Ceramic coating

[Troutrad]

Again thanks for the links, I was looking at hose end foam cannons and ones for a power washer on Chemical Guys and Groits Garage and you can spent $50-$125 for one which ic a little high in my opinion. The only thing I was told about using the power washer model is that it used a lot more soap then the hose mounted model but it also provided more foam. Soap is cheap so I`d rather have more foam since I don't move as fast as I used to.

I just need to treat the plastic next because we all know that the honeycomb grill is time consuming to clean and another forum member posted that it's life changing once you coat it

I have a EGO electric leaf blower that I use after I wash it and there is hardly any water left on it especially getting rid of the water from inside the mirrors and grill. Like a fool I went and bought a drying towel that absorbs 5 gallons of water thinking bigger is better, little did I realize one 16x16 towel would have been enough. Here is the link to the towel, I ended up buying it on amazon for the same price

https://www.griotsgarage.com/product/pfm+terry+weave+drying+towel.do?sortby=ourPicks&from=fn

Griot’s towels are spendy, but they are the best. Bought 2 of the even larger edgeless towels they have after buying a couple $25 towels from another vendor and a couple $15 towels from a 3rd. Pretty much get what you pay for... good, better, best as you go up in price. Griot’s are the best:

https://www.griotsgarage.com/produc...eless+drying+towel.do?sortby=ourPicks&from=fn

 

[richnot]

UP10 baby! The guy in the video I posted gets $8k plus all travel expenses. So I figured $10k for him.

Where and who is the guy that your having do it come from? Can`t he sleep in your basement to cut the cost down lol. I was watching a youtube video of BustedKnuckle rock crawlers that they build. The one that they just finished had a procharger on a Ford tall deck.Brodix heads, methanol and you name it done to the motor. I think it was spinning 47" tires that were custom grooved and shed 50 pounds off each tire.
Anyway the thing was that had a special tuner fly in just for this project, by fly in I mean in what looked to be a Piper Cub J-3 Tail dragger landed in a field next to their shop. It's a pretty impressive shop and the parts they use on the builds are probably the best of the best and just plain sweet looking

https://bustedknuckleoffroad.com/

https://bustedknuckleoffroad.com/apps/gallery/album/Gold Rush

 

[richnot]

I just got my front cap done. Not in my budget to wrap the whole thing. Will Ceramic the rest. But if I had the means the wrap would be the money shot!!!

Black in ceramic is the best thing, never see any swirl marks on the paint in the sun. I wish that ceramic coating was available back when I had my black Stang, talk about having to do paint correction right off the showroom floor the orange peel was nasty looking

 

[Dirtypope]

Did the search and lots of posts but didn't get a feel for how strongly people feel about it.

Is this worth the money or is it just a "nice to have"?

Leaning towards doing it but could also use the money for some other fun upgrade!!

Dirt won’t stick. I think it’s worth every penny. Graphene coating will probably replace ceramic in the long run

 

[pbtjrlmrt]

That seems like a perfect combination of PPF and using the Ceramic Boost on top of it, once again it all goes with what suits your needs and budget. Did you do a full wrap? What product did you use and if you don't mind posting the cost, that seems to be the number one question readers ask, myself included. I posted this link so they can get an idea of what the materials would cost if they chose to do it themselves

https://www.xpel.com/paint-protection-kits

I covered all painted surfaces and also the headlights. I did not do the bumpers. Based on the parts cost from your link the cost is 4945.55. I paid about 6k all in and another 900 to put ceramic coating on top of it. Because I had the factory decals on the hood and rear fenders they had to cut around those and they did an amazing job as you can't even tell. Looks like I paid 1k for the install based on the cost of parts not including the ceramic coating that was applied after. The whole thing was done using Xpel Ultimate Plus.

For those in Oregon these are the guys that did my work and they are awesome!!

https://www.tctwraps.com/

 

[Alvin Newell]

Got mine done last week... here are some photos..

 

[DJ Embu]

Truck is at the shop right now getting the coating along with some other work. I went to go look at it after they did the paint correction and my 2019 Agate Black looked unbelievable. Saw a lead foot that was already coated and it definitely looked worth it. Picking up the truck this weekend and will post some photos but from what I have seen looks well worth it.

 

[NCDAWG]

Got mine done last week... here are some photos..

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wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Dirtypope]

 

[richnot]

Dirtypope, That shine is amazing, just looking at your pictures shows that it is worth it! I like the subtle decal on the hood and not having the graphics package on it. I had to do a double take on the flares, without my glasses on they looked like carbon fiber

Real nice Raptor you have there!