Aluminum doesn’t rust, but instead it just corrodes and is so much more expensive to repair not to mention it’s awful to weld unless it’s super super clean.
@Rob Roy I've had scratches with exposed metal on my 2016 GMC Canyon for years. None, and I mean not a one have any visual corrosion. The materials they make these trucks out of isn't just straight up aluminum. Do unpainted alloy wheels corrode? Not really, no.
My ford ranger has had a drop in plastic bed liner for 30 years, no real rust yet. No idea why people think the spray liners are more durable. They definitely arent. The liner in my ram costed almost $1000 and it chips off every time i drop something heavy in it, same for my dads truck. Ill just use whatever my trucks come with, both work fine. Drop in liners are just easier to replace and they are far tougher for what i use my truck for.
I have a 30 year old truck with a drop in bedliner. Use the truck for hauling gravel and for a long time was a furniture delivery truck. Some paint marring but bot bad. I have also have a newer truck with a spray in and used mostly as a commuter. The drop in all day. Its easier to slide packages in, protects against rocks and gravel better, easier to clean.
Lol, your talking about extending the lifetime of the bed with a spray in (understandable when new). I’m using my plastic liner to extend the lifetime of the bed as bed liner doesn’t really stick to something that doesn’t exist!
Or just take your liner out and power wash every once and awhile. Bed liner ruins the bed. Plastic liners are lightweight and easy to remove by yourself. My grandpa's 99 ranger bed has had a plastic duraligner since new. Bed looks great. Some rust in the front of the bed against the cab. None on the inside...
I had a drop in bedliner for years up here in the great rust belt. The inside of the bed was the best part of the truck after 10 years. I will always use them after seeing that first hand.
we bought an 88 toyota pickup a couple years ago that had been sitting outside on the side of a street for about 15 years and when we took the ben liner out there was 0 and i mean 0 rust
I’ve had a drop in bed liner in my 99 ranger since it was new. It’s a factory bed liner. I took it out to take the bed off to replace the fuel pump last summer. Bottom of the bed was perfect. No rust. Just paint rubbed off.
I prefer spray in liners because they make it safer to walk around the bed (does make it harder to slide stuff in). The drop in collects dirt and scratches up the bed anyways. Never found any rust because the bed still drains. I have seen them cause rust on the tops of the bed rails though.
My 2005 Sierra 2500HD has had a professionally installed THICK bed liner since 2006. 220k miles now and some pretty heavy use and it looks as mint as day 1.
Mine came with a drop in liner, I wanna get it replaced with a spray in liner. Thing I hate most is how it shifts, idk for sure but I'm sure it's scratching my paint on my bed
The problem I have with this is spray in bedliners don't protect from dents made when stuff is tossed or dropped in the bed, and the newer trucks have aluminum beds, so they dent easily.
Okay so look yes spray in liners are okay for preventing rust however you can still dent and ding the bed pretty easy with it and sometimes it may not be noticable but you could have a big dent but a drop in liner is tough and rough and will protect your bed from drops and won't peel like a spray in will I've had both I recently bought a truck with a spray in and still put a drop in liner in the bed so its your preference but I recommend you try the drop in first you can find them cheap used but YOU DO YOU don't let anyone sell you bullshit
I’ve got an honest question…and to be clear, I am an ignorant truck owner who just bought a 2015 Silverado with an 8ft bed. It has a drop-in bed liner that I want to remove and have the spray-in stuff installed. My question is this…do you feel it’s a good idea to cut out the bottom of the drop-in liner, and plop that in there whenever I have stuff, like landscaping clippings, that would more easily SLIDE out the back if that bottom was in place….versus the rough spray liner?? I will greatly appreciate ANY comments…because, like I said, I’m ignorant on this stuff! Thanks guys.
I don’t get the point of the spray in bedliner: 1, the paint has to be sanded off in order to install it, so why not use your bed like you’re supposed to, get it scratched, and then maybe install one. But why do you want your bed to look good. It’s a truck!? Another con of a spray liner: the surface is rough, in a drop in, the surface is smooth. Allowing you to slid things to the rear with ease. If you got an expensive color and use your truck for commute only, then no need for a spray bed liner! That is a waste of paint! Ok I’m done.
