Non-Step BedRug work with Tailgate Step?

So I traded in my Black Raptor with the standard tailgate for a Silver Crew with the step in the tailgate.

I have the BedRug from my old truck and want to get some protection for the bed of the new truck. I'm considering cutting off the tailgate piece and just installing the bed and sides and just leaving the regular factory tailgate piece...

Opinions?

I would cut off the standard bedrug tailgate piece so that you can tuck it under the black plastic liner on the tailgate.
If that makes sense.

Yeah, I would leave the piece that covers over the hinged part of the tailgate but yeah -- tuck it down under the plastic thingy.

Someone on here already did that and it worked. I would do that

Looks like I'm buying a bunch of velcro, rubbing alcohol and scissors tonight. Man, some poor college chick is going to think I'm a dirty old man at Wal-Mart tonight!

swoop1156 said:

Yeah, I would leave the piece that covers over the hinged part of the tailgate but yeah -- tuck it down under the plastic thingy.

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Yes exactly.

Wait, she will think your a dirty old man!? Maybe you are...

you should go to a junk yard and get an access panel off of a standard tailgate, get rid of the stripper pole, and you will have a normal tailgate, but with a step in the top. a bunch of my customers have been doing this lately so they can have linex instead of the crappy plastic liner, and bulky stripper pole.

xBX said:

Wait, she will think your a dirty old man!? Maybe you are...

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Haha, maybe...

linexsa said:

you should go to a junk yard and get an access panel off of a standard tailgate, get rid of the stripper pole, and you will have a normal tailgate, but with a step in the top. a bunch of my customers have been doing this lately so they can have linex instead of the crappy plastic liner, and bulky stripper pole.

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I've no interest in Line-X for the bed, so it's not really too bad to have the stripper pole. I never plan on using the damn step anyway, but it's there and I want to keep the truck as it was made. So, I don't know. I think I'll figure out this bedrug thing and re-install.

swoop1156 said:

Haha, maybe...

I've no interest in Line-X for the bed, so it's not really too bad to have the stripper pole. I never plan on using the damn step anyway, but it's there and I want to keep the truck as it was made. So, I don't know. I think I'll figure out this bedrug thing and re-install.

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if you got the standard access panel, you could take off the pole and your bedrug will fit like it did on your black truck. you would always have the pole and plastic liner to reinstall later if you wanted to, i wasnt trying to talk you into linex, just trying to tell you how to make your tailgate like your black truck so you could install your bedrug.