I've been looking into getting a few add-ons for my truck. Specifically, a retractable tonneau cover, and maybe a swing-out toolbox.

Problem is, for both of those, the installation instructions require me to hack up the drop-in liner.

I've had drop-in liners before, but I didn't have tonneau covers with them. I'm afraid that by hacking it up, it'll be a lot more likely to move around, and thereby, eat up the paint on my bed.

So I figure, sell it, get a spray-in liner, and the problems solved.

Thoughts? Would I be better off keeping it, and cutting it up?

 

You will not get much for it. $75 if you are lucky.

 

I'm not looking to make any real money by selling it. I just figured that since it's still in really good shape, and only a few months old, it'd be a shame to throw it out.

 

I did the same, those drop in liners are terrible - I wish I knew that before I ordered it from the factory that way. A friend told me his truck bed had rusted out in 3 years from water getting trapped under there. I ripped mine out and got the Line-X. I just threw the old liner away.

 

take it out, set it on fire, and let the neighborhood children dance around it......

I still have my drop in and i'm not having any problems with it, although with all the work you're doing you'd be better off with the spray-in

 

I havn't had any problems with my drop in. The do wear away the paint but the same friction keeps the rust from forming at least in most cases.

 

My wife's truck has the drop in liner and I have the Line-X in mine. If I knew how much better the Line-x was, I never would have got the drop in liner in the first place.

 

I don't mind our drop-in liner. I considered doing a cheap roll on/spray in liner myself and putting the liner back in.

 

if i hadnt just set up an appt for rhino, i woulda come up to NY to grab that drop in off you. was looking for a cheap one for a little while

 

Both have their merrits.
The spray-in liner is not as slippery for items in your box.
It supposedly is better for keeping rust at bay - think abrasion from the drop-in.

The drop-in liner is probably tougher for things like shovelling gravel out of your bed.
It doesn't tear up the bottom of a cardboard box when sliding it across your bed.
It keeps items 0.5" off the floor of your bed in case your tonneau leaks a little.

There are probably more, but these are my $0.02