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Old 06-17-2008, 05:59 PM
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Worst Spot on our trucks?

It seems to me that my tailgate has the most swirls out of anywhere else on my truck.

Anyone else have that issue as well? If not, where are most of your swirls/blemishes at?
 
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Old 06-17-2008, 06:07 PM
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On my truck and my Dad's 01, our tailgates are the most f'd spots on the truck too. Ours are work trucks though, not sure what your excuse is? (J/K man!!! ) But seriously, it is kind of weird now that you mention it. I think it is that way on most of the trucks I have seen!
 
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Old 06-17-2008, 06:12 PM
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I notice the worst spot is usually the hood because of the way the light hits it.
 
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Old 06-17-2008, 06:30 PM
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My tailgate is 10x worse than my hood in direct sunlight!
 
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Old 06-17-2008, 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Iam4st8
My tailgate is 10x worse than my hood in direct sunlight!
Weird, I really never had that problem. I find that the tailgate is more prone to big scratches and dents when people use and "abuse" them but I never had that problem.
 
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Old 06-17-2008, 06:32 PM
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The sides of my bed and around the door handles are the worst on my truck.... Not hard to figure that one out though.
 
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Old 06-18-2008, 12:36 AM
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Well - occasionally I do use the truck as a TRUCK.........so the inside of the bed looks like crap and I don't care. I vacuum it occasionally and wash it out maybe once a year. I do have a simple rubber bed mat and a soft rollup tonneau.
 
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Old 06-18-2008, 08:30 AM
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Id say my hood and roof is the worst.
 
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Old 06-18-2008, 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by ThumperMX113
I notice the worst spot is usually the hood because of the way the light hits it.
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My front end in general seems to take the most abuse, going down the road and a rock getting kicked up. Makes me cringe as I watch it come in and there is nothing I can do to stop it.
 
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Old 06-18-2008, 09:02 AM
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For me, its definitly the hood.
 
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Old 06-18-2008, 09:03 AM
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The sides of my bed take the most abuse on my truck by far. Meguiar's blue clay wouldn't even touch the little spots of mud all over the back half of my truck after hunting season.
 
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Old 06-18-2008, 03:20 PM
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My Hood is pretty bad post ocd with detailing i let the water sit and it actually etched the paint. it really ate the paint away also my tailgate is bad but nothing that cant be fixed.
But the thing that bothers me the most is driver and passenger door jams it pisses me off soo much.
 
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Old 06-18-2008, 03:28 PM
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For me and RR, the worst sopt is the B-pillar. For some reason, those places make swirls appear like magic... The hood is easy enough to get shined up, the other places are easy, but that darned B-pillar is a PITA...

However, there are some marring marks in my hood that are so far down that I dont want to remove them. They are simply so deep that I fear if I level the clear I will not have hardly any clear to work with after that... My next truck wont have this problem though.
 
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hood..........wax doesnt last long on there
 
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Old 06-18-2008, 03:54 PM
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I can keep my hood shinin' b/c i see it alot, i always QD it and what not.

Even though.. My hood does have some chips all the way through the paint from rocks and what not that i HATE and cannot fix.


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