aftermarket spray in bedliner concerns

[mamboman777]

some of us don't have local aftermarket shops to choose from on this. In an era where McDonalds is offering $18/hr to start, what makes you think somebody working at an independant spray liner shop is any more qualified than a Ford Factory contracted shop? At least with factory spray in it is covered under warranty if there is a problem.

I agree with all of this. I would love a factory liner, if I thought it was available. I think part of the reason I'm scheduled is because I didn't add the spray in liner.

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[catinthebathtub]

Well I’ld let those guys clean all of those out.

no, not in a bad way. they took the time to do it right. zero issues.

 

[Redneck Garage]

some of us don't have local aftermarket shops to choose from on this. In an era where McDonalds is offering $18/hr to start, what makes you think somebody working at an independant spray liner shop is any more qualified than a Ford Factory contracted shop? At least with factory spray in it is covered under warranty if there is a problem.

Okay first on your rebuttal - most dealerships offer bed coating and it's probably available from where you're picking up your truck. I have done bed coating on Jeep tubs myself probably 20 times it ain't that hard so anyone with a compressor can do it themselves. The spray in bed coating photos that I've seen are marginal quality at best so yes the aftermarket shops do do a better job and are pretty pricey. They drilled into gas tanks because they didn't know how to mask a hole. I'd say that's pretty sad.

 

[Turtle]

some of us don't have local aftermarket shops to choose from on this. In an era where McDonalds is offering $18/hr to start, what makes you think somebody working at an independant spray liner shop is any more qualified than a Ford Factory contracted shop? At least with factory spray in it is covered under warranty if there is a problem.

I agree. Would you want to try fighting a local shop to replace your entire gas tank. Good luck with that. I will stick with the factory fu*kups.

 

[Old Ranchero]

Okay first on your rebuttal - most dealerships offer bed coating and it's probably available from where you're picking up your truck. I have done bed coating on Jeep tubs myself probably 20 times it ain't that hard so anyone with a compressor can do it themselves. The spray in bed coating photos that I've seen are marginal quality at best so yes the aftermarket shops do do a better job and are pretty pricey. They drilled into gas tanks because they didn't know how to mask a hole. I'd say that's pretty sad.

My town is population of ~10k. We have 1 Ford dealer, 1 Chevy/GM and 1 Dodge/Jeep/Ram dealer. I know my Ford dealer does not spray themselves- they send it out to the 1 and only guy in town who carries only 1 proprietary brand and no Line-X, Rhino coat, etc. He's pricey and in demand so you get booked weeks out and can keep getting pushed out. We had our F-150 done there in 2018 and it was OK, but $550 + tax IIRC. I'm actually gonna be fine if the factory liner peels off in a couple years like a couple videos I saw. The paint underneath looked brand new. If that happens in my case that will give me 3 new options down the road- leave naked and polished up with maybe a removable mat, do a drop in, or hope there are more spray businesses around by then.

 

[Redneck Garage]

My town is population of ~10k. We have 1 Ford dealer, 1 Chevy/GM and 1 Dodge/Jeep/Ram dealer. I know my Ford dealer does not spray themselves- they send it out to the 1 and only guy in town who carries only 1 proprietary brand and no Line-X, Rhino coat, etc. He's pricey and in demand so you get booked weeks out and can keep getting pushed out. We had our F-150 done there in 2018 and it was OK, but $550 + tax IIRC. I'm actually gonna be fine if the factory liner peels off in a couple years like a couple videos I saw. The paint underneath looked brand new. If that happens in my case that will give me 3 new options down the road- leave naked and polished up with maybe a removable mat, do a drop in, or hope there are more spray businesses around by then.

Come on down to Nashville and I'll spray it for you myself just buy the material. If you peel off the factory liner and it's shiny that means they didn't do worth a crap prepping it.

 

[ceugster]

Try to research the sprayer, I had three options in my area and one had a great reputation. I feel like they did a great job! They didn’t spray over anything important, removed bolts and had clean lines wherever it transitioned back to paint.

 

[dgnx6]

some of us don't have local aftermarket shops to choose from on this. In an era where McDonalds is offering $18/hr to start, what makes you think somebody working at an independant spray liner shop is any more qualified than a Ford Factory contracted shop? At least with factory spray in it is covered under warranty if there is a problem.

Some local dealers take it to these shops anyway. These local places is a guy or two guys that franchise out this product and run a small business. Their way of making money and feeding their family is these bedliners. But I would def recommend checking out their work area and see if it's clean or not. If they keep that up they most likely do their due diligence with customers vehicles.

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