I hate the color black on trucks! Seriously m truck has 580 miles on it and it has soo many scratches cause it's black I mean comon!!!

 

Are you telling us that somehow black trucks get more scratches? Any empirical evidence? Is this your first black vehicle?

 

No, they get the same amount of sractches just show up more because it's a black truck and it's my first car ever i'm only 15...

 

A 15 year old with a new F-series?? I wish I had been as lucky at 15!

 

Well, yeah but I know a 17 year old who when was 16 got a 04 F150 Screw Lariat 4x4 and I'm like yeah i'm lucky eh? lol but yeah I'm lucky and at least unlike other people at other sites you were'nt a jerk about it most of them we're like yeah your a little spoiled brat and nah nah nah no work ethic and all that bs

 

Well I hope you will find that this site, and its users, are not only much friendlier, but portray a family image. Don't forget to also check out the General Conversation forums, as well as your particular regional forum.

 

Yup, I have I love these kind of sites..

 

I actually waited to get one of the first black/black 2004 Lariats. Someone said yesterday, "I bet it's a b*tch to keep clean, but it looks great."

 

Yes it looks awesome! but unless you wash it once a week it looks like crap!

 

I'm on my third black truck and wouldn't have any other color.
Yes you do have to wash it often to make it look its best, but that's something you should be doing no matter what color you have. Black just reminds you more.
If you have a really good wax on it all you have to do is hose it down and chamois it.

 

I need some darn good wax..lol

 

I wash it once a week!

I just started using Meguiar's Quik Detailer spray after each wash. The paint looks incredible.

 

How much was that stuff? i need to get me some...

 

Treated right, black is the prettiest color.
Since the truck is new, I'm gonna guess someone took it through a car wash. Black trucks and carwashes do not seem a good combination.

Hand wash with the two bucket method, and use micro fiber mitts and towels.

Two bucket system means keep your soapy water in one bucket, and rinse in a clean water bucket, so you don't grind the dirt back into the trucks finish.
Always dry it with a clean micro fiber towel.


If a towel hit's the dirt, or concrete, toss it in the 'to be washed' bucket. Don't reuse it.
Use high quality car wash solution, and wax it with NXT, two or three coats, applied a day apart, and I think you will find you love the black truck.

If the truck has not been scratched too bad, but is still covered with the rail dust from shipping, or any other film or dirt, Clay it. 10 bucks worth of clay follow the directions, and the truck will look a lot better than new.

If you have small scratches, some Scratch X or any of the common brands can bring it right back.
Then clay and wax er up.

Heck, how many times will you have a new black truck to keep pretty?

I do 'practice what I preach..'

This is a T-Bird that I did a few months ago, been parked outside, and been in the desert since 92.



Washed, scratchx'ed, one coat of NXT.


Heck, even my silver truck looks newer now than when I bought it a year ago..


Your black truck could put both of these to shame with a few hours work...
Chris

 

Man, it's never been through a car wash use a little brush and soap...dip..scrub..rinse...dip...scrub......rinse