Bed Mats -- 5 Tips

Bed mats for pickup trucks prevent dents as well as stopping scratches and scrapes. As you know, most any kind of hauling results in wear and tear to a pickup bed or an expensive liner too. Even simply hauling groceries can scratch paint and be the start of rust and corrosion. Here's what to look for when looking at bed mats.

1. Tough materials make for tough mats.

Even a cheap rubber truck bed mat is almost impossible to hurt. Plastic bed liners too will stand almost any kind of abuse. Concrete blocks for example will make a mess of a bed paint but will do nothing at all to rubber mats.

2. Truck bed carpet too.

Truck bed carpet works especially well under truck bed caps or tonneau covers. Rubber pickup mats do well for really messy hauling projects. Almost impossible to hurt, rubber mats stand up to just about anything. Damage a mat and it's a cinch to pull it out and slip in another.

3. Custom fit is easy.

Universal trim to fit mats can be cut to fit any bed, but likely that won't be necessary. That's because custom fit mats are available for most pickups. Especially for later models of popular trucks the custom fit route will be an easy one to take.

4. Online works.

You can likely find a mat to fit your truck at your auto parts store. But usually the stock in the store is small. That's means you must wait for your mat to be ordered and arrive. On the other hand, the selection online is good and often shipping is fast and often free. That's a factor since bed mats, especially rubber ones, are quite heavy. Mine weighs 68 pounds.

5. Nearly free rubber truck bed mats.

Compared to other liner options, inexpensive bed mats cost nearly nothing. They provide great protection for a very low cost. Especially when you consider the shipping costs nothing if you order online, the rubber mats offer good value.

Often you can shop and buy online and save even more. Usually you can get free shipping as well as a discount off retail which makes for a nearly free mat that's tougher and better protection than just about anything else you can use. Save money and keep your truck looking good with cheap truck bed mats.