Laying it on Thick: Sprayed-on Bedliners Washington DC

Sprayed-on bedliners, once the realm of only a few manufacturers, are now available from many different sources as very basic systems to incredibly elaborate ones.

By Charlie Barone
7/8/2008


It seems today that body shops all over the United States are scrambling for a piece of the customer-pay service business. In an effort to circumvent the price games played by insurance companies and for an opportunity to get paid what the market will truly bear, shops are adding mechanical services, detailing and accessories to the list of their offerings to customers.

The burgeoning truck market, while beginning to show some signs of ebbing due to energy costs, is underscored by the fact that the F-150 has been the most popular vehicle sold in the U.S. for nearly every year of the past three decades. This has put millions of pickup trucks on the road.

Every one of these Ford trucks has a life expectancy of nearly 200,000 miles or more. From the STX, XLT, the luxurious Lariat, the even plusher Lariat Limited and the theme-based King Ranch, Eddie Bauer and Harley-Davidson packages, there seems no end to the market for dolling up what was formerly the lowly pickup. Add to these numbers the offerings from other manufacturers (Dodge, Chevrolet, GMC, Toyota and Nissan) and you’re looking at a major contingent of the automotive population.

If you’re wondering about the market for add-on items like sprayed-on bedliners and the general economy, there seems littl...