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KG,

I am a bit confused as to what you are meaning by 'ute liner' and 'tray liner'. Whats the difference? Or are you meaning the same thing? I was going to put a drop in tub liner. I won't be tying much down, and I am going to be filling up a fair chunk of the already not huge dual cab tray with a polished alloy tool box anyways.

If it was nessacary to put holes in the tub liner, couldn't I just fill around the hole with sillicone to stop things getting underneath? Or have you tried this?

Thanks for your feedback!

sorry mate I started out using your terminology and then switched to my own terminology half way through :)

ute liner / tray liner is the same thing.... HOWEVER - there are drop in plastic ute liners and then there are paint on ute liners. having owned both, my preference is for the paint on because i like to have tie downs everywhere.....

in theory you could fill around the hole with silicon but i've never tried it... most ute liner manufacturers actually suggest you pull the liner out every 6 months and clean any crap out from under there... if you have a look at blueys ute world (i think it's www.blueys.com.au) they sell tape to go on your tray before you put the liner in - this would help some of the rubbing off paint that happened as a result of my drop in ute liner (fitted on vehicle for about 3 years)

mounting the tool box will be some fun for you... i woudl suggest you mount the toolbox AFTER fitting the ute liner. if you mount the toolbox by bolting it thru the tray you will have to drill from underneath to line up the holes with the new ute liner (if you install the ute liner, then the toolbox you'll drill thru both from the top in one hit)

my big reasons for ditching my drop in liner and going for a paint on liner were...
1 - the drop in liner had a corrugated base that doesnt follow the countours of the original tray... so if you try to mount anything from the top it squashes the ridges and deforms the liner
2 - can't put any tie downs in without cutting a hole in the liner and getting crud under the liner and turning the ute liner into a huge piece of sandpaper

things i miss since i took the ute liner out (and haven't got around to painting the paint on liner yet)....
1 - my tray has copped a hiding - couple of loads of sand, a few dump runs and it's scratched to buggery. only consolation is i have to sand it all back and clean it up before i paint the liner on anyway.
2 - the tray was much easier to clean out with the liner in it... park on a slope and hose the back out... without the liner water pools up in places and things actually stain the tray (oil, etc)

anyway... i've kind of turned your query into more of a discussion about ute liners. there's much more fun mods to talk about!

cheers,

KG

Cheers Craig,

I will certainly keep you posted as I get quotes, put different bits and pieces on the Hilux and find out how well the things work!

i have the standard truck, and i think you are going to be getting a SR5? Mine comes standard with a radio/tape deck, but i will be putting an aftermarket CD player and UHF in it soon. I would say it has the same basic dash layout as a SR5 and mine does look as if it will fit a CD and UHF one on top of hte other.