Basically, it comes down to two things. Preference, and price. I prefer the spray in deals, but at twice the price of a factory box-liner, combined with over-spray I passed on that route. I do tend to haul a fair amount of sporting equipment around (summer baseball, winter hockey) for an entire team, which usually gets thrown over the rail and basically 'dropped' into the box. The box-liner does absorb most of the impact, and I've yet to dent anything on the truck. The box-liner works for me, I haven't seen any rubber rugs/mats, so I'm unfamiliar with them. If you take care of it, I don't think there is anything wrong with a boxliner.
Pat Buthmann
-----Original Message-----
From: David Wilner [SMTP:wilpo@ici.net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 1997 9:09 PM
To: 'Dakota Mailing List'
Subject: Bed Protection
Thanks for all of the opinions on bed protection. I'm still undecided - it's a toss-up between the BedRug and the dealer installed Dodge liner.
If anyone has any horror stories about either of these, let me know.
The spray-ins look good - but they're pricey and I've heard quite a bit about over-spray problems.
Actually this has been a much more difficult decision than anything else associated with buying the truck.
Dave
ps - my head is spinning from all the info you guys are putting out on this list - quite an unexpected resource.
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