How good is the factory bed liner, I’m glad I deleted it from my truck!

[Redneck Garage]

They don't have to prep it, its virgin paint so there are no contaminants like oils or silicon sprays or anything that might have gotten on the bed. They can just spray on an adhesion promoter and then have a machine spray in the product, its not just going to fall off. If you do have to remove it, it will take some work but the paint underneath should look factory fresh is an advantage.

I don't know why you'd even want a liner that was impossible to remove in large chunks, because if it gets damaged after 10 years of UV in the sun and you want to redo it, who wants to destroy the bed trying to chisel it off?

Not sure where you are getting your information. Ford factory does not do the bedliners. They are done by a subcontractor- Ground Effects Ltd who has a shop near the factory. While it may be fresh paint there are many opportunities for something to get in the bed before they send it to the sub shop. As far as "removal" the reason they were able to remove it was due to poor adhesion to a shiny clear coat. A LineX or any other spray liner would take a jackhammer to remove due to the prep work of scuffing up the shine before coating. The truck in the video was a 2016 so Im unsure if it is the same product and process they are using in 2021.

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Where they spray the F150s in KC

They had to open shop in Mexico for the truck production

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[BDennis]

I just watch a video of a factory bed liner being removed from a F150, not impressed at all the quality and prep work Is not up to my standards. Line x will be my choice for sure. I’m glad I deleted it from my built few weeks ago and my hybrid truck just got a built day 11/8

Saw this video too, the lack of prep and how easily it peeled off made me glad I deleted it. Factory spray in has a 36 month warranty, Rhino, Bullet and Line X are all lifetime warranties.

 

[BDennis]

They don't have to prep it, its virgin paint so there are no contaminants like oils or silicon sprays or anything that might have gotten on the bed. They can just spray on an adhesion promoter and then have a machine spray in the product, its not just going to fall off. If you do have to remove it, it will take some work but the paint underneath should look factory fresh is an advantage.

I don't know why you'd even want a liner that was impossible to remove in large chunks, because if it gets damaged after 10 years of UV in the sun and you want to redo it, who wants to destroy the bed trying to chisel it off?

Normally I am right with you on you posts, but not this time. You push something in that catches the liner you could pull a section of liner off, not just scratch it.
Here is the video:

 

[JASmith]

Normally I am right with you on you posts, but not this time. You push something in that catches the liner you could pull a section of liner off, not just scratch it.
Here is the video:

Something like a chisel he hits repeatedly over and over again to get the lip to lift up? LOL! Look at him working on that to get it to lift! And the other side is conveniently skipped over how they managed to get it started and just happens to already be off.... sorry I don't think Line-X is a very impartial party to compare Line-X to the factory liner.

This is the first google result for LIne-X removal search term:


Here's another one:


Third one, looks just like the Ford one again:


Looks like both Line-X installs are pulling up in strips similar to the factory one anyway. The only challenging part seems to be getting it started, which LIne-X conveniently skipped on the Ford application, lol!

 

[MavrickEcoBoost]

That bed liner won’t last a year on my truck I’ll be using them for comercial use, on my other trucks I’m using line x with no problems and a life time warranty

Thats strange, I have a 2019 Ranger with the factory spray that is about to turn three, ive loaded probably 3-4 tons of rock in the last 6 months in there. And in the other two years loads of concrete blocks, lumber, and mulch. Multiple trips to the dump with household appliances, vanities, and broken glass. Im not the least concerned with the factory spray.

 

[Old Ranchero]

only the Ford sprayed in at the factory liner is covered under your Ford warranty. I also like the possibility of removing it later if I wanted to for whatever reason and having nice new looking stock paint under there.

 

[BDennis]

Something like a chisel he hits repeatedly over and over again to get the lip to lift up? LOL! Look at him working on that to get it to lift! And the other side is conveniently skipped over how they managed to get it started and just happens to already be off.... sorry I don't think Line-X is a very impartial party to compare Line-X to the factory liner.

This is the first google result for LIne-X removal search term:


Here's another one:


Third one, looks just like the Ford one again:


Looks like both Line-X installs are pulling up in strips similar to the factory one anyway. The only challenging part seems to be getting it started, which LIne-X conveniently skipped on the Ford application, lol!

Still lifetime warranty for Rhino, Line X and Bullet versus the factory 36 month.

 

[BDennis]

It's lifetime warrantied through LineX, I wouldn't be chiseling anything

Rhino and Bullet are lifetime too

 

[BDennis]

only the Ford sprayed in at the factory liner is covered under your Ford warranty. I also like the possibility of removing it later if I wanted to for whatever reason and having nice new looking stock paint under there.

Factory 36 month, aftermarket Rhino, Butler and Line X lifetime. All three have great reputations in backing their product.

 

[Old Ranchero]

Factory 36 month, aftermarket Rhino, Butler and Line X lifetime. All three have great reputations in backing their product.

somebody just posted the Warranty (line X I think) and it said Limited lifetime. You are at their mercy if they dispute your claim.

 

[BDennis]

somebody just posted the Warranty (line X I think) and it said Limited lifetime. You are at their mercy if they dispute your claim.

Same with Ford, when it comes to warranties, reputations matter.

 

[jmcgon237]

I started my order with the spray in liner and removed it when I saw delays. My plan was to have the dealer do it, then I saw what has to be done to prepare to spray. ( Grinders, wire wheels and sand paper ) and I thought do I want my perfect paint job ruined by a process that can not be reversed easily? So now I will but in a bed mat and a cover over the tailgate. If I have troubles with the sides of the bed I will go with a bed rug.

 

[Cubican]

I started my order with the spray in liner and removed it when I saw delays. My plan was to have the dealer do it, then I saw what has to be done to prepare to spray. ( Grinders, wire wheels and sand paper ) and I thought do I want my perfect paint job ruined by a process that can not be reversed easily? So now I will but in a bed mat and a cover over the tailgate. If I have troubles with the sides of the bed I will go with a bed rug.

Great to have choices the mat for many is not an option is hard to slide the heavy stuff in and out.

 

[JASmith]

Great to have choices the mat for many is not an option is hard to slide the heavy stuff in and out.

That's a good thing, ask Tacoma and Ridgeline owners, everything in the bed slides all over the place like an air hockey table. That's why we put a big rubber mat in the Ram, much nicer to kneel on too and it also dampens sound from stuff rattling around back there.

 

[Cubican]

That's a good thing, ask Tacoma and Ridgeline owners, everything in the bed slides all over the place like an air hockey table. That's why we put a big rubber mat in the Ram, much nicer to kneel on too and it also dampens sound from stuff rattling around back there.

I own 5 Ridgeline which I’m planning to replace with the mavericks but I’m testing it out first

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