By Alan Bullington

Plastic bed liners may be better for your truck than an expensive spray on liner. Not just because they’re cheaper either.

Pickup truck bed liners are one of the best ways to keep your truck looking good. You can choose from several types of liners. Plastic bed liners may be the best choice if you really use your vehicle for serious hauling. If you only haul groceries, any liner will do or maybe you don’t even need a bed lining. Often the spray on liner is considered the top choice and they have several advantages. But plastic truck bed liners may be better sometimes and here’s why.

No more dents.

Nothing makes a pickup bed look much worse than a lot of dents and dings. And some kinds of hauling just produces dents. It’s almost impossible to avoid. Here’s where plastic linings really shine. One of these liners is almost impossible to dent. Just the thickness and weight of a good liner is a clue about how tough these liners are. Plastic tough liners absorb shocks that would damage lesser materials. Now the best spray on liners absorb a lot of damage, but they’re more rubbery and not as hard and tough as plastic.

No more scrapes.

The other way to destroy a truck bed is with scrapes and scratches. Of course this kind of damage is bad enough, but the damage is a place for rust to get a start. Rust is the real killer. And unless you keep scratches repaired, you’ll get rust. A great plastic lining will eliminate scratches from any kind of cargo. Think about concrete blocks. No way you can avoid bed damage if you haul a few concrete blocks without a liner. And remember a spray on liner may keep gouges from reaching the bed. But that doesn’t mean the expensive liner doesn’t get scarred up. So a damaged spray on bed liner must be repaired or you live with the damage.

Good looks.

Which leads to the looks factor. A pickup just doesn’t look right without a bed liner. A custom drop in liner looks just as good as a spray on liner. But of course the spray liner is permanent. That isn’t all good since normal wear and tear may make your liner look shabby over time. With a plastic bed liner, abuse it all you want and just pull it out and slip in another at any time.

Cheap is good.

Replacing a plastic liner isn’t such a big deal, since they’re so much cheaper than a spray on liner. The price may be half or less than a spray liner. These liners are cheap protection for your truck bed and easy to maintain or replace. You have a couple of different types to choose from too. The most common drop in bed liners are one piece, custom made to fit a particular truck model. A really good alternative to the one piece model is a custom multi-piece liner. These liners have separate pieces for the bottom, sides, front and tail gate. You get a great fit, an even better custom fit than with a one piece unit. Plus the multi-piece plastic bed liner is easier to ship and still is quick to install and tough too.

A plastic bed liner is a great alternative to a spray on bed liner. Protect your bed from dents and scrapes. Do it a lot cheaper than many other liners too. A multi-piece unit is also easy to ship and fits even better than the one piece units.

Puzzled about choosing a truck bed liner? Need more information? Visit our site for tips about plastic truck bed liners.

About the Author: Al Bullington is a retired auto industry engineer who writes about trucks and truck projects. Puzzled about choosing a truck bed liner? Need more information? Visit our site for tips about plastic truck bed liners. We invite you to visit BedLinerForTrucks.com for answers to your truck bed liner questions.

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