I put smooth ones on my 2013 soon after I bought it. It doesn't hold or trap any of the Wisconsin salt, snow, slush and ice. I agree that the "carpeted" ones they started putting in the 2014's and up are not good for the snow belt.

The gunk doesn't hold to the smooth ones and makes clean up quick and easy.

 

I've been considering replacing mine with smooth plastic ones. They are quite annoying to wash the salt out of.

 

I had the smooth ones on my 2015 and the carpet ones on my 2017. I HATE the carpet

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Yup, the carpet stuff hold SO much salt and dirt. The more you wash the more that keeps coming. It's like you can never get it all out.

This spring I'm taking mine off and giving them a good wash down and cleaning all the stuff that I'm sure is behind them.

 

No kidding, our 2015 1500 has those things and I HATE how they hold road salt & sand. I'm guessing GM thought it would dampen road noise, but never did real-world testing outside of places with ideal weather conditions.

 

I hosed my '08 wheelwells down with Plasti-dip and it held up great. Granted, we don't salt our roads down here.

 

When I bought my 2011, the previous owner had taken out the plastic wheel well liners. I was going to buy a replacement set but when I getting my bed linexed, the guy offered to do it for $100. It's held up great and may be a better option then the carpet.

 

That Line-X is a way to do it for sure. That would truly seal the elements out. No edges to get under. I don't see how a smooth liner will stop the junk from accumulating along the edge of well and liner any different than the carpet ones do. I understand how the smooth material itself would not cater to snow sticking to the surface, but from getting under it and into the edge seam? Seems that issue would still be an issue with both liners. I guess I am just not sold on that really helping keep junk from getting under it. It covers the same area correct? Goes to the edge the same as carpet?

 

Thanks for the replies men. My 50' garden hose on a reel is in the shed for the winter. But I have a 25' hose I keep out for winter use when it's not too cold. That's what I use to spray the wheel wells and rockers after they get salt, grit, mud...anything on them. I'm borderline OCD about it and my 2011 showed it. I just want to stay ahead of it on this new truck. I think I'll be removing them when it warms up some.

 

I would remove them as well.

I hose out the underside and wheel wells as often as I can during the winter and in the spring I remove the rear tail lights and run the hose in there. It's incredible how much silt builds up there and you can't get it sprayed out from below.

Bob

 

I didn't want to start another thread on this, but I like the function and look of the carpet liners when they're "relatively" clean.......but cleaning them is obviously not easy.
So has anyone found any tricks for cleaning them while still installed? Some kind of medium-bristle brush, perhaps?
Also, wondering if I could maybe get the carpet ones Line-X'd? Or is that a dumb idea?

 

I wouldn't thing Linex would work very well over the top of those liners. In that case, you would be better off replacing them with smooth plastic ones.

 

yeah, prob true.....just not a fan of adding more plastic to the outside, and would like to keep the sound-deadening function, if any.

 

Pressure washer cleans them and is easy.

 

So has anyone found any tricks for cleaning them while still installed?

Point-blank with the pressure washer.

 

I just hose mine off seems to do a good job.

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Pressure washer cleans them and is easy.

Ok, but I've never taken them off to see what's behind them.......do I need to worry about forcing a bunch of water back there, or does it drain out just fine? (I just figure a pressure washer is going to push a LOT more back there than regular spray from driving in the rain)

 

It is just water. You won't be able to spray water into anything that the truck is not designed to handle. The back especially.

 

The rear you should also pull the tail lights out and clean all the stuff that gets behind them. You'd be amazed how much gets back there.

 

It is just water. You won't be able to spray water into anything that the truck is not designed to handle. The back especially.

Wrong. The frames were not designed to handle water or snow and will rust if exposed to either. Better move to Arizona just to be safe! :roll:

 

I have a '14 Silverado and every spring i take a small hose and stick up in the wheel well as far as it goes. I also use a paint stick to pry the liner away from the body and spray water in there. A lot of junk comes out and seems to rinse out good. Like the carpet liners for noise control but they do hold the slush when the melting begins and roads are sloppy. GM should have put in some kind of removable grommet to stick a hose in to wash them out. If you don't wash them out regularly you will see rust sooner than you want.

 

I look forward to that first good rain storm in April every year and I go out and drive in it when it is still raining hard. I aim for the puddles and it seems to do a really good job of cleaning off the undercarriage and hard to reach places.