Wallowa Ranger
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I had been going back and fourth between getting a drop in liner or spray in liner since I got my Ranger about 4 months ago. After reading some of the chatter on this forum, I went a different direction and decided to do a bed mat instead. Initially I was looking at the Michelin one from @TreadAuto but when I went to pull the trigger I was given a 2-week lead time on the tailgate mat, I decided to look at other brands. I saw that the liners from @TripleAliners were well reviewed so I decided to go that way instead. I ordered both on Amazon and promptly received them within 3 days of ordering.
It came in two separate the boxes. The bed mat was, obviously, the larger of the two. The box was probably 3ft x 2ft in size. The tailgate mat came in a box that was probably 2.5ft x 1.5 ft. It appeared that the bed mat was twice folded at the factory and placed into a bag, which the Amazon people then put into a box. This left a pretty pretty noticeable divot right down the middle. The instructions did say to leave it in the sun for a few hours to get these impressions to disappear.
The impressions on the tailgate mat disappeared much faster. It only took about 3 hours of sitting in direct sunlight at about 75 degrees for the impressions to disappear. The bed mat took a little longer, roughly 5-6 hours of sitting in the sun for the large divot down the middle to mostly go away. When laid flat and viewed horizontally, there is still a small indication that there was an imperfection there at some point. However, the TPE material seems pliable and I'm sure if it was hotter it would've fully flattened out. I have a feeling that the small impression will still fully disappear with time as it sits outside exposed to ambient temperatures.
Installing the bed mat was easy. After a few hours of letting in bake in the sun, I carried it over to the driveway and tossed it into the bed of my Ranger. I needed to push down gently on some corners to get it to sit but it pretty much fell right into place. Installing the tailgate mat required removing some screws. This is where I began to face problems. I noticed that about 5 screw holes on the driver side of the mat were not properly aligned with the factory screw holes on the tailgate.
This is the same screw hole viewed from two different angles. When viewed straight on, you can see that the hole in the tailgate mat almost entirely covers the screw hole. The instructions cover this by saying some screw holes may not be perfectly aligned and new pilot holes can be made with a knife. This wasn't even the worst one. The further to the edge of the tailgate you got, the more out of line the pilot holes were. The final screw was the worst (3rd picture). I estimate the pilot hole was off by somewhere between 3/16ths and 1/4 inch. I poked an entirely new pilot hole with my pocket knife and drilled the screw through that. I am a little disappointed because I imagined that, in the year 2026, getting pilot holes to be aligned with the factory tailgate screw holes wouldn't be a tall task. As stated above, 5 holes all on the same side of the mat were misaligned. I had to punch new pilot holes on my own for these 5.
Below is the finished product. I wouldn't say I love it, but it does the job. I'd be curious to know how the Michelin brand mat compares in terms of quality and fitment. I'd give the TripleALiners mats 3.5 out of 5 stars, mostly because of the misaligned pilot holes and the stubborn divot in the middle from where it got folded. The divot will fix itself as it sits in the sun over the next few days (at least I hope), but the pilot holes were a real annoyance. I had higher expectations when paying a combined $170 for everything. I'm very interested to see how it holds up on my next Home Depot run and I have stuff tossed into the bed.
It came in two separate the boxes. The bed mat was, obviously, the larger of the two. The box was probably 3ft x 2ft in size. The tailgate mat came in a box that was probably 2.5ft x 1.5 ft. It appeared that the bed mat was twice folded at the factory and placed into a bag, which the Amazon people then put into a box. This left a pretty pretty noticeable divot right down the middle. The instructions did say to leave it in the sun for a few hours to get these impressions to disappear.
The impressions on the tailgate mat disappeared much faster. It only took about 3 hours of sitting in direct sunlight at about 75 degrees for the impressions to disappear. The bed mat took a little longer, roughly 5-6 hours of sitting in the sun for the large divot down the middle to mostly go away. When laid flat and viewed horizontally, there is still a small indication that there was an imperfection there at some point. However, the TPE material seems pliable and I'm sure if it was hotter it would've fully flattened out. I have a feeling that the small impression will still fully disappear with time as it sits outside exposed to ambient temperatures.
Installing the bed mat was easy. After a few hours of letting in bake in the sun, I carried it over to the driveway and tossed it into the bed of my Ranger. I needed to push down gently on some corners to get it to sit but it pretty much fell right into place. Installing the tailgate mat required removing some screws. This is where I began to face problems. I noticed that about 5 screw holes on the driver side of the mat were not properly aligned with the factory screw holes on the tailgate.
This is the same screw hole viewed from two different angles. When viewed straight on, you can see that the hole in the tailgate mat almost entirely covers the screw hole. The instructions cover this by saying some screw holes may not be perfectly aligned and new pilot holes can be made with a knife. This wasn't even the worst one. The further to the edge of the tailgate you got, the more out of line the pilot holes were. The final screw was the worst (3rd picture). I estimate the pilot hole was off by somewhere between 3/16ths and 1/4 inch. I poked an entirely new pilot hole with my pocket knife and drilled the screw through that. I am a little disappointed because I imagined that, in the year 2026, getting pilot holes to be aligned with the factory tailgate screw holes wouldn't be a tall task. As stated above, 5 holes all on the same side of the mat were misaligned. I had to punch new pilot holes on my own for these 5.
Below is the finished product. I wouldn't say I love it, but it does the job. I'd be curious to know how the Michelin brand mat compares in terms of quality and fitment. I'd give the TripleALiners mats 3.5 out of 5 stars, mostly because of the misaligned pilot holes and the stubborn divot in the middle from where it got folded. The divot will fix itself as it sits in the sun over the next few days (at least I hope), but the pilot holes were a real annoyance. I had higher expectations when paying a combined $170 for everything. I'm very interested to see how it holds up on my next Home Depot run and I have stuff tossed into the bed.
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