Drop in vs Spray in bedliner suggestions.

[DVXtreme]

I still have yet to put in either a drop in or get a spray on bedliner. I have been using the rubber bedliner mat that I bought when I got the truck in 2023. I have always in the past had drop-in liners (its what was with the vehicles I had bought, I never bought a new truck until the maverick), and have always liked them, I like that its easy to slide items. At the time when I ordered the maverick the bedliners were an item that was possibly holding up getting your truck, so I didn't add it. Anyway, suggestions on either drop-in or spray in (line-X/rhinoliner). And if you don't mind, why you chose the way you chose. This Maverick truck club is awesome by the way, always get good advice from it.

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[AF Blue]

No skin in the game.
Why not best of both?
I live south of I-40 all my life.. snow/ice/sand/salt/brine is extremely rare.
Drop-in has been fine for me in all three trucks I have owned.
Price was usually the end factor (drop-in cheaper).

Money aside, I'd get spray-in and supplement with some sort of better impact protection.
(Think spray-in + drop in to overcome climate issues).

 

[matmondro]

My vote is for the spray in. IMO they're easier to live with than a drop-in, especially once the drop-in starts expanding and bowing upward in the middle.

 

[Glen Baker LLC]

How often do you carry stuff that would possibly scratch the paint in the bed?
If everything has been fine for 3 years why change?
I like the look of the painted beds.

 

[DS_Ohio]

I've had 4 pickups, S-10 with 1-piece drop in, F150, Ranger Edge with nothing, Maverick has an OEM modular drop in from factory. Added heavy bed mats to the F150 and Ranger and a tailgate protector, too. I prefer the drop in for sliding objects into the bed. I worried too much about the bed sides with just a mat alone. You aren't going to be the one that scratches anything, anyway. It will be a person helping you load up whatever your cargo is.

 

[DVXtreme]

How often do you carry stuff that would possibly scratch the paint in the bed?
If everything has been fine for 3 years why change?
I like the look of the painted beds.

I absolutely like the look too, but when I do load stuff and use the bed I end up putting foam yoga pads around the inside of it and am super careful when I load and unload, I feel like I probably should do 1 or the other so I can just put stuff in and out without worrying about scratching anything. Thank you for your input though, I really love getting other people's views, opinions and ideas!

 

[DVXtreme]

I've had 4 pickups, S-10 with 1-piece drop in, F150, Ranger Edge with nothing, Maverick has an OEM modular drop in from factory. Added heavy bed mats to the F150 and Ranger and a tailgate protector, too. I prefer the drop in for sliding objects into the bed. I worried too much about the bed sides with just a mat alone. You aren't going to be the one that scratches anything, anyway. It will be a person helping you load up whatever your cargo is.

That is 100% my fear too, that someone else that is helping accidentally scratches the sides. I feel kind of silly that right now I keep thick yoga mats and foam in the bed for when I do haul stuff that may touch the sides. I know, I know...not practical at all on my part.

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