Cleaned up a 2017 Ford RAPTOR

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A member on a local forum contacted me about cleaning up his truck.
So, here we go:

Exterior Wash:
Pre soak with Chemical Guys Honey dew snow foam
Wash: Griot's Garage Car Wash
Interior:
Vacuum
Cleaned dash, door panels and leather with Woolite
Dressed Dash / trim with Adams Polishes Interior Detailer
Conditioned seats with Leather Masters Conditioning Cream
Tires with cleaned with Meguiars degreaser
Tires dressed with Meguiars Hyper Dressing 3:1
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Wow, that truck looked pretty rough for being so new.

Great work, get that guy on a monthly maintenance detail. He obviously needs it!
 
Great job. I agree with LEDetailing about getting him on a maintenance plan.
 
Nice job on that Raptor. I take it that you used Hyper Dressing on both the tires and trim. Looks good, but the first rain and its gone.
 
Thanks guys... I was on vacation this week and wound up detailing 4 vehicles.
Maintenance plan is on him haha.

No dressing applied to trim or the tonneau cover
 
Rsurfer said:
Nice job on that Raptor. I take it that you used Hyper Dressing on both the tires and trim. Looks good, but the first rain and its gone.
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I have found Hyper Dressing holds up very well to water/rain/weather. Far better than one would think for being a water-based product. The tires on a WRX I detail regularly are done with Hyper at 4:1 and they are black and satiny with very little degradation over a 4-weeks at a time.
 
Great job on the Raptor !!! I am sure the owner was shocked at the transformation.

PurpleTowel said:
I have found Hyper Dressing holds up very well to water/rain/weather. Far better than one would think for being a water-based product. The tires on a WRX I detail regularly are done with Hyper at 4:1 and they are black and satiny with very little degradation over a 4-weeks at a time.
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I agree on Hyperdressing. It's such a versatile dressing. I tend to use it at 1:1 for tires and 4:1 for wheel wells and engine bays. Durability is on par as to what you would expect for a water based dressing.
 
Nice work, trust me I know trucks are not easy. That's a lot of work to get that all done.

Not sure what you think but for the Tonneau cover I use 303 marine vinyl protectant. I think it works great on the vinyl cover, tip I got from these forums a while ago. Not sure difference between Marine and regular but I figure boats exposed to a lot of UV and wind and weather and salt water. That cover si on the back of my truck getting full sun, salt in the winter, lot of wind going down the highway.
 
pro 4x said:
Looks great. I love the redesigned Raptor!
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thank you !

Pats300zx said:
Great job on the Raptor !!! I am sure the owner was shocked at the transformation.



I agree on Hyperdressing. It's such a versatile dressing. I tend to use it at 1:1 for tires and 4:1 for wheel wells and engine bays. Durability is on par as to what you would expect for a water based dressing.
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If it doesn't rain, my tires stay looking pretty good for a week plus

JeffsRealm said:
Nice work, trust me I know trucks are not easy. That's a lot of work to get that all done.

Not sure what you think but for the Tonneau cover I use 303 marine vinyl protectant. I think it works great on the vinyl cover, tip I got from these forums a while ago. Not sure difference between Marine and regular but I figure boats exposed to a lot of UV and wind and weather and salt water. That cover si on the back of my truck getting full sun, salt in the winter, lot of wind going down the highway.
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Thanks, I have a partial bottle of 303, per the owner's request, nothing was applied to the cover. he said it attracts too much dust. There hasn't been much rain in the Midwest for the last 6 weeks and the fields in which he works has a lot of dust kicked up ( they are running a new gas pipe )

Meghan said:
Nice write up, I am a GMC owner but I have always loved the Raptor, beautiful truck!
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GMC owner here too !! it is a sharp truck, it made my truck look small.
 
pro 4x said:
Looks great. I love the redesigned Raptor!
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thank you !

Pats300zx said:
Great job on the Raptor !!! I am sure the owner was shocked at the transformation.



I agree on Hyperdressing. It's such a versatile dressing. I tend to use it at 1:1 for tires and 4:1 for wheel wells and engine bays. Durability is on par as to what you would expect for a water based dressing.
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If it doesn't rain, my tires stay looking pretty good for a week plus

JeffsRealm said:
Nice work, trust me I know trucks are not easy. That's a lot of work to get that all done.

Not sure what you think but for the Tonneau cover I use 303 marine vinyl protectant. I think it works great on the vinyl cover, tip I got from these forums a while ago. Not sure difference between Marine and regular but I figure boats exposed to a lot of UV and wind and weather and salt water. That cover si on the back of my truck getting full sun, salt in the winter, lot of wind going down the highway.
Click to expand...

Thanks, I have a partial bottle of 303, per the owner's request, nothing was applied to the cover. he said it attracts too much dust. There hasn't been much rain in the Midwest for the last 6 weeks and the fields in which he works has a lot of dust kicked up ( they are running a new gas pipe )

Meghan said:
Nice write up, I am a GMC owner but I have always loved the Raptor, beautiful truck!
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GMC owner here too !! it is a sharp truck, it made my truck look small.
 
Nice looking ute, cant wait till they hit Australia next year.
 
Great job, loving the new raptors, the engine makes 450 hp and 510 ft lbs off a ttv6 mated to a 10 speed automatic. Im pretty sure the same setup will power the new Lincoln Navigator
 
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