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Truck Dogz Legacy: 25+ Years of Protecting What Matters

Since day one, Steve Visvadra and the Truck Dogz team in Roselle have been dedicated to one mission: protecting your investment with precision spray-on bedliners and premium aftermarket accessories.

Experience That Shows

With over 30,000 trucks serviced and counting, we have mastered the art of vehicle protection. From commercial fleets and industrial workhorses to personal pickups and recreational vehicles, every truck receives the same meticulous care. Your truck is not just a vehicle. It is a workhorse, an investment, and often a source of pride.

The Truck Dogz Difference

  • 25+ years of hands-on expertise
  • Professional-grade materials and application
  • Customized solutions for every need
  • Attention to detail that sets us apart

Whether you are protecting a brand-new truck or restoring a trusted vehicle, we treat it like our own because we understand what it means to depend on your truck every day.

Ready to join 30,000+ satisfied customers? Fill out our quote request form today and discover why truck owners trust Truck Dogz to keep their vehicles working harder and looking better, mile after mile.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Application Process

A high heat/high pressure application is superior to a low heat/low pressure application.  The high heat (about 140 degrees) lowers the viscosity of the product which enables it to better penetrate the surface which renders superior adhesion.  The high pressure (about 2,000 psi) does two things:  It forces the product into the surface for better adhesion and it creates a very fine final bedliner texture which looks MUCH nicer than a low pressure texture.  The high pressure texture is more fine (as opposed to chunky) and appears to be much more uniform throughout the entire bedliner.  The low pressure texture is not uniform and looks “gooped on” or “chunky”, some say it looks like cottage cheese.  Low pressure is old school, but some dealers still offer it.  Why, you say?  Well first, low pressure products are less expensive and second, it’s possible that the bedliner dealer can’t afford the high pressure equipment, it’s pretty expensive.

There is one type of low heat/low pressure application system that you should definitely stay away from.  It uses small cartridges that are filled with bedliner chemicals.  The problem with cartridge based spray-on bedliners is that once the applicator pulls the trigger on the cartridge gun, he can’t stop spraying until the cartridge is empty.  Thus, the applicator has very little control over the spraying process.  So, the cartridge based bedliner has the low pressure chunky look, has inferior adhesion, and the applicator has very little control over the spraying process.  Stay away from cartridge based spray-on bedliners such as Qwikliner, Velox, RhinoPro CS, and SprayMaxLiner.  By the way, Truck Dogz has cartridge products also, but we use them to fill cracks in concrete, NOT to apply a truck bedliner!

Truck Dogz is applied using a heat/high pressure system which is the absolute best application process available.

—Choose a High Heat/High Pressure Application—

The Bedliner’s Base Components

All tires are made of rubber, but tires can have very different physical properties because there are different rubber compounds.  Some tires are soft (performance) and some tires are hard (truck/off road).  Bedliners sort of work the same way, they may have similar base components, but their physical properties can vary.  Most spray-on bedliners are either:  100% polyurethane, 100% polyurea, or a hybrid of both polyurethane and polyurea.  The best product for spray-on truck bedliners is either a 100% polyurea or a polyurea/polyurethane hybrid which contains mostly polyurea.  Polyurea gives the bedliner a higher tear strength and higher temperature tolerance.  The standard Truck Dogz bedliner product, XS-100, is a polyurethane/polyurea hybrid with a high percentage of polyurea.  How about a real life example:  Rhino TuffGrip is polyurethane.  Standard Truck Dogz has a 118% higher tear strength, a 53% higher tensile strength, and a 45 degree higher temperature tolerance than Rhino TuffGrip.  That’s a HUGE difference, Truck Dogz is WAY stronger!  (Data per Rhino TuffGrip Data Sheet from Rhino Linings USA.)  You should also know that not all polyurethanes and polureas are the same, here’s what I mean: Truck Dogz Platinum and Truck Dogz Pro are both 100% polyurea and their tear strength is 750 lbs/in.  Bullet Liner BL-71 is also 100% polyurea but only has a 550 lbs/in tear strength.  So, even though Truck Dogz and Bullet have the same base component, Truck Dogz is 40% stronger, that’s a HUGE difference!

