Bedliner

[James Morse]

Thanks. Yeah the directions show they flex, it says at one point you might want another person but doesn't require it.

I'm not tending to spray in but not ruling it out yet either. I've heard both good and bad things about it. I'll check out Raptor.

 

[Shran]

Spray can (1 part) bedliner is garbage. Most roll-on is garbage. The good stuff is almost always two part...the material itself and a hardener. Prep is the other key, you can't half ass that or it won't stick (same with any other paint.)

 

[CrabGuy]

I have an over the rails drop-in bedliner. My only complaint is the rail sections tend to warp upwards in the Summer from the heat. Otherwise it's been perfect, washing out easily, and no rust or debris gets under it. I had a rubber bed mat in my 94 and it was a pain to clean up after hauling bulk goods like gravel, sand, or bark.

 

[James Morse]

My feeling is prep is about 90% of it. I think it applies to lots of work but especially in painting.
If the prep is good, there is "almost" no work to the painting and produce a good result.
Yeah the two part HAS to be way harder.

 

[Shran]

This is a good video on the prep for Raptor Liner and really just about any other spray in bedliner.

 

[superj]

I liked the plastic liner in on my 01 frontier. I actually liked it better than spray in since its easier to get stuff in and out

 

[97RangerXLT]

Yes always better to have truck leaning a little back to drain I try to do that.
Why were you removing bed?

Easy access to replace the fuel filler neck as it was leaking. Also made it much easier to change the rear shocks.

The bed removal is only 6 bolts, three screws and unhook a taillight harness. 2 people can easily lift the bed off.

AJ

 

[19Walt93]

I'd love to find an oem bedliner or else Duraliner as it has Duraliner aluminum strip on top of the tailgate. It has the tailgate part of the bedliner. I think it had a bedliner at a time although the flat mat that's in it fits perfectly which leads me to believe that's oem (or a good aftermarket fit).
What makes me think it had a liner at one time is the wear marks seem consistent with where the liner would rub, e.g., upper inside corners of wheel wells etc. Whereas paint otherwise in the sides of the bed is real nice and in a way I like to see it, perhaps minor point.
It's true things slide on the hard corrugated bedliners and they don't on the mat. I wonder, maybe you could have a bedliner then in those maybe rare instances you want the mat you could lay it in there, it would kind of fit.
I guess I will try to see if junkyard has one, oem or Duraliner is my preference. It's not a critical need but I'd like to do it.
I did wonder about this: is it something I can do or is this a multiple person job? My impression is you have to flex it some to get is in there. I don't know how heavy they are.
EDIT here's instructions how to put in
Generic_Under_Rail_Bedliner_Installation.pdf (ruggedliner.com)

They're doing it the hard way. My crew used to flex the center of the liner floor upward- which brings the sides in- and lift them out, then sit one side of the liner in place, lift up the floor again and drop it back in place.
I have a Ford Duraliner in my 93 long bed. My friend got a defunct dealer's whole stock of liners when they went out of business and stuck him for a bill. In all the years of Ranger production, my dealer probably sold 8-10 long beds, the failed dealer had 7 long bed liners in stock. If you tie up money with stock that doesn't sell you can't stock items you could have sold.

 

[James Morse]

Thanks yes I can envision how you described it as easier/better.
Here is mine, had apart to put in new latch. The black tailgate liner is oem it has big label inside "Ford". So that means the aluminum Duraliner strip at the top is oem because the liner has to fit under it - you slide it in from the side.
I wouldn't mind picking up one of those Ford Duraliner beds, don't suppose any are still there.

 

[19Walt93]

Nope, it is part of the liner.

 

[James Morse]

Not sure what you meant there as to what is part of the liner... the aluminum strip? It's riveted to the gate. Could you take it off and re-rivet, sure, but why would you.
It is part of the liner ass'y if that's what you meant. The tail liner has a ridge and the aluminum strip has a groove/ridge to hold it, clearly came as a unit.
Sorry for my confusion.
Edit: what I meant "oem" is if you ordered bedliner with the truck you would have got the Duraliner which includes the aluminum strip otherwise there's nothing to hold the liner at the top.
I gather that Ford was getting stuff from Duraliner and putting their logo on it (like, at the front, if you had the full liner, which I suspect this might have had originally).