bowhun2r
Member
Hello,
I'm almost a new 2020 Raptor owner. We have agreed on price and my trade and so I've placed a deposit. Part of the deal was to put a LineX bed coating in the truck.
The truck is two states over to the west (about 5.5 hour one way) and I was headed there this weekend to pick it up.
Sales rep calls and explains that the LineX dealer thought it was also supposed to put undercoating on the truck as well. In all my years of owning vehicles (way to many to admit...) I've had one truck (Tacoma) undercoated. I do most of all my maintenance and it was a pain to work on that truck. Literally could not get underneath the truck w/o having tar somewhere on me. Plus over time/years I could see where it was starting to peel and there was moisture behind the coating (which accelerates the rust). I live in SW PA so we do get our share of salt and chemicals on the roadways. I pressure wash the undercarriages of my vehicles a few times each winter.
When he told me this I was upset even though this added service would be at no cost to me. I asked if they sprayed the aluminum lower control arms, shocks... Unfortunately it would seem they did. I'm awaiting pictures. He said they would clean them off, but I know this stuff and it will not come off w/o leaving behind residue.
This truck is pretty much exactly the spec I was looking for and being late in the year we all know ordering a new Raptor isn't in the cards.
Any current owners have their trucks undercoated? Maybe the chemicals have evolved since my 2011 Tacoma.
Thanks in advance,
I'm almost a new 2020 Raptor owner. We have agreed on price and my trade and so I've placed a deposit. Part of the deal was to put a LineX bed coating in the truck.
The truck is two states over to the west (about 5.5 hour one way) and I was headed there this weekend to pick it up.
Sales rep calls and explains that the LineX dealer thought it was also supposed to put undercoating on the truck as well. In all my years of owning vehicles (way to many to admit...) I've had one truck (Tacoma) undercoated. I do most of all my maintenance and it was a pain to work on that truck. Literally could not get underneath the truck w/o having tar somewhere on me. Plus over time/years I could see where it was starting to peel and there was moisture behind the coating (which accelerates the rust). I live in SW PA so we do get our share of salt and chemicals on the roadways. I pressure wash the undercarriages of my vehicles a few times each winter.
When he told me this I was upset even though this added service would be at no cost to me. I asked if they sprayed the aluminum lower control arms, shocks... Unfortunately it would seem they did. I'm awaiting pictures. He said they would clean them off, but I know this stuff and it will not come off w/o leaving behind residue.
This truck is pretty much exactly the spec I was looking for and being late in the year we all know ordering a new Raptor isn't in the cards.
Any current owners have their trucks undercoated? Maybe the chemicals have evolved since my 2011 Tacoma.
Thanks in advance,
