Tacoma Composite Bed is slippery. Bed mat / bed liner / spray in bed liner?

[Thomasr1950]

Who has the lowest price on.a oem bed mat? 24 Tacoma 5ft?

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[Kielly]

Don't have any solutions for you but I do want to vouch and say it is very slippery, I have to tie down absolutely everything I put in back because the sound of it sliding around on the slightest turns and accelerations drives me insane.

 

[MT-Taco]

To be honest… Any painted pickup bed is pretty damn slick! I can remember my uncle buying rubber livestock pen mats and cutting them to fit.

 

[Miqie]

Who has the lowest price on.a oem bed mat? 24 Tacoma 5ft?

This link is the lowest price you will find, $110 including shipping, but the sale ends on May 30. Don't know if that goes all the way to 11:59pm on the 30th. Keep in mind that the mat will be on backorder, so it may be awhile till you get it, but you won't find a cheaper price for the genuine Toyota mat. (You won't see the $110 price until you put it in your cart.) Mat sale

 

[Thomasr1950]

This link is the lowest price you will find, $110 including shipping, but the sale ends on May 30. Don't know if that goes all the way to 11:59pm on the 30th. Keep in mind that the mat will be on backorder, so it may be awhile till you get it, but you won't find a cheaper price for the genuine Toyota mat. (You won't see the $110 price until you put it in your cart.) Mat sale

Thanks, i was able to order one this morning. I hope it's in stock. They are worth the money.

 

[Miqie]

Thanks, i was able to order one this morning. I hope it's in stock. They are worth the money.

One poster on another forum said that a dealer told him that the Toyota bed mat factory had a major fire, so no telling when these things will ship.

 

[Goriders]

That might have been me. Update I heard was they salvaged some of the equipment and they are trying to get up and running again.

No timeline. I’m going to buy aftermarket.

 

[Miqie]

That might have been me. Update I heard was they salvaged some of the equipment and they are trying to get up and running again.

No timeline. I’m going to buy aftermarket.

Please give a review of what you get. I still think the Toyota mat is the best quality and the heaviest. Read a report that someone's aftermarket mat would almost fly out of the bed at speed.

 

[Goriders]

Please give a review of what you get. I still think the Toyota mat is the best quality and the heaviest. Read a report that someone's aftermarket mat would almost fly out of the bed at speed.

I’ve got a tonneau. So just getting it for traction

 

[rpigeek]

What's the thickness of the OEM bed mat? With the OEM tonneau cover relocating the rails down, which moves the bed divider down I only have about 3/4" from the top of the ridge to the bottom of the bed divider.

 

[Baltimore]

It is indeed slippery as a composite bed. Mine came with the spray in bed liner which does add traction to the bed. I also added the bed mat for protect the bed. The spray in bed liner, which I wanted, is a $575 option from Toyota which I am sure you can get done cheaper. I paid $135 for the bed mat which I ordered onlne and picked up locally from a Toyota dealer. If I could only have one, the bed mat would be my choice. I have had a mat in past Tacomas and every 6 months or so I would remove it and sray the bed and mat well and let them dry.

Toyota claims the OEM bed mat is incompatible with the factory spray-in liner. Did you have to trim or adapt anything to make it fit?

 

[Goriders]

Spray in bed liner may work as well. But I've heard that sometimes it does not adhere well to the composite.

I called a spray liner vendor and that’s what he said. I’m waiting for an OEM bed mat.

 

[Thomasr1950]

Buy a Bed mat

 

[TRD _Rob]

Been very happy with the TripleALiners 6 ft bed mat. its TPE material and textured. No issues with stuff sliding around.

 

[TacoFreak]

My first plastic bed Taco was a 2005. I loved everything about it except how slippery it is, so I got a bed mat and never had another problem.

The SMC beds are super durable and don't really need a spray in bedliner IMO, but without a bed mat they are almost unusable.

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