Buying your bedliner

Monday, September 27th, 2010 at 12:49 pm

Bedliners are really essential these days. If you are hauling a lot of cargo, or if you just want to maintain the surface of the bed of your truck and your trucks resale value, you will simply have to install some type of bedliner. There are so many different brands of bedliners out there, it can be a tough decision, so lets breakdown some of the advantages and disadvantages.

Drop-in bedliners are one option available to you. While these bedliners are fairly rugged, they tend to crack and fade over time. This can be a major problem, as cracking will allow moisture to become trapped in the area between the bed of your truck, and this will produce pitting in your paint and eventually rusting of your truck beds surface. These types of liners are not shippable, as they are an extremely large item. This means you will need to find an authorized dealer locally and pay them an additional fee to install it. Most times, with drop-in bedliners, the liner itself may need to be cut in a sort of ‘retro-fit’ to make the install look clean. This is because they a generic mold for the production that only loosely fits the shape of the bed of your truck. These can carry a hefty price tag as well, and, after installation and taxes, can take a healthy bite out of your wallet.

Spray-on bedliners are composed of several, usually highly toxic chemicals, that are mixed with some sort of granule substance, to make a rough surface. This type of bedliner does provide some mild slippage protection, but, when you have to stop really short for whatever reason, be sure that your load will move around quite a bit, and can even result in damage to your truck. Spray-ins are installed by first entirely removing the finished surface of the bed of your truck, which means that should the integrity of the liner ever be jeopardized, it will leave the bare metal surface of your truck bed exposed to the elements. This will almost surely start the rusting process, and, once it’s started, it’s nearly impossible to stop. Some spray-in companies offer a type of warranty, but they will never pay you for damage caused to your pickup as a direct result of their products lack of bed protection.

There are now on the market a new type of ‘hybrid’ bedliner system. One such bedliner is the DualLiner. The people at DualLiner have thought of everything. Worried about your cargo slipping around? They have a zero-skid surface that makes sure that your load doesn’t go anywhere. Worried about getting debris trapped between the liner and your truck bed? DualLiner is fully removable, so you can clean under the entire surface! Worried about cracking and fading? That’s a thing of the past with DualLiner’s patented UV protectant additive that insures your poly sidewalls are protected from the suns harmful rays. The best thing about the DualLiner is that you can remove it and your truck bed will still be in the same condition as the day you bought it, even after years of rough use! Everything you need to install the dualliner comes directly your door, and it usually ships the same day you order it. Check out bed liner from dualliner today!

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