Ford has announced that it will begin offering a spray-in bedliner — dubbed Tough Bed — on all 2009 model year F-Series Super Duty trucks produced at the company’s Louisville, Kentucky plant. While spray-in bedliners have grown in popularity over the past several years, Ford is only the second OEM to offer the option. Nissan was the first truckmaker to offer a factory spray-in bedliner back in 2004.
Tough Bed — which was co-developed with PPG — will serve as an alternative to the more traditional drop-in plastic bedliners that Ford currently offers.
According to PickupTruck.com, the Tough Bed liner will be covered under Ford’s 3-year, 36,000 mile warranty.
Ford has yet to release pricing for the Tough Bed option. No word on when the option will be available on the F-150.
02/20, 3:42 PM
posted by:
Blakkarr
Gee, only after Nissan offered it and Toyota offered composite beds. For a company that is supposed to be the tops of the truck game, they really don’t do this stuff first or quickly enough.
02/20, 4:07 PM
posted by:
Brendino
Did you read the article? Only Nissan did it before. And Nissan doesn’t matter in terms of competition because their market share is so small. So yes, they’ve done it quickly enough. First? No, but you can bet that people aren’t gonna remember that Nissan did it first after Ford markets the crap out of it.
Did you know that Nissan had it already?
02/20, 4:22 PM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
So if Honda offered this on the Ridgeline would it be called a pantyliner?
02/20, 4:38 PM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
…after all it does have a small box.
02/20, 5:10 PM
posted by:
richt62167
Give Ford a break. there wewe too busy trying to deside if they should kill Taurus X
02/20, 5:31 PM
posted by:
RicardoHead
Didnt the Sprt Trac have a composite bed before Toyota?
Personally I am not fan of the spray-on liners. I’ve seen them faded as hell and peeling. With a normal liner if it’s trashed I can swap it out in 10 minutes for $200 and be done with it. Spray-on costs more to do up front, takes mroe time, then costs more to fix. There is a market for it, however.
02/20, 5:35 PM
posted by:
jayjc08
ricardohead- SportTrac had it just a little bit later than Toyota, I believe. I could be wrong on that though. And I agree with the spray on bedliners, but most of them that I’ve seen thrashed like that were cheap, lazy jobs. Some of the newer ones are pretty amazing.
02/20, 6:08 PM
posted by:
Blakkarr
Brendion,
Did you read and COMPREHEND my comment? I said Nissan did it, that is used bed coating, first and Toyota offered Composite beds – certainly before FORD did in a full sized truck to address the same issues.
Also, NO, I don’t think FORD acted quickly enough. AS I aside FORD fancies itself the top pof the truck heap and they did nothing along these lines before. It is just another sign the FORD will always be late to any party worth attending.
Also, I think the Sport Trac does have a composite bed, which was offered at essentially the same time Toyota started offering it on their Tacoma P/U, upon it’s redesign a few years back. But the Sport Trac is a veritable non-player unlike the Tacoma. So it really doesn’t count even as much as the TITAN does or did.
02/20, 7:59 PM
posted by:
corvette
good job ford, now focus on actuality selling vehicles.
02/20, 9:17 PM
posted by:
sharpie
Hahaha, Corvette, that is so true!
02/20, 10:41 PM
posted by:
pezones
WHO CARES!!!
quit trying to steal sales from the little guy…
some poor dude trying to pay his mortgage applying spray on bed liners and ford has to dip into his pot? how about selling cars people want so you can start making a profit.
02/21, 9:28 AM
posted by:
SwerveEarly
Toyotas Taco composite bed cant handle heavy ladder racks. And is the only composite construction bed truck (Ridgeline is a car w/open trunk). All others are std steel beds w/plastic liners or spray in liners. Spray ins are best, hands down.
02/21, 9:31 AM
posted by:
SwerveEarly
Ford isnt late on this issue, it was letting their dealers profit on the bed liners.
02/21, 1:43 PM
posted by:
jayjc08
Blakkar- Take your head out of your ass. Just because Ford was second to offer a bedliner doesn’t mean they’re not “on top” of the game.
The only reason why I’m even bringing your comment up is because, your so eager to jump on the bandwagon asap, to file Ford for not offering it first.
I don’t care if they were first, do you see any other automanufacturer in this class of pick-up truck offering a factory bedliner?