if you do get the spray in just be careful the first few weeks to let it dry. i didnt and now i have a tear in mine. but it is better to get the spray in than a plastic one( they warp bad under sun light)

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1999 exploder sport dropped on 20"
still hear me commin up the block

I sell paint sprayers sometimes at my work and the bed liner might be a little bit to thick to spray. Besides that it would take more than $40 a coat because when it does spray 25% of what you have will float into the atmosphere as overspray. Not to mention the 3-400 dollars the sprayer would cost.

Then again I am not sure that the liner is so t hick, I just assume it is since it is so durable.

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1999 F-150 AirRaid, 4.10 gears, tint, superchip, see my gallery for more.

Well my father in law already has the sprayer / air compressor / etc and has said that I'm more than welcome to use it. He's curious if it would work also. He just bought his second King Ranch after totaling (literally crashing and burning) the first one and hasn't put a bedliner in the new one yet. If it did turn out well then he wants to do it to his also. We're both perfectionists so I'm sure between the two of us it would look nice, I'm just scared about messing up his sprayer. However if it did work then between our families trucks we would be saving well over $1500 in the bedliners we would be putting in this year; total of 4 trucks.

If the mix was too thick, what about adding extra water to the mix and increasing the drying time?

NO----- MOISTURE VERY BAD! moisture droplets getting caught under the liner causes rust, so think about it! maybe some kind of paint thinner?

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2003 Chevy astrovan AWD LT (Loaded Turd)
1994 Ford F150 4x4 with 4 inch lift and 35's
3RD child on the way!
U.S. Army Troop "An ARMY of One"

i wouldnt even think about trying to thin out the mixture, if it doesntwork in the sprayer, i would brush it, or roll it. its not worth compromising the finish of your truck just to save time. paint thinner can mass up the finish of your truck also, bad idea.

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1986 Ford Ranger 2.9 V6 5spd
2000 Stock Ranger Rims
Saturn Bucket Seats
Diamond Plate Toolbox
Custom Tube Bumpers
Sony Head Unit
2 Blaupunkt 6x9s
Dixie Horn
SunPro MiniTach
Clear Bumper Lights
More Mods to Come
Check out my truck HERE

as my dad always says" if you are going to drive a ford you are going to have to put a gas station in the bed",....so i cussed him out and put the gas station in the bed!.....lol..i had a 97 extended cab 4 cylender,it sucKed on gas, had a 99 3.0, it sucKed on gas but better than the 2.3 littre and now i have a 2002 4.0 4x4, it sux the worse, 230 miles to the TANK!ford gets the worst gas milage, jus a small price to pay for driving the best!:smokin:

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built ford tough,no dodge can hold me down...

i get a bout 300mpg to the tank on the cheap shit

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1999 exploder sport dropped on 20"
still hear me commin up the block

i have the 3.0

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1999 exploder sport dropped on 20"
still hear me commin up the block

3.0 gets the best gas milage and are plenty powerful...i loved mine...wish i still had it.....ahhhhhh the good ol days...

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built ford tough,no dodge can hold me down...

hell yeah especially with a xaust and an intake. i love mine

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1999 exploder sport dropped on 20"
still hear me commin up the block

2.9s are better, i have gone a long time on a tank, i dont remember the numbers, but i heard the 3.0 is overbored or something so it sucks on gas and has little power.

heres ya a little poem:
on the day i bought you,
i thought you were tough
a 3 liter V6
that should be more than enough

but now i start you
i cant help but wonder
why you go so slow
but you are loud as thunder

and it doesnt end there
if i want to be further enraged
all i have to do
is take a look at my fuel guage

you are a gos hogging pig
that doesnt go that fast either,
every time i see you
i wish i kept my 2.9 liter

and:
overbored or overstroked,
3.0s are just a joke

but a 3.0 is better than any chevy ive seen

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1986 Ford Ranger 2.9 V6 5spd
2000 Stock Ranger Rims
Saturn Bucket Seats
Diamond Plate Toolbox
Custom Tube Bumpers
Sony Head Unit
2 Blaupunkt 6x9s
Dixie Horn
SunPro MiniTach
Clear Bumper Lights
More Mods to Come
Check out my truck HERE

I have a 2.5 L extended cab and get about 320 miles to the tank on the regular unleaded.

man i love my 3.0

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1999 exploder sport dropped on 20"
still hear me commin up the block

jus so you know peom writer, my 3.0 smoked the hell outta a 2.9 and he had mods to his, i didnt.......write a peom about how stupid he felt when he couldnt see me anymore!....hee hee

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built ford tough,no dodge can hold me down...

good one leathal

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1999 exploder sport dropped on 20"
still hear me commin up the block

*****takes a bow*****

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built ford tough,no dodge can hold me down...

lmfao

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1999 exploder sport dropped on 20"
still hear me commin up the block

yoshtin did you do all the mods to ur truck or did you inherit them??cause i think i read somewhere that you bought ur truck used.....

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built ford tough,no dodge can hold me down...

yeah i bought it used but it was stock when i got it. the pic in my avatar is a photoshop pic but thats what i want it to look like but not the same colors. just got my subs put in today. if you have 150 bucks get 2 infinity 10s refrence. the best subs in the world. got the box made by car toys where dubbed works. got a 1000w pyramid amp (shitty ass amp) wired to it and i think i am at least in the 137db range. when you walk up to it it sounds like a stock system but jump in and you are blown away.i got the 2 5" screens one in the visor and the other in front of the shifter. with the zebra print and shag interior. its the pimp mobile lol

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1999 exploder sport dropped on 20"
still hear me commin up the block

the K&N item :1997 FORD Ranger TRUCK 2.3L L4 F/I 57-2535 FIPK Manual Trans only, is a complete intake, from the throttle body to the air filter, check out : http://www.kandn.com/instructions/57-2535.pdf , that is K&N's instalation guide. will give you an idea of what is involved.
item E-0995 is just a factory replacement filter. you would be keeping all the restrictive factory tubing.

as to MPG, using a free flowing intake/filter, free flowing exhaust, will let the engine breath better, and make the engine a little more efficient,

if you use a completely new intake tube system (K&N, MAC, ECT), a heat sheiled for the tube would be good, this will keep the intake air, as close to the tempurature the MAF reads it, as it get to the throttle body, the 2 heat sheilds i know of are thermotec at about $50bucks, and C&R racing (nascar radiator manf) sells a gold stick on heat sheild for about $30.00 a linier foot (24"x1')

hope this helps.