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    The Truck Roof

    So last weekend I detailed my silverado. Wash, ironx, clay, rinse, dry, tape, hdspeed, cleaned glass inside/out, WETS. It's a 4 hour+ process for me for a mostly defect free vehicle and I'm always beat at the end.

    So I'm going to be honest and I'm wondering if I'm alone and will take a beating if I am. I totally skipped, ironx, clay and hdspeed on the roof. I can't see it, nobody else can and unless someone is judging me from a bridge overpass, I'm not overly concerned.

    So what says you Autogeek? 20 lashes, or no big deal?
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    50 lashes. Hahaha

    It’s your own vehicle so that’s fine.

    Personally I never ever skip the roof.
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    Re: The Truck Roof

    I don't completely skip my roof but I am not overly concerned with appearance. I just make sure it has protection.
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    Re: The Truck Roof

    As said above, I don't spend a bunch of time trying to make the roof perfectly defect-free.

    However, the roof and hood take the brunt of the sun. And I would hate not to have any protection on it.

    In fact, I will always throw more than one coat of LSP on those two panels.
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    I personally would not recommend to skip the top. If your pickup is not garage kept and sitting in the sun all day everyday.
    It’s taking a beating from the sun and really needs to have a good coat to protect from the UV rays. You don’t have have it swirl free since it’s your daily driver just do a one step.But it’s you truck..

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    My truck is red so I'd be concerned the sun turning a unprotected roof pink...a little spray wax used as a drying aid is better then nothing.

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    Re: The Truck Roof

    Quote Originally Posted by Belo View Post
    So last weekend I detailed my silverado. Wash, ironx, clay, rinse, dry, tape, hdspeed, cleaned glass inside/out, WETS. It's a 4 hour+ process for me for a mostly defect free vehicle and I'm always beat at the end.

    So I'm going to be honest and I'm wondering if I'm alone and will take a beating if I am. I totally skipped, ironx, clay and hdspeed on the roof.

    So what says you Autogeek? 20 lashes, or no big deal?

    Same lol. Im trying to change my ways tho....

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    There are parts of my vehicles I just HATE spending time on. The plastic front and rear of my Challenger and the roof of my F150. So these I ceramic coat and wax/sealant the rest whenever I feel like it...which is too often haha
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    I know the pain. It's a lot of vehicle. And there's instances where large SUVs can even be worse, take a Chevy-GMC Suburban as one example. Many too have roof racks, and trim making the job even harder yet.

    That continual up and down off a ladder takes its eventual toll.

    And I'd say for such, here's where a durable, and longer lasting Ceramic Coating is very beneficial.

    I'd say a Hood takes the biggest beating due to not only sun, but also engine heat, and it seems this is where lesser Waxes and Sealants just don't hold up anywhere near as long as a Coating for protection.

    The prep you explain is about typical prep for a coating, you do it once, then can have lasting protection up to 2 years, instead of 3-5 months on average.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MarkD51 View Post
    I know the pain. It's a lot of vehicle. And there's instances where large SUVs can even be worse, take a Chevy-GMC Suburban as one example. Many too have roof racks, and trim making the job even harder yet.

    That continual up and down off a ladder takes its eventual toll.

    And I'd say for such, here's where a durable, and longer lasting Ceramic Coating is very beneficial.

    I'd say a Hood takes the biggest beating due to not only sun, but also engine heat, and it seems this is where lesser Waxes and Sealants just don't hold up anywhere near as long as a Coating for protection.

    The prep you explain is about typical prep for a coating, you do it once, then can have lasting protection up to 2 years, instead of 3-5 months on average.
    man, I totally forgot about the roof rack, my wife's explorer has one and man it's worse than doing a whole truck. At least the latest gen silverados have next to no plastic or trim. That explorer has it freaking everywhere!
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