Wheel Well Liners

[24carbonized]

I recently purchased my first F-150 Raptor. At the dealership I also looked at the new Ranger Raptor and noticed it has rear wheel well liners. Why does the lower priced Ranger have them and the F-150 does not? My best guess is the Ranger body may be steel and the F-150 aluminum. I’d think all off road trucks would have liners.

 

[CleverGirl_]

Probably

 

[Space Ghost]

i had them, didnt care why they were needed and took them out to fit my FRS shocks

Its an offroad truck, **** cares if the wheel liners look pretty

 

[raptor730]

i had them, didnt care why they were needed and took them out to fit my FRS shocks

Its an offroad truck, **** cares if the wheel liners look pretty

Because it looks cheap as hell without them. some people care what their offroad truck looks like

 

[FullSend]

I just followed this guys lead and painted them. Turned out well. Looks better and adds some undercoating protection.

Review - Rustoleum Truck Bed Coating for Wheel Wells

The truck I bought already had the OEM spray-in liner so I really did not want to take to Line-X just for the wheel wells. Also, I wanted to hit a few extra places, and I am not going to beat it hard off-road. So went with this product. There are two grades. A regular one and then the...

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[FInless Brown Trout]

I've had some guys tell me that water and salt and crap have gotten stuck behind their liners... and then causing pre-mature (!) rusting. This was on Gen 1s and 2s. Perhaps it depends on how well the prep/install is done? Whatever the case, they recommended no liners, paint if required.

All that said, I didn't do anything to my wells on my Gen 2, and after 4 years, used Rustoleum to hit the rusty weld joints under the truck. Looked good, lasted until I sold.

 

[Arizona Free]

I installed Husky Wheel Liners myself. Pretty easy

 

[RdR2027]

I went with the Line X. Looks good so far.

 

[raptor730]

I've had some guys tell me that water and salt and crap have gotten stuck behind their liners... and then causing pre-mature (!) rusting. This was on Gen 1s and 2s. Perhaps it depends on how well the prep/install is done? Whatever the case, they recommended no liners, paint if required.

All that said, I didn't do anything to my wells on my Gen 2, and after 4 years, used Rustoleum to hit the rusty weld joints under the truck. Looked good, lasted until I sold.

They sit up against the aluminum body. I call BS

 

[FoxNotch]

Definitely not going to rust the wheel wells of the bed, I promise.