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Some people here keep their Raptor as clean as your Shelby. My truck sits outside because I have too damn many cars.

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What can I say, this truck is pure fun.

I really like to detail mine (like a 3-day detail) quarterly. Being in Florida, it's either raining or too blasted hot to do anything major, but I do keep her clean.

I went to the beach during Tropical Storm Lee and she got literally, sand-blasted and was nasty. I went two days after and washed all the sand and salt off. Just simple shit like that. Plus, the silver shines so nice.

I've only sealed and waxed her real good once, other than that, it's quick shine about every other week.

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2011 Ingot Silver SuperCrew
353 RWHP / 369 RWTQ -- Tuned by Livernois Motorsports
| Nav | Sunroof | Luxury | Plus | BedRug | BakFlip F1 | 15% Tint | WeatherTech Liners | Airaid Intake | Corsa Cat-Back | RIGID 40" LED |

Yeah well, don't forget these are $50,000 trucks and some of us use them for daily drivers and have a payment every month. It would be irresponsible of you as a man to abuse the machine that gets u from point a to point b every day. Keeping wax on your paint is no less important than rotating your tires or filling your washer fluid

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Absolutely true. It's my daily beast -- She takes care of me and I try my best to take care of her.

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2011 Ingot Silver SuperCrew
353 RWHP / 369 RWTQ -- Tuned by Livernois Motorsports
| Nav | Sunroof | Luxury | Plus | BedRug | BakFlip F1 | 15% Tint | WeatherTech Liners | Airaid Intake | Corsa Cat-Back | RIGID 40" LED |

Yup, mine gets a clay bar, polish, and wax average 1-2 months

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Yeah, mine is my daily too. I just do my best to keep it fairly unabused to begin with. The last couple of trucks I have had looked new when I traded them in. My last truck the sales guy that sold me the raptor bought. I mean, it gets a wax job by a detailer twice a year, and I keep the interior clean. But thats the same my Shelby gets too. Other than that, my biggest diligence is keeping bugs off the front. The acid in the bugs is bad for paint and plastic. I guess Im not a fan of spending time cleaning cars.

Absolutely ! Plus its a good excuse to get outside, away from the wife, and drink some beers. I consider it a duty like taking the trash to the dump, mowing the lawn, detailing the vehicles...

Truth be told, all I really do is hit the vehicles with a some detail spray and a microfiber once a week and maybe wash every so often. As long as once or twice a year you wash, clay bar, glaze, paint sealant, carnauba wax - thats key, it makes keeping paint clean simple.

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2008 Shelby GT500 (full race car)
2008 Shelby Terlingua V6 S/C 464rwhp
2011 Raptor PreRunner - Outlaw Raptor Long Travel, Caged and Street Legal
2012 Raptor SCrew Blue - Kings, Outlaw Raptor Bump Stop Kit

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2012 Raptor SuperCrew