If you are purchasing a pickup truck without a bed liner, you’ll definitely want to have one installed.
A bed liner protects your truck’s bed from becoming damaged by whatever cargo it is you are hauling. They also help to protect the bed from rust.
Two of the most common bed liner types are drop-in and spray on. A drop-in bed liner is usually made of plastic and simply drops in place in your truck’s bed, while a spray on bed liner is applied either with a spray gun or painted on with a brush or roller. Spray-on bed liners are typically made from analiphatic or polyurethane base, but there are many different types available on the market today.
There are also rubber bed mats, which don’t replace bed liners entirely but serve as a durable second layer of protection.
In this article, we’re going to go over some of the best bed mats and spray on bed liners on sale today. We’ll also go into deeper detail on the chemistry of bed liners, the installation process and what you might want to know about them before you decide to purchase a bed mat or apply a spray on liner. If you want to learn more about bed liners, use the table of contents to navigate, but we’ll start out with the list of best products first.