Cleaned up a 2017 Ford RAPTOR

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

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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[Gav'sPurpleZ]

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I missed the recessed screw / fastener area :fu:

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[Gav'sPurpleZ]

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and the money shot:

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[Gav'sPurpleZ]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzRw0aMZgH8&t=39s

[LEDetailing]

Wow, that truck looked pretty rough for being so new.

Great work, get that guy on a monthly maintenance detail. He obviously needs it!

[fly07sti]

Great job. I agree with LEDetailing about getting him on a maintenance plan.

[Rsurfer]

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.

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

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

[Kamakaz1961]

Wow Just beautiful work! You made that Raptor look awesome!!

[PurpleTowel]

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.

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.

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

Wow Just beautiful work! You made that Raptor look awesome!!

thanks !!

[PA DETAILER]

Looks great. I love the redesigned Raptor!

[Pats300zx]

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


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.

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.

[JeffsRealm]

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.

[Meghan]

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Nice write up, I am a GMC owner but I have always loved the Raptor, beautiful truck!