box in bed with bedliner for blowthrough

[treylittlefield 10+ year member]

can u build a box and put it in a blowthrough and not use a bed cover?? like use resin and then coat the whole bed in bed liner as if sealing it to the bed?? somone at a shop said water would eventually get through the bed liner and kill the box..anyone have any experience or advice??

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[treylittlefield 10+ year member]

http://www.aifresno.com/aipicsweb/Chevy%20Truck%203/slides/fts8.html

this is what i am talking about

 

[KHARPS 10+ year member]

Are you talking about not using a tonneau or just not using a bedliner?

 

[Goindef154 5,000+ posts]

I think he's saying no cover and put box down on bare bed then put liner over bed and box.

 

[KHARPS 10+ year member]

At least get a vinyl tonneau cover. I got one for $180 + shipping and it's hinged and lifts up and everything...check out ebay. I don't have anything on the floor of the bed at the moment. You can just cover your box in resin and bolt it right to the floor. But please get a tonneau.

 

[treylittlefield 10+ year member]

no bed cover just resin the box then use bed liner...would it work?? cause i've seen it done before and dont really like the looks of bed covers.

 

[treylittlefield 10+ year member]

At least get a vinyl tonneau cover. I got one for $180 + shipping and it's hinged and lifts up and everything...check out ebay. I don't have anything on the floor of the bed at the moment. You can just cover your box in resin and bolt it right to the floor. But please get a tonneau.

and especailly not the vinyl covers. lol

 

[KHARPS 10+ year member]

I guess it could work but everyone will see a huge box in your bed and eventually catch on to what it is. Greater risk of theft.

 

[treylittlefield 10+ year member]

I guess it could work but everyone will see a huge box in your bed and eventually catch on to what it is. Greater risk of theft.

well i dont live in a big city or anything. the thing i wanna figure out is that will the box get wet with resin and then sprayed wit bedliner like the above picture.

 

[TnT_Sounds 10+ year member]

I get what you're saying. I know from experiance the rhino-liner bed liner stuff or any liner for that matter is only water resistant not water proof. A box I did with it over time absorbed the moisture and got into the MDF and next thing it was saw-dust. Figure this;

Fiberglass resin is used for boats and bed liner is used on trucks.

I would resin the entire box and at the least look into a vinyl top tonneau cover. Its better than nothing. I had a vinyl top for 2 years with no problems.

 

[TnT_Sounds 10+ year member]

well i dont live in a big city or anything. the thing i wanna figure out is that will the box get wet with resin and then sprayed wit bedliner like the above picture.

Doesn't matter if you live in a big city or not. I live in a town of about 1500 rednecks and I still got my **** broke into.

Its not as difficult as you're thinking. Just resin the box and throw a vinyl tonneau on and you're good to go.

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

I highly recommend the bed cover.

 

[treylittlefield 10+ year member]

well i am prob gonna get the bed cover i just dont like the looks of em at all honestly. and i was thinkin if i resined the box then put the bed liner over that like in the above picture...would that not work??

 

[hunterw 10+ year member]

yeah id resin the piss out of it. and then resin it again.and also try to eleveat the box like at least 1/4 off the floor .

and if i was going to get any tonneau, (if money is not an issue) id go to checkerpro.com

flushmount ftw.

 

[treylittlefield 10+ year member]

yeah id resin the piss out of it. and then resin it again.and also try to eleveat the box like at least 1/4 off the floor .
and if i was going to get any tonneau, (if money is not an issue) id go to checkerpro.com

flushmount ftw.

if i was gonna get any kind it would be a flushmount. lol