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Old Mar 17, 2008 | 09:44 PM
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Know how you feel about your truck and OCD with it

Originally Posted by txharley
I think the amount of orange peel on these trucks is insane. I guess they don't wet sand at the factory anymore, or the new environmental laws make it hard to get a good paint job anymore. The dealer can get the spots off by wet sanding your truck. One product i would try is Meguire's Scratch X, followed by Meguire's NXT 2.0. The Scratch X is amazing. I had a couple of faded spots on my F250 when i had it. That stuff got it right out. Yeah i know what you mean about taking care of a black truck. I have permanent water spots from the dealer leaving my truck on the lot for a couple of months. How do you leave a $45,000 truck outside and a $13,000 focus inside?
Relax bro, wait until your on the highway and get rocks thrown from vehicles pelting your new truck, it's gonna happen sometime! I know it's new but trust me more $h#T is gonna happen , for instance first of all Black shows everything thats one thing second is the driving down the highway/Freeway your gonna get dings and scratches from debris being thrown up from vehicles in front of you like rocks, gravel, sand, etc. I have had my truck since January and I already have pit marks a few on the headlight lenses, bumper, very small pits in the windshield, chrome molding around grill, etc. also my dog jumped up on the drivers door because she was glad to see me home and her paws scratched my paint big time, now the Meguire's scratch X took most of them out but you can see the deep scrathes if you look hard enough I mean you have to look REAL hard, relax get some of this stuff it works real good. You can't keep it perfect unless you garage it and never drive it, Iam sure you didn't pay all that money for it to sit in the garage. Just the other day Iam driving down the freeway and there were 3 Big Rigs hauling dirt about half mile ahead and I was even in the other lane then where they were I and everyone behind them got sprayed with small particles of dirt flying all over and yes I was mad but what can you do, can't go running to the dealer in regards to that you would be there every week because well at least where I live road conditions suck, traffic and high speeds kick debris up you can't avoid it. I am starting to learn to get over it apply Scratch X and wax and be done with it. Black paint is the worst color to keep clean everything shows on Black paint even the smallest of scratch, at the dealer I was looking at the Black trucks (F-150's) everyone had noticeable blimishes and scratches. Invest in a buffer and all the Meguire polish, clay bars, Scratch X and buff'em yourself. Good luck with it, I wanted a black one too, I ended up with the charcoal gray 2 tone F-150 XLT 5.4L Super Crew and happy with purchase.
 
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Old Mar 18, 2008 | 08:00 AM
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Actually, I did pay all that money for it to sit in the garage. I only take it out on nice days and nights. It hasn't seen rain since the first week i owned it (700 miles).
 
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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 07:40 AM
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Lightbulb Ford Paint Durability Research - Paint Defects

Paint durability data associated with the Ford F150 is
documented in the research publication:
MAKING IT RIGHT
Why your Car Payments are lasting longer than your
FACTORY PAINT JOB

There has also been an independent review done of this publication by
"ForeWord".

Automotive paint durability research publication documents vehicles released to dealer and consumer below automaker's minimum paint thickness specifications.

Refer to link for details.

Link: http://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/making-it-right-why-your-car-payments-are-lasting-longer-than-your-factory-paint-job-basic-guide/
 
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