Just traded in my 2016 Colorado on a 2020. I use my bed a lot and on my new truck I want to go back to an under the rail bed liner. There don't seem to be a lot of choices. Some reviews of the GM liner weren't very favorable. What other kind of bed liners are you guys using and what are your opinions?
Advice on drop in bedliner.
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I have the BedRug full bed liner. Had it for a year and very happy with it. I mostly haul bags of concrete, lumber, and bicycles. It sweeps out easily but I wouldn't want to throw anything greasy directly on it because it is basically carpet. It looks very sharp and is comfortable to crawl around on. Supposedly you can power wash them but with my tonneau cover I have not needed to try that yet. The spray ins are nice but I've seen a few that have faded and had scrapes so I went with this. If I were hauling oily stuff or dirt all the time I would get a spray in.
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I think this is great if you have a tonneau cover, not sure how great with out it...
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I have a Rugged Liner drop in. Love it. Less than 300 bucks shipped by freight right to your door.
Like this one....:
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The Bed Rug still gives you access to your rings. I have the Bed Rug in my Z71 and use the rings for the ratchet straps to tie tie everthing. Bed Rug also makes a mat version of it too.
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BEDRUG 15+ GM COLORADO/GMC CANYON CREW CAB 6' BED | Bedrug
How long does it take to dry after rain or snow?
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I have seen a Silverado, older unit that was not well taken care of, but the bedrug was not covered and still looked amazingly well. I was shocked it held up so well. Don't know that the truck was really used all that much as a truck, but just the exposure to elements should have been enough to cause deterioration. but it didn't seem bad.
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Not long, I use the heck out of mine. It's a plastic based carpet backed with extruded foam, so it holds much less water than a house hold carpet and is stronger. I have spilled a gallon of oil on mine, washed it, put it through it's paces. It gets snowed on all winter and is fine. Love bed rugs. I had one in a previous truck us well. Pictured below i didn't worry at all with things sliding or moving around, it's also nice that I don't have to worry about the truck bed scratching items like my mtb fork which is touching it. Woulda had to stuff a towel in there if it was rhino lined.
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factory liner works just fine. you can always spray later but i see no need for it. plastic liner less potential damage for whatever you haul compared to hard spray in
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Yes, this, I just don't get the 50 grit sandpaper appeal for the bed. Say you slide a table in there, it's an inch shorter by the time your done.
but, to each his own as they say....
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Well, I'm apparently in the minority here. I had a 2000 Silverado that I put over 220k miles on. It came with a drop in liner and I never had a problem with it. Of course, the rest of the truck rusted away but the bed was fine. For me the drop in liner was best because I liked the slippery aspect of it. I'd fill up the rear with topsoil, mulch, gravel or firewood and it was easy to load/unload, easy to clean out.
My 2016 Colorado had the factory spray in liner. It was definitely tough but to scratchy. It you needed to load something in and slide it into the bed, you were taking a layer of paint or wood off of it. The surface was too scratchy. And a lot harder to clean out after hauling topsoil.
I bought my 2019 Colorado without a spray in liner. Not on purpose, I just found a good deal with all the other features I wanted. I plan on buying a drop in liner but I will take one precaution first. I bought a Herculiner kit and I'm going to paint the bed first. That should protect me from all the rust issues everyone's talking about. Then I'll toss a drop in liner on top of that and the bed should last forever. No concerns about cleaning it out or banging it up with rocks or firewood or whatever.
I do want to make sure whatever liner I get it has provision to access the pockets on the side of the bed so I can mount the D ring tie downs.
Just my view
My 2016 Colorado had the factory spray in liner. It was definitely tough but to scratchy. It you needed to load something in and slide it into the bed, you were taking a layer of paint or wood off of it. The surface was too scratchy. And a lot harder to clean out after hauling topsoil.
I bought my 2019 Colorado without a spray in liner. Not on purpose, I just found a good deal with all the other features I wanted. I plan on buying a drop in liner but I will take one precaution first. I bought a Herculiner kit and I'm going to paint the bed first. That should protect me from all the rust issues everyone's talking about. Then I'll toss a drop in liner on top of that and the bed should last forever. No concerns about cleaning it out or banging it up with rocks or firewood or whatever.
I do want to make sure whatever liner I get it has provision to access the pockets on the side of the bed so I can mount the D ring tie downs.
Just my view
Out of curiosity did you ever remove the drop-in liner to check the condition of the bed underneath or were you only going by what you saw from the drop-in liner itself?
For those if you that use mats, are you removing them and cleaning the bed at some point? In a previous truck I used a mat and I would end up with sticks, pebbles, etc between the mat and the bed which would scratch the paint over time if I didn't remove it and clean the bed now and then.
Moot with my current truck, came with the factory spray-in liner and I have a Bed Rug covering the whole thing now since I have a shell on the truck and prefer padding over no-padding for what I put in the back of the truck.
I never timed it but it’s pretty quick if you drive around.
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Here us a quote from the BedRug site:
"The BedRug material is fade and UV resistant. Made of foam similar to that used in life jackets, it doesn't absorb water and will not mold or mildew. Water will simply run off the surface, through the zippered perimeter, out the factory drain holes in the truck bed and will dry in as little as 20 minutes."
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My dad has a drop in on his late '00s F150, he recently pulled it out and discovered an absolute mess under it. It was probably on there for about 10 years though so your mileage may vary. He scrubbed a lot of the rust off and it hasn't caused any usability issues but I'm sure it's done a number on resale value if you care about that sort of thing.
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