[SDFrontier85]

What are these rubber plugs in the bed?

Hey guys. Got the 2010 a few months back and I'm planning on getting bed liner done soon. I noticed there are four rubber plugs on the floor of the bed and two big ones up on the back. I was wondering what these are for and if the liner is OK to go over them or not. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[TheOregonFront]

Hey guys. Got the 2010 a few months back and I'm planning on getting bed liner done soon. I noticed there are four rubber plugs on the floor of the bed and two big ones up on the back. I was wondering what these are for and if the liner is OK to go over them or not. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

well in my opinion they are like a drainage plug. fo excessive water in the bed or something. they really dont need em. but yeah its fine spraying over

 

[SDFrontier85]

well in my opinion they are like a drainage plug. fo excessive water in the bed or something. they really dont need em. but yeah its fine spraying over

Oh ok. I thought maybe they just covered up the holes where the bed rails get mounted if you have them. Good to know the liner can go over them though.

 

[SDFrontier85]

So does anyone know for sure what these plugs are? I'm just curious.

 

[TLBones]

Oh ok. I thought maybe they just covered up the holes where the bed rails get mounted if you have them. Good to know the liner can go over them though.

If you are talking about the ones on the front wall of the bed directly up against the back of the cab I don't know what they are, but they seem kind of high for drain plugs. I thought they would be an excellent spot to run wires to the bed if I wanted to put an inverter back there or possibly a good spot to secure a toolbox? If you're using a sprayon/paint on bedliner I'd remove them and reinstall them afterwards just so they are easier to remove in the future if there was some reason to do so.

 

[dubie2003]

The bottom plugs are probably for the utilitrac. Those are probably okay to spray over. The ones on the back of the bed are used if you have a tonneu cover. The roll-up covers usually have some kind of storage box that is mounted on the cab side of the bed. This can get water in it and it has to drain or rust out. They run a pipe from the "box" to the rear plugs and you are good to go. Those I would remove, spray and then re-install.

 

[TLBones]

The bottom plugs are probably for the utilitrac. Those are probably okay to spray over. The ones on the back of the bed are used if you have a tonneu cover. The roll-up covers usually have some kind of storage box that is mounted on the cab side of the bed. This can get water in it and it has to drain or rust out. They run a pipe from the "box" to the rear plugs and you are good to go. Those I would remove, spray and then re-install.

Thanks for the explanation... I wondered about those! Darn Newbies (talking about myself). I haven't had a pickup in quite a few years (1995) they didn't have that type of tonneu back then...that I was aware of anyway.

 

[SDFrontier85]

The bottom plugs are probably for the utilitrac. Those are probably okay to spray over. The ones on the back of the bed are used if you have a tonneu cover. The roll-up covers usually have some kind of storage box that is mounted on the cab side of the bed. This can get water in it and it has to drain or rust out. They run a pipe from the "box" to the rear plugs and you are good to go. Those I would remove, spray and then re-install.

If I'm not going to use a tonneu cover is it ok to coat over them?

 

[dubie2003]

If I'm not going to use a tonneu cover is it ok to coat over them?

The bottom ones, yes. The back ones, no. They are so easy to remove, it would be stupid/sloppy to just go over them. Your installer will know what they are doing. they are just plastic/rubber plugs. Pop them out, line and pop back in once dry.

You may not be looking to use that style of tonneu now but you never know. Also, if you add a bed-box, you may add a drain just in case or for wires or etc..... Basically for the minimal extra work to remove/reinstall them it is stupid not to.