apparently it's cushioned & feels like carpet. Any thoughts ?
Bought the Raptor liner kit off of ebay for $109 back in 2011 and didn't use it until now. The kit included the spray gun that I treated as a one time use tool. The prep work took the longest time, followed by taping everything off. The actual spraying went real quick. I'm very pleased with how it turned out.
Things I would do differently.
Here's an Amazon link to the U-POL Raptor Liner but I bought it off ebay.
Edit: Phrasing
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003TQIIPG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_95S9ybRB3W83J
this is what i used
dries hard, UV stable, low VOC (so you can spray it at home in garage safely)
http://www.amazon.com/U-POL-0820V-GUN-Black-URETHANE-Truck/dp/B003TQIIPG
I used AL's Liner kit with the spray gun. It turned out great for less than $200. I sprayed it 4 years ago and hardly ever had my top on for many of those years. It has held up great and still looks killer. No areas are coming up even where there is high traffic.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004OI3MNG/ref=mp_s_a_1_3/188-8601645-2489252?qid=1408395469&sr=8-3&pi=SY200_QL40
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004OI7H7S/ref=mp_s_a_1_1/188-8601645-2489252?qid=1408395469&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40
YES!!! I used the same stuff on my van and I LOVE it!!!! I get compliments all the time from people who see it. Very easy to apply if you have a big enough compressor and the gun it uses.
RAPTOR TINTABLE LINER
U-Pol Raptor Blood Red Urethane Spray-On Truck Bed Liner Kit w/Free Spray Gun, 4 Liters https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CKE8VDQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_lHY7CbAZGK0CF
I used Herculiner Bed Liner. Very pricey, but I'm confident that this will last. It's the stuff with the little rubber chunks mixed in. I put a couple of coats on the bottom of mine, which is still being built.
http://www.amazon.com/Herculiner-HCL1B8-Brush--Bed-Liner/dp/B0002TDUW4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1418011751&sr=8-1&keywords=Herculiner+Bed+Liner
I understand. Amazon has a ton of reviews on similar products. Maybe try rolling some onto a block of wood or something just to test before you apply it to your boat.
https://www.amazon.com/Herculiner-HCL1B8-Brush-Bed-Liner/dp/B0002TDUW4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487273785&sr=8-1&keywords=rhino+liner
It is just that Line X prices really vary. I could see quotes coming in anywhere from $250 to $1200 for both.
If it was me I think I'd roll the dice on DIY stuff before I spend $1200.
https://www.amazon.com/Raptor-Urethane-Spray-Custom-Regulator/dp/B074KQLKMH/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1540472952&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=upol+raptor+liner+kit&psc=1