Quick new guy question: what's the better sequence for installing parts on a new TV: pin box or bed liner first?
Thanks!!
Quick new guy question: what's the better sequence for installing parts on a new TV: pin box or bed liner first?
Thanks!!
I had my hitch installed by a truck store and they put the hitch in before the bed liner. Not sure if it was the better way, but they claimed it was the better way to do it.
Debby - Stafford, Virginia
2017 Grand Design Solitude ST374TH
2012 GMC Denali 3500HD DRW
Does the new TV have built in 5th wheel prep?
If you are planing on the spray in liner, get that installed first. It needs to cure before putting in 5th wheel rails (if you are using bed rails). The rails can go over the liner. They can also spray around the rails, but it is just more prep work to do that.
If it is a plastic bedliner, they can get cut to fit around the rails. The rails can not installed over a plastic bedliner.
If it is a through the bed mount hitch, where you are just cutting holes in the bed, then it can be done however you want it done.
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2011 RAM 3500 SRW Outdoorsman Edition 4X4, 6.7 Cummins--TWEAKED!
Previous- 2020 Reflection 150 Series 260RD (new owner is on this forum)
It's here!! 2021 Reflection 310RLS
I have the spray in bed liner and had it done first. Just made sense to me to have it sprayed first.
Chris and Debbie
St. Charles County, MO
2007 Dodge Ram Cummins DRW
2015 369RL Solitude
I don't have the TV yet, but I'm hoping it doesn't have anything pre-installed. I'd rather get that done at a towing place I trust.
Thanks all, for the inputs!
Kermode and Ussuri Bruin (and their owners)
2014 Ram Laramie Mega Cab 3500 DRW
24K Pull-Rite SuperGlide Hitch
2015 Momentum 380TH
Spray in liner is the way to go! Needs to be done first.
Aaron & Donna
2014 Solitude 369RLS #1067
2010 Dodge RAM 3500 SLT Mega-Cab 4x4 SRW 6.7L Cummins Diesel
AMP Power Step Running Boards, Bed Step, & Bed Step2; Garmin RV760 GPS & EEZRV TPMS; Truck Covers USA Roll Cover
Firestone Rear Air Suspension System, on-board compressor with 5 Gallon tank and Air port; Hijacker 16K Ultra Slider 5th Wheel Hitch, Dee Zee Truck Tailgate Assist; DU-HA Humpstor Truck Bed Storage Box; Voyager Rear Back Up Camera System
YAKUPSŪ Vertical Kayak Rack and Custom Lippert 2" Receiver; Sailun S637ST tires; WeBoost Cell Phone Booster.
Had spray liner installed first on last two trucks. No issues.
Nick and Nancy
Abbotsford BC
2011 Ram 3500
2015 Reflection 303RLs
spray in bedliner first! I would highly recommend a 5th wheel prep package if you are buying new.
If you put bed rails over the spray in liner (which is the usual sequence), remember to have any bolts that go through the box re-torqued after a couple of weeks. The liner will slowly compress and it will take up to half a turn on the bolts to regain specified torque. I checked mine again after a month and they had not relaxed any further.
Rob
Cate & Rob
(with Border Collies Molly & Angel and their kitty Gracie)
2015 Reflection 303RLS #792
2014 F150 EcoBoost 4x4 Crewcab with Max Tow and Heavy Payload pkgs
Whitby, Ontario, Canada