Polar Bear F150

I went with a drop in liner to protect the bed from impact damage. I didn't think that the spray in type would be as effective. For me, the only down side is that it can be painful on the knees crawling around the bed, but how often do you really need to climb in the bed after all? The bed rug looks nice, but I wasn't sure how easy it would have been to clean out dirt, mulch and the after effects of a successful hunting trip. From an economic point of view, the drop in tends to be the best value proposition. YMMV.

Summers22

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Economic? My dealer had my bed Line-x at their cost, $389. A OEM drop in with installation was a hair over $400.

Polar Bear F150

I had the drop in bedliner, plus the Ford wheel well liners installed for $387.14 out the door. Seemed economical to me. Others may think differently.

jetjoe

I personally hate these things. But they always seem to come with whatever truck I buy. They do protect well but what I dislike about them is everything you put in the box ends up against the front wall. Yes I carry straps at all times but who straps down a bag of bird seed or yard tools? And if you should haul something heavy, you better have very good strapping, both forward and aft as whatever it is will surely break loose at the first heavy breaking. When you looking around at various pickup trucks take note as to how many have the front wall bent forward.

On two trucks I applied the roll on RustOLeum and in my opinion that was the best I've had. One, an F250 SD hauled many engines across the country. After well over ten years and 300000 miles it had a few nicks and scratches but nothing at all to be concerned with. And the truck lived in Minnesota which likely is the worse possible place on earth for rust. I plan at some time soon to remove the plastic liner from my present F150 and go with the paint.

Sonic04GT

What year? I'll take it off your hands

Like I said, all I really intend to haul is a kayak, and I have the folding bed extender to keep smaller items contained.

Regarding the paint condition of my bed, do you guys recommend lightly sanding and spray painting silver or just leave it alone?

TB67

Na

Sonic04GT

Was looking at the Pendaliner on Amazon for $250. The newest version has the "SR - Skid resistant" coating. Oddly enough, I stumbled upon the same one for $205 from the same Amazon seller's actual website, RV & Auto Parts. Beats the heck out of $600 for a spray-in. Just can't justify that kind of money on a 7-year old truck with an already paint-damaged bed.

https://www.rvautoparts.com/Penda-63...0_p_14832.html

acdii

If it is bare primer exposed, I would scuff and spray it. Primer tends to absorb moisture, and being under a liner wont help as the moisture wont dry very well. You wont see, it but it will protect it.

ray318

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If the rest of your truck is in good condition I would go with Line-x. It can give a nice fresh look to the truck. My old truck had a linear and I had to clean it out at least once year. Also had a lot of gaps. On my current truck went with Line-x so far I like the clean look and seems to protect just fine.

bassJAM

Like someone mentioned, automotive primer can absorb moisture. It wouldn't hurt anything to do a light sand and coat it.