450 for Line-X in my shortbox F250. Came out very nicely, and it comes with their lifetime warranty no questions asked. All of the bed bolts were pulled out, and the results were great.
After my typical research, I got Line-x over the rail for my HD. With a "connection" through my father (RV sales) I got it for under $400 and a super sweet job. Before drop off, I took masking tape and "drew" exactly where I wanted it to end so that it would be completely concealed under my camper shell, but still cover as much as possible. No complaints here, and it does not show any effects of the various transfer cases, leaking motors and trannys, axles, and several tons of other nasty gritty and sharp edged stuff that has slid around back there. And all the various fluids just hosed out with some soapy water to break it up. Nothing seams to hurt this stuff IF it's put on right. I actually washed my bed out with a VERY strong detergent before delivery for application to make sure all the oils in creases and such were gone, then made sure they cleaned it again, wiped down with "wax and grease remover", sanded, and then wiped down again before applying. Seems like there was something else she did too before spraying, but my point is that ensuring you get a good prep is CRITICAL to adhesion. Don't take it in on a busy day or to a volume shop unless you can be absolutely sure they will not short you on prep work! Rhino is also nice (depending on use) in that it is softer so things don't slide around as much, and it feels better crawling around back there, but I've seen several with gouges and damage from heavy sharp edged objects. There is also something called a "bed rug" if you want "nice" but don't haul nasty, leaky, sharp edged stuff. Probably ideal (as would be Rhino) if you haul carpentry supplies, boxed stuff, and things like that. But with my 4x4 junk, they would not survive long...
If your going to do anything go with a spray in liner. We have plastic liners in all three of our pickups (thats including mine) and they are basically junk IMHO. Everything slides around in them and the sides scratch up the top of your bed rails. Plus, water can get underneith them and it looks just stupid if you have to cut a whole in one for your gooseneck ball. I am going to eventually take mine out completely and just install Stainless steel or diamond plate bed sides to hide the scratches and just leave the bed bare or go ahead and do the spray in.....one day.
Another vote for Line-X! I hauled a 6.2 home in mine a couple weeks ago and it slipped and tipped over a little and actually dented a couple of the bedrails, but the Line-X came out unscathed. waytogo
Rhino Sucks!!! Dont believe me?? just look at the bed of my truck!! There are deep gouges and big spots where it has been chunked out, the black has faded and the prep quality is horrible. And their Warrenty is Junk. They wont do any repair work under warrenty unless you were the one who bought the Bed liner originally. Shows you how much they stand behind their product!! I agree with you BadDog, Line-X is by far superior and I would NEVER put anything else in my truck. Unfortunately mine came with the Rhino. Dumb PO. I have a buddy who had Line-X spray the entire inside of his 18' Box trailer and it turned out great. held up really well until he sold it. Bottom line...If you are going to spend $50k on a new truck, it is only common sense to put a Line-X in it. Dont waste you money on a Rhino and dont even think about using a Plastic drop in ( they rub your paint off) End of Rant
650 for my bed and rockers to be sprayed with arma coating. im happy with it. i do need to find a dealer in this area and schedule a repair time. im VERY hard on the inside of the bed... so it has some "normal" wear gouges and chunks missing. all in all its a very nice spray. the texture is like line x but the grip is a little more like rhino. here is my rockers so ya can get an idea for your new dodge... Grant
he he... i weighed in today... with /3 tank fuel and no people in the truck i weigh in at 25,020. SOOO.... add 180 for my bean pole self... about 170 for fuel and about 10 for food.... subtract 50lbs for all the crap i wouldnt have with me.... oh, the 265lbs spool of cable as well.... 25,065... now... add the weight for the roll cage, all the parts in the room i have to put in and subtract all the extra parts that i dotn need to take with me... and i should be at about 26,000 when all said and done. i NEED to convert my truck to a dually.... BUT im thinking of going out and getting an F-650 flat bed crew cab witha Cummins in it. i dont like ford one bit, but the D-max has no transmission options that i like. ford has a good tranny, just an ugly body and a blue oval.... so far with the exhaust brake and all three axles on the trailer having brakes i have no problems stoping, even in "oh crap i need to stop NOW" deals.... Grant
:stir: I like the idea of doing the rockers, and the top of the bed rails and gate too, but.... I'd rather have a pop-in liner any day. Drop something heavy (firewood, concrete block, rocks, big tools) on a sprayed bed and what do you get? That's right, a dented bed (with a nice black coating! rotfl ). A pop-in resists dents better and can someday be replaced entirely and easily. As for non-slip, the newer ones are much better than the bowling lane slick units of the past. I use an old rubber truck mat over mine, and it works well to keep stuff from sliding. Just my .02
I have dropped some pretty heavy stuff in the back of my truck before and agree that teh plastic liners absorb shock better but...... The pros outweigh the cons in the sprayin case. In my experience, short of dumping a tractor full of busted up concrete chunks in the bed of your truck, you are going to be hard pressed to dent your bed thru the line-x. Even if you are going to be doing that regularly, you can always throw one of those thick rubber mats on top of the line-x to cushion the blow. my $.02 opcorn:
Well I will throw my .02 in on this as well. I have not used a spray in bedline on my personal trucks yets but have used the drop in liners. I had my Mazda truck new with a drop in bedliner for less than nine months before selling it. I removed the bedliner to clean (sells better clean). I had rust and bare metal all over the bed under the liner. I now have a drop in in my new truck and even with the minimal use I have already seen it starting to wear through the paint around the bed rails where it rubs. I will be doing a spray in liner very shortly. The only reason I got the drop in is it came with the truck.
I guess Im in the minority. I just bought a drop in under the rail liner for my truck, and a rubber non skid bed mat to go on top of that. With this combo, it protects the bed, and nothing slides around. I had two or three BIG dents in my bed from hauling an HP 44 around for a while, so doing a Line X or similar didnt make sense, because Id have to fix the dents, then pay $500 to do the line X. Thats just TOOO much money for a bedliner after the dent fixing and all. Its a truck, its meant to be used, and I don't give two ****s if my bed gets scratched or dented... You should see what my truck looks like UNDER the bedliner rotfl rotfl rotfl Total cost to me was $202.00, but I have a connection at my dealer for parts. Scott EDIT: Try that on for size.. Just used my personal uploader site. EDIT: Notice the towrig.com sticker??
