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So I had taken my bed liner off to clean under it but I accidentally broke the clips that hold it in. so i just put it back in the bed and figured it wouldnt fall out. wrong. i was driving down the freeway and i see in my rear view this big black thing fly in the air. my bed liner. so i had to get out and drag it off the freeway, and my friend took pics. haha. needless to say, i went home and bolted it in.:icon_welder:

 


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looks like you were lucky it wasn't rush hour..
 

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ya it was a sunday. thank God. you shoulda seen the people swervin around this thing though! it was right out in the middle.
 

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Why would you bolt it in? The plastic liner is a piece of s**t... you should have just gone and gotten it linex'd... or at the very least herculiner it yourself...

Just sayin' :dunno:
 

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dont really have the money at the moment. so its the best i can do right now.
 

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So I had taken my bed liner off to clean under it but I accidentally broke the clips that hold it in. so i just put it back in the bed and figured it wouldnt fall out. wrong. i was driving down the freeway and i see in my rear view this big black thing fly in the air. my bed liner. so i had to get out and drag it off the freeway, and my friend took pics. haha. needless to say, i went home and bolted it in.:icon_welder:



Man, that could have left a mark on some body's vehicle, Bro. I stopped using those crappy liners years ago. I found a neat bed mat that is super strong and noise free. My bed liner was driving me crazy with the squeaks that one day I removed it and cut it into 20 pieces and put in in the trash a little at a time!!!!
 

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ya i was really glad no one was behind me...
 

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I like my drop in, although after I retreived it from a soybean field I also learned to bolt it in...
 

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I would have cra**ed myself if I'd seen that thing flying through the air at me.
 

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I would have cra**ed myself if I'd seen that thing flying through the air at me.
It is also exciting when they fly away from you...

With mine there was a big whoosh that made the truck slow down a little, I check my mirror to see it flipping over the tailgate, so I whammie on the brakes and slide to a stop (gravel road) and watch it float across the left lane, the ditch, and a fence to land hard on the driver side front corner on the between the fence and soybeans.
 

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thats why mine is bolted and secured with some tie down hooks on the bed pockets.
cant fly that way sucker!
 
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Don't even have to bolt it in, just get the tie down points for the holes. I couldn't stand un bolting it every time I needed to lift the bed, the tie down points are snazzy and easy and quick to remove.
 

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mine has some round securing things on the sides. u twist em and it locks with the bed rails interior. then u bolt it to the liner.
 

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I usually run some old topper clamps on mine. But there's been months I've left them off, and never had a problem...
 

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