Truckster
07-14-2004, 09:37 PM
Having just purchased my truck, I was looking for a nice bedliner. Although many people recommend spray-in type, I did not like the idea of having something so permanent in my truck. I also did not like most drop-in bedliners, as the quality seemed to be lacking, expecially in fit-n-finish.
Well, I searched around the net and eventually found this thing called "Dualcomp" made by California Dreams. Basically, it is a 5-piece drop-in unit with hard sides and a rubber mat for the bed. I ordered it and it came about 2 weeks later, today. So I put it in. First off, this thing is NOT as easy to install as they make it seem in the video on their site. That guy must have practiced for a year to do it so fast.
Anyway, took me the better part of 20 minutes to install it. When it came to the tailgate cover, I was a little disturbed to find that they wanted me to drill 5 holes in my tailgate just to attach the cover. No thanks.
My wife and I both agreed that this was really crappy bedliner. The rubber bed mat did not sit flat on the bed, and there was no sealing around the edges, so water has no problem getting in. The bed liner was not really secured either, so I could see it rattling around in the wind or just falling off.
So I just ripped it off and put it in the box, called up the place I bought it from (cabelas) and told them I want to return it. I am going to get a spray-in lining after all. I'd rather have something permanent that works well rather than something easy to remove that doesn't work at all.
Bottom line, think twice about the dualcomp liner. It's cheap, and tempting, and not too many reviews about it anywhere. But this is definitely one case where you get what you pay for.
NOTE: This is just my experience with the product. It does not mean this bedliner will not work for you. It is cheap, and for some people, it might be fine. For me, using this bedliner would be like putting a bumper sticker on a corvette.
Truckster
Well, I searched around the net and eventually found this thing called "Dualcomp" made by California Dreams. Basically, it is a 5-piece drop-in unit with hard sides and a rubber mat for the bed. I ordered it and it came about 2 weeks later, today. So I put it in. First off, this thing is NOT as easy to install as they make it seem in the video on their site. That guy must have practiced for a year to do it so fast.
Anyway, took me the better part of 20 minutes to install it. When it came to the tailgate cover, I was a little disturbed to find that they wanted me to drill 5 holes in my tailgate just to attach the cover. No thanks.
My wife and I both agreed that this was really crappy bedliner. The rubber bed mat did not sit flat on the bed, and there was no sealing around the edges, so water has no problem getting in. The bed liner was not really secured either, so I could see it rattling around in the wind or just falling off.
So I just ripped it off and put it in the box, called up the place I bought it from (cabelas) and told them I want to return it. I am going to get a spray-in lining after all. I'd rather have something permanent that works well rather than something easy to remove that doesn't work at all.
Bottom line, think twice about the dualcomp liner. It's cheap, and tempting, and not too many reviews about it anywhere. But this is definitely one case where you get what you pay for.
NOTE: This is just my experience with the product. It does not mean this bedliner will not work for you. It is cheap, and for some people, it might be fine. For me, using this bedliner would be like putting a bumper sticker on a corvette.
Truckster