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James Morse
1997 XLT 4.0L 4x4 1999 Mazda B3000 2wd
- Joined
- Aug 31, 2021
- Messages
- 1,891
- City
- Roanoke VA
- Vehicle Year
- 1997 and 1999
- Engine
- 4.0 V6
- Transmission
- Automatic
- Tire Size
- 31x10.5-15 K02's on the Ranger, 235/75R15 on Mazda
- My credo
- The perfect is the enemy of the good.
I'm pretty sure the '97 had a bedliner you can tell from the rub areas. Also report says "Styleside Box - STL Inner/Outer" to me STL would be Styleside Liner and inner/outer means full bed liner plus the rail caps. I could be wrong...
Now it has the Kobalt tool box, sometime after 2012, obviously not oem, and a mat, the latter had a number on it and turns out it's this one:
BED MAT - FORD RANGER SB (zequip.com)
so that was added when they took out the bedliner. The tailgate part of it is still there with a Duraliner aluminum gate protector that the bedliner (gate liner) slides into, just about positive that was oem as part of the bedliner. Liner was probably made by Duraliner and had the Ford logo on it.
I like the aftermarket mat, stuff doesn't slide on it very easily. But you could put the mat in over a bedliner if you wanted. There was some reason they took out the liner. It seems like it wouldn't interfere with the tool box, that was my first guess why they took it out but there's space there.
Report also says "Cargo area cover" but I'm pretty sure that's the pull-out deal in the back basically a window blind arrangement which I guess is to hide valuables when parked. It can restrict the backwards movement of the seats.
I'm sure I can find bedliners that fit, but finding oem-type (Ford logo, or, I'd take Duraliner) would be a stretch I think it'd have to come out of a junk. I actually kind of like seeing the red inside the bed and it just depends what are you carrying, as to whether you'd even want a liner, and I think maybe there's less chance of moisture collecting with just a mat. I'm just saying in terms of putting the truck as it was when sold (a sort of achaeology expedition) it would want the liner, but nothing says I'm forced to do that.
Anyway if anyone is looking for a mat, that's a good one. It has little bumps on the bottom so it doesn't set completely on the bed so air can get in there.
Now it has the Kobalt tool box, sometime after 2012, obviously not oem, and a mat, the latter had a number on it and turns out it's this one:
BED MAT - FORD RANGER SB (zequip.com)
so that was added when they took out the bedliner. The tailgate part of it is still there with a Duraliner aluminum gate protector that the bedliner (gate liner) slides into, just about positive that was oem as part of the bedliner. Liner was probably made by Duraliner and had the Ford logo on it.
I like the aftermarket mat, stuff doesn't slide on it very easily. But you could put the mat in over a bedliner if you wanted. There was some reason they took out the liner. It seems like it wouldn't interfere with the tool box, that was my first guess why they took it out but there's space there.
Report also says "Cargo area cover" but I'm pretty sure that's the pull-out deal in the back basically a window blind arrangement which I guess is to hide valuables when parked. It can restrict the backwards movement of the seats.
I'm sure I can find bedliners that fit, but finding oem-type (Ford logo, or, I'd take Duraliner) would be a stretch I think it'd have to come out of a junk. I actually kind of like seeing the red inside the bed and it just depends what are you carrying, as to whether you'd even want a liner, and I think maybe there's less chance of moisture collecting with just a mat. I'm just saying in terms of putting the truck as it was when sold (a sort of achaeology expedition) it would want the liner, but nothing says I'm forced to do that.
Anyway if anyone is looking for a mat, that's a good one. It has little bumps on the bottom so it doesn't set completely on the bed so air can get in there.
