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1Gen-TundraGeneral discussion forum for the 2000 to 2006 Toyota Tundra.
This is a discussion thread titled "bed bolts with spray in liner", within the 1Gen-Tundra forum, part of the Truck Forums category.
Just leave it. When I had mine sprayed the bed bolts were sprayed over. I was given the option to have them removed first though. I had to remove them this summer and it was really not a big deal to take them out. You just need a sharp knife to clean out the torx head a little.
As a body man by trade, I would NEVER cover up the bolts. I have replaced plenty of bedsides (not entire beds) on all makes of trucks that have had the bolts sprayed. In which case you still have to remove the bed. It sucks from the techs side of things because we have to pick that crap out of the torx heads to remove the bolts. Also, if any paint work has to be done to your rear cab corner the bed should be at least moved back as well. Its not just entire bed replacement that would require removing the bolts. What if your bumper gets hit and knocks the bed out of alignment? You need to loosen the bolts to re-align the bed. There are a lot of reasons to remove or loosen the bed besides replacing it.
thanks for the responses. I just got mine back from the dealer which contracted out the work and the bed bolts WERE sprayed over. I'm going to rasie a ruckus to get it done RIGHT! From on response seems like the repair isn't tough to do. Just wondering if it will make matters worse or not. Should i fix it or just leave it be?
How's it look..??
If just the bed bolts were sprayed over, then I'd leave it. A lot of good points were brought up to not cover them but the odds of them happening are low......
Enjoy your truck and don't sweat the small stuff......
My line-x dealer removed hooks, bed bolts and rear tailgate access panel screws looks great and you never know when you may need to remove something. They did however get some o-spray in the tailgate latches causing some sticking and I did have to remove the tailgate access panel to free the tailgate, not too happy bout that but not a real big deal. I did notice the cheasy plastic connectors for the rods in the locking tail gate. With the sticking latches the rod popped off probably zip tie em or something.
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I was wondering how many people with spray-in bedliners have the "bed bolts" the ones connecting the bed to the frame sprayed over. I've seen them done both ways.
My "Line-X" was sprayed over the bolts without them asking me and I didn't think ahead to tell them NOT TO. My friends truck was sprayed by RHINO and they removed the bolts without him even asking. I guess it depends on who's spraying it. If I had it to do over, I would tell then NOT to spray it. Besides the technical reasons, it just looks better without the bolts sprayed.
OK my experience: Rhinolining was sprayed on when the truck was new and I was asked if I wanted the bolts covered. Yes I said as I thought "I'll never need to remove the bed" Well guess what? A deer slammed the entire drivers side and the bed had to come off for the repair. Bodyman said getting the liner out of the bolts was a PITA and since the liner was cut around the bolts they had to be recovered in the end. The recover is not as nice looking as the original. Next time my bolts stay uncovered.
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I had my brand new black 05 DC Line-x'ed today. Thet wanted to spray over the bed bolts. They said that alot of the bed bolts come from the factory cross treaded and that becomes a problem when they try to put them back in. I told them it is a Toyota and was pretty sure they were not cross threaded from the factory and that I was willing to take a chance.. They took the bolts out and now it looks great. They did get some overspray in the tailgate locking mechanism. I was able to pull it off and out with some needle nose pliers. Overall I am 90% satisfied.(unevel overspray on top vertical section of bed between the bed and the cab. Its not visable to 99% of the world but I am a 1 percenter !!!!)
A deer slammed the entire drivers side and the bed had to come off for the repair. Bodyman said getting the liner out of the bolts was a PITA and since the liner was cut around the bolts they had to be recovered in the end. The recover is not as nice looking as the original.
That is EXACTLY what I was talking about earlier. Been there, done that many times as a bodyman. If I had a choice, the bolts would definately come out. However, if the original poster of this thread says they covered the bolts.......then just leave it. Like jim65wagon said, it wont look as good once they've been patched up.
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95% of LINE-X dealers will remove the bolts, spray the liner, reinstall the bolts because they can. LINE-X dries in a about 4 seconds. So, you don't have to wait to for the liner to dry before reinstalling the bolts. Some LINE-X dealers are a little scared to remove the bolts, some have problems removing them.
Most of the brands that are 100% polyurethane, like Rhino, automatically spray over the bolts because their liner takes about 30 seconds to gel and about 45 minutes to dry. So, if they were to try to reinstall bolts right away, the liner would just ooz out from underneather the bolts. And, they typically don't want to have to wait to reinstall bolts.
The benefit of removing the bolts is that if the bed has to be removed for some reason, it can without tearing up the bedliner. Personally, I think it just looks way better (cleaner) with the bolts not sprayed. However, I've had some customers who prefer the bolts sprayed over because they shovel dirt/gravel and the shovel would otherwise get caught on the bolts.
We generally don't have problems with cross-threaded bolts. I tell you, the Toyota tie down screws are more difficult to deal with than the bed bolts.
I just got my DC sprayed with Line-X last month and 4 out of the 5 dealers I called did not remove the bolts. I ended up going to Line-X of Riverside because I saw the job they did on the Line-X site. The guy told me that all the Line-X dealers were supposed to remove the hardware. Anyway, this guy was cheaper than everyone else ($380 w/ coupon from Line-X site) and did an awesome job on my truck.
The only thing I had to do was take the paint off the front tie down hooks. Not sure why the front hooks are painted and the rear hooks are not. Looked weird so a little paint remover did the job.
At our shop, when we reinstall the front tie downs, we use a little touch up paint on the inside of the little screws. It looks like they've never been removed.
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