My truck came with a ⅜” inch (~9.53mm) rubber liner over the “floor” of the bed. This is said liner removed for a good scrubbing. My best guess is that it’s some sort of mat for barn animals, but I could be completely wrong. It makes a great bed liner though! This is the liner front (left side) and the rear (right side).
While I was cleaning up the bed liner up for a car event, I thought I’d be helpful and take some pictures with measurements. You’ll notice my liner is split towards the right side. This is from the PO (Previous Owner) and then me lifting up the rear portion to access the top engine cover.
I’ll give you the dimensions first, and then I will show ‘ya some pictures.
76” (193.04 cm) long.
52” wide (132.08 cm) wide.
At the front you can see a cutout on either side (left side of the photo). Those are 2.5” (6.35 cm) long (left to right in this photo), and 1” (2.54 cm) wide. They are slightly rounded on the “inside” corner at the top.
This is the liner front (forward) and rear (back), or …I suppose you could say left and right. 🤣
Detail of the front notch.
On the (freshly scrubbed, but definitely a work truck) bed, going from the forward edge of where the tailgate hinges mount to just forward of the top engine cover, I’d recommend 29” (73.66 cm) if you wanted to pre-cut the liner so it didn’t rip semi-ugly like mine did.
A quick search showed you can buy 4’ wide (48” or 121.92 cm) wide ⅜” (~9.53 mm) thick animal mat “by the foot.” Funny enough, the site I found also recommended it for truck beds. If you went with the 4’ wide stuff, you’d still have like 2” (50.8 mm) on the left and right sides of the bed uncovered. Your call. That much of a gap would bug the shit out of me, so I’m glad that the PO did mine the way they did.
Next to my Sambar, you might notice a small, black car. (Yes, I fit. That was the absolute first thing I did after meeting Matt for the first time.) That would happen to be a Subaru Vivio RX-R (E-KK4), owned by my buddy, Matt. Fun fact, the name VIVIO relates to the 660cc engine in the car - VI (6) VI (6) O (0). Neat, huh? Matt purchased the car in Okinawa when he was stationed there in the US Military, and then brought it with him when he transferred to Hawai’i. It has the coveted EN07X engine, sitting upright in a traditional arrangement vs the rotated back 90º layout of the engine in the trucks and vans. The EN07X engine was the same basic arrangement as the other EN07s, but it was a gear-driven DOHC, oh and it happened to be supercharged and intercooled as well. All that tomfoolery added up to a stated 62hp at 7,200 rpm and 78 lb/ft of torque at 3,500 rpm. From the factory, this engine had a lofty 9,000 rpm redline! having driven behind Matt’s car (and had my doors sucked off because I have an optimistic 38hp at the crankshaft, I can assure you that it makes the appropriate angry bee noises. More to come on Matt’s car…
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