—Choose a Polyurethane/Polyurea Hybrid That’s Mostly Polyurea or a 100% Polyurea—

Fading

Most standard spray-on bedliner products are “aromatic”.  Basically, that means that they are sensitive to UV light from the sun which causes the bedliner to lose its gloss and lose some color over time.  The opposite of “aromatic” is “aliphatic” which means it’s not sensitive to UV light and thus is more color stable.  There are aliphatic urethanes available, but high quality aliphatic urethanes are more expensive than aromatic urethanes.  So, if you care about how the bedliner will look over time and you don’t plan on putting a tonneau cover on the truck (which would shield it from the sun), then you might want to consider some sort of aliphatic product. Truck Dogz offers several aliphatic products: Truck Dogz Premium, Truck Dogz Platinum, and Truck Dogz Body Armour.  All three are much more fade resistant than “standard” bedliners.

—Aliphatic Is Much Better (although it’s optional)—

Thickness

One way some of our competitors like to compete is to just lower their price below ours and then spray less bedliner product in your truck.  A thin bedliner gives you a slip resistant surface, but it does not give you any impact protection.  Also, a thin bedliner is easier to gouge.  We don’t use such tactics.  We ALWAYS apply a thick bedliner that provides the performance that you expect from a spray-on bedliner.  (Also, our bedliner thickness must comply with our Truck Dogz franchise agreement!)

UPDATE: We’ve been measuring competitors’ bedliners with an electronic gauge whenever we have the opportunity and we’re seeing 40 to 60 mils.  This is extremely thin, the thickness on the floor should be about 125 mils.  We believe competitors are spraying thin because the raw cost of bedliner chemicals has increased quite a bit recently and they’re trying to keep their retail prices steady.  Again, we cannot and do not spray thin bedliners.

—Choose a Bedliner with a Proper Thickness—

Warranty

The warranty is very important and often overlooked. If you develop a problem with your bedliner, you will want it conveniently repaired. Most spray on bedliner brands offer a “lifetime” warranty. However, that warranty is typically only valid with the dealer that applied the bedliner. If that dealer closes or sells out, you may no longer be covered.

—Choose a Lifetime Warranty-

Chemical Quality

I decided to include chemical quality although you’re probably not going to be able to research this.  You should be aware that there are high quality and low quality bedliner chemicals out there.  Low quality bedliner chemicals won’t cross-link well (causes the bedliner to be weak), won’t adhere to the surface well, and will fade at an accelerated rate.  The old cliché “you buy cheap, you get cheap” certainly applies here.  Truck Dogz uses only “top shelf” chemicals.  You cannot buy higher quality chemicals than what you get with Truck Dogz.

—Buyer Beware!  Choose High Quality Chemicals—

Chicagoland Auto Dealerships and Stores That Sell Truck Bedliners

Unfortunately, many Chicagoland auto dealerships will buy the least expensive spray-on bedliner in order to maximize their profit when they re-sell the bedliner to you.  It’s not such a surprise, is it?  Don’t put your money in their pockets by allowing the dealer to install a cheap inferior spray-on bedliner in your expensive truck.  Tell the dealership that you absolutely want Truck Dogz or pass on their offer and come directly to our shop. Beware of what some auto dealerships and some of the other bedliner stores tell you.  We’ve heard all sorts of lines such as “…it’s just like Truck Dogz”, “…it’s better than Truck Dogz”, “…I used to work at a Truck Dogz store”.  It’s nice to know that everyone WANTS to be like Truck Dogz!  Don’t fall for their hype, you can only get Truck Dogz at a Truck Dogz franchised dealer.

—Make Sure You Actually Get a Truck Dogz Bedliner—

Experience and Training

Consider the bedliner dealer’s experience and training.  Most licensed professionals are required to have annual continuing education.  Truck Dogz dealers are offered ongoing training on an annual basis also.  We are taught the latest techniques and advised of the latest products.  Do all bedliner brands offer continuing education for their dealers?  Absolutely not!  We’re in our 16th year of business, we’ve accumulated a significant amount of experience through the years, and we’ve attended ALL of the training that Truck Dogz has offered.

—Choose a Dealer with Experience and Advanced Training—

Truck Dogz | 847-622-9232 | steven.visvadra@gmail.com |
431 W Irving Park Rd, Roselle, IL 60172