Mr.Mel
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I have in my past 1992 Ranger had a plastic bed-liner and swore at that time to never have one again. My 2004 Ranger I had a Line-X sprayed in and it was bullet proof and took a beating, loved it.
My 2019 Ranger had a Plastic Liner installed by the dealer and I did not want it so they deducted the cost but let me take it and I got my own sprayed in and feel that is a much better option to the Plastic Liners and I removed the Plastic liner at 3,500 miles to get a spray liner installed.
My Beef with the Plastic liner is first items being hauled in the bed tend to slide a lot. Good if you want to move things bad if you do not want items to move.
Second is the damage caused inside of the bed. My 1992 Ranger with the Plastic Liner I would annually pull out the liner and sand and repaint areas that the liner shifting had worn through the paint. I had also applied grease to the friction areas to help prevent the wear but found that just collected dirt and accelerated the issue. In the end after 12 Ohio winters the bed rusted through. I did run a Cap on the bed probably 90% of the time so it actually was not totally exposed to weather but some spots rusted from the top others from the bottom so I would only credit the top rust damage to the liner as the worn spots were the rusty spots.
Last issue while minor it just seals the deal is the plastic tends to not leave as much room in the bed. Plastic Liners do not follow every little contour and curve so the result is space behind the liner that cannot be used.
Did I mention the water the Plastic Liner Retains? Gallons and Gallons and yes it mostly drains out the back while driving but to have to move the vehicle to drain it in order to load items is rather nonsense assuming the water has not froze!
See the attached pictures of my 2019 at the time of removing the plastic liner at only 3,500 miles it has worn through the paint into the Primer at many locations and was probably going through the Primer to base metal soon. Note as well the fine dirt / dust collected under the liner acting as a sandpaper to cause wear.
I understand the Bed is made of aluminum and would not have a typical rust scenario but aluminum does corrode under a number of conditions so the question I did not want to experience is how fast it would degrade?
That is just my thoughts and experience and I appreciate your opinions and experience as well.
My 2019 Ranger had a Plastic Liner installed by the dealer and I did not want it so they deducted the cost but let me take it and I got my own sprayed in and feel that is a much better option to the Plastic Liners and I removed the Plastic liner at 3,500 miles to get a spray liner installed.
My Beef with the Plastic liner is first items being hauled in the bed tend to slide a lot. Good if you want to move things bad if you do not want items to move.
Second is the damage caused inside of the bed. My 1992 Ranger with the Plastic Liner I would annually pull out the liner and sand and repaint areas that the liner shifting had worn through the paint. I had also applied grease to the friction areas to help prevent the wear but found that just collected dirt and accelerated the issue. In the end after 12 Ohio winters the bed rusted through. I did run a Cap on the bed probably 90% of the time so it actually was not totally exposed to weather but some spots rusted from the top others from the bottom so I would only credit the top rust damage to the liner as the worn spots were the rusty spots.
Last issue while minor it just seals the deal is the plastic tends to not leave as much room in the bed. Plastic Liners do not follow every little contour and curve so the result is space behind the liner that cannot be used.
Did I mention the water the Plastic Liner Retains? Gallons and Gallons and yes it mostly drains out the back while driving but to have to move the vehicle to drain it in order to load items is rather nonsense assuming the water has not froze!
See the attached pictures of my 2019 at the time of removing the plastic liner at only 3,500 miles it has worn through the paint into the Primer at many locations and was probably going through the Primer to base metal soon. Note as well the fine dirt / dust collected under the liner acting as a sandpaper to cause wear.
I understand the Bed is made of aluminum and would not have a typical rust scenario but aluminum does corrode under a number of conditions so the question I did not want to experience is how fast it would degrade?
That is just my thoughts and experience and I appreciate your opinions and experience as well.
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