Hey all,
Just purchased my 95 k1500 a couple of months ago, and I keep going back and forth about putting some kind of bed liner on it.
The previous owner had a cap on the truck its entire life, so therefore the bed is stock bare painted metal. He wanted to keep the cap, so I ended up with a bare metal bed that has not been exposed to elements in 20 years.
It has been like this for a couple of months now, and surface rust is starting to show up on areas of high use were paint has been scratched up.
Should I get some kind of spray on liner to keep the bed from rusting? I don't care what it looks like, as the rest of the truck is a bit rusty and beat up. I just want to keep rust holes from eventually forming and ruining the bed structurally. Or should I not worry about the rust, presuming it will take decades for any sort of major damage to occur?
The bed liners I was considering were the DIY type you can pick up at Walmart or online such as the Rustoleum or Herculiner kit. Line-x and other professionally applied products are unfortunately out of the question due to budget constraints. Which one of the DIY kits is best in your opinion if I chose to apply one?
Thanks!
Just purchased my 95 k1500 a couple of months ago, and I keep going back and forth about putting some kind of bed liner on it.
The previous owner had a cap on the truck its entire life, so therefore the bed is stock bare painted metal. He wanted to keep the cap, so I ended up with a bare metal bed that has not been exposed to elements in 20 years.
It has been like this for a couple of months now, and surface rust is starting to show up on areas of high use were paint has been scratched up.
Should I get some kind of spray on liner to keep the bed from rusting? I don't care what it looks like, as the rest of the truck is a bit rusty and beat up. I just want to keep rust holes from eventually forming and ruining the bed structurally. Or should I not worry about the rust, presuming it will take decades for any sort of major damage to occur?
The bed liners I was considering were the DIY type you can pick up at Walmart or online such as the Rustoleum or Herculiner kit. Line-x and other professionally applied products are unfortunately out of the question due to budget constraints. Which one of the DIY kits is best in your opinion if I chose to apply one?
Thanks!