Something I'd like to see from GM on the GMT-900 trucks...

I give credit to Toyota for doing this on the Tacoma, not sure if anyone else does it.....

Make a factory installed, sprayed in bedliner standard, or at the very least an option...

I give credit to Toyota for doing this on the Tacoma, not sure if anyone else does it.....

Make a factory installed, sprayed in bedliner standard, or at the very least an option...

Beleive it or not a lot of people don't want a spray on liner.

I love my Line-X liner, but Rhino liner is a little different material. Also if you get a factory spay on you can't get it colored.

But I will definatly agree that it should be an option

Beleive it or not a lot of people don't want a spray on liner.

I love my Line-X liner, but Rhino liner is a little different material. Also if you get a factory spay on you can't get it colored.

But I will definatly agree that it should be an option

A good case for making it optional... I can understand the colored liner, I suppose, but I can't think of many good reasons to NOT have a liner... maybe weight if you were going to race the truck or something.... maybe I just hit on something there... maybe the extra weight would play with fuel economy a little bit... I dunno.


I just think it'd be really convenient to get it from the factory... also, it'd be GREAT for lease customers.

If I lease a vehicle, I don't want to drop a couple hundred bucks or more on something that I can't keep...

A lot of people would rather have drop in :shrug:

It definatly should be a option. Some dealers let you finance in a spray on by mine couldn't :(

A lot of people would rather have drop in :shrug:



I'll never understand that... :no:

I had a drop-in on my ZR-2 way back when (spray-ins were new, the ZR-2 was a 97, bought it new)... it was noisy when it "shuttered" over bumps... it scratched the hell out of the paint underneath.... the plastic warped up front where the bed meets the cab...

A spray in wins easily over drop ins... so much so that I really can't believe why anyone would want a drop-in anymore.

"Removablility" is basically a non-issue, since the bed is all scratched to hell when you remove it... and that's about the only thing I could come up with as a reason to get a drop-in....

I know that nissan has spray in liners on the Titan and I think the Frontier too. Don't know one way or another about any others. Even though I'm not a truck guy, I don't see why anyone wouldn't want a spray in. It helps with NVH, (all that rubber absorbs sound in the otherwise hollow bed area) stops your bed from getting scratched and with no scratches, rust is also reduced. Seems like a good idea to me. Weight might be about the only downside I can think of, but are you really going to notice 30-40lbs in a 5000lb truck?

Drop-in's are better for impact protection.

I'll never understand that... :no:

I had a drop-in on my ZR-2 way back when (spray-ins were new, the ZR-2 was a 97, bought it new)... it was noisy when it "shuttered" over bumps... it scratched the hell out of the paint underneath.... the plastic warped up front where the bed meets the cab...


I feel the same way Darth. My ZR2 is all scratched up with an over the rail bedliner. Its too late now to do anything about it, but now that the liner is all warping on the edges, you can see all the scratched paint under it. Ugh...

Drop-in's are better for impact protection.

Maybe so - but most I've ever seen are those slick plastic so it needs to have "impact protection."

The spray-ons have an excellent Coeffecient of Friction so if your object has any weight to it at all - it won't move.

What about a composit inner bed? Didn't the Silverado or Av offer it?

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I think a spray in liner is a great option. GM doesn't have to waist money painting a bed that will get scratched up anyways.

Maybe GM will make composite plastic beds optional. I know it was an option on the GMT-800, and the new Tacoma comes with a composite bed too.

Maybe GM will make composite plastic beds optional.
Maybe composite armor, too... :)

Drop-in's are better for impact protection.

Yeah, and better to drive your 1995 Ford Taurus into as it blends into the night after it flew out of the back of a Ranger....
I hate drop in liners....

Nissan was the first to offer the factory spray in liner. Toyota was the first to off the composite bed that never rusts or dents.

Nissan was the first to offer the factory spray in liner. Toyota was the first to off the composite bed that never rusts or dents.

What year was the Toyo and what year did the Silverado start offering it?

What I don't get is why mfgs PAINT a truck bed? A truck bed is for hauling stuff, stuff that usually scratches paint. How does painting a bed make sense in the first place?

Nissan was the first to offer the factory spray in liner. Toyota was the first to off the composite bed that never rusts or dents.


GM had composite beds on it's fullsize trucks in 2003. Factory spry on is only better if it is cheaper than aftermarket. Nissan charges $450 for the spray on. I can get one cheaper from line-X that comes with a lifetime warranty. Nissan charges $340 for a drop-in liner :eek: My dealer was going to charge me only $100 if I wanted a drop in. I know someone that just bought a new Dodge and it was only $350 for a spray on.

What I don't get is why mfgs PAINT a truck bed? A truck bed is for hauling stuff, stuff that usually scratches paint. How does painting a bed make sense in the first place?
makes it look good, protects it for a little