Finally washed the truck by hand

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So what's the proper way to clean off mud? Especially on all the chrome? Most of it is from wednesday morning and some of it is from friday morning
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Plans I would like to do at least are touch screen radio, backup camera, leather, matching back bumper, 3" level, and a flowmaster 10/cherry bomb extreme to add a little more tone to the exhaust. But I doubt any of that will happen seeing as how none of my cars have ever gotten modded except for this one but it took 7 months to do minor things lol

To be completely honest though I would love to get back into a sub $30,000 loan and get another mustang(11+ 5.0, but 05-10 4.6 will do), maybe 5th gen Camaro ss, charger srt8 6.1, wrangler, or some kind of luxury car that has some speed to it(335i, older e55 amg, a5 coupe if I could find one under $30k). Hell maybe even a older c6 vette lol


why dont you just by a cheaper truck and mod it? no need for a brand new fancy vehicle. especially if you want to put a bunch of aftermarket stuff on it.

and I really recommend clay baring and a good carnuba wax. will make the truck look so much better.
 

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Nothing like a clean shiny truck.
 

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Hose it off the best you can then use a pressure washer
Use a clean wash mit and rinse it out well often

If you had waxed it recently it should come off easily
 
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leave it be and show it off! lol jk, power wash the hell outta it

I was planning on power washing at one of those little diy car washes but wanted to make sure that it wasn't gonna scratch up all the chrome

why dont you just by a cheaper truck and mod it? no need for a brand new fancy vehicle. especially if you want to put a bunch of aftermarket stuff on it.

and I really recommend clay baring and a good carnuba wax. will make the truck look so much better.

Only aftermarket stuff would be the level, back bumper, and muffler. Radio and backup camera will most likely be factory and the leather will be katzkin/mopar accessory so it'll be semi factory too. But in my case I've had cheaper vehicles from $3k project cars to $25k+ daily drivers and none have ever gotten modded as much as this one has(although it only has a few little mods like tint, laramie mirrors, illuminated visors, mopar chrome wheel covers, weathertech floor liners, and of course the front bumper replacement)

But good to know about clay bar and the wax, I'll definitely do that when it gets cooler so I don't die while doing it lol

Nothing like a clean shiny truck.

Yupp! But it does look pretty sexy covered in mud
 
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Hose it off the best you can then use a pressure washer
Use a clean wash mit and rinse it out well often

If you had waxed it recently it should come off easily

So pressure washer won't mess up all the chrome? And I have 2 mits so I could use one after the pressure washing and then do the truck again with the second mitt while using the 2 bucket method?

And only wax has been from the laserwash the 2 or 3 times I did that(can't remember if it has wax or just a clear coat protector) and then the wax that was in the meguairs gold class soap. But all the chrome(wheel covers, mirrors, door handles, and back bumper) got polished and waxed with eagle one never dull and turtle wax paste wax. Although I'm not sure how well it took since a few days after I waxed the chrome we had a light rain and I had water spots on my wheel covers
 

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I used a pressure washer on mine a month or so ago, just don't get too close and you'll be alright. You can soak it down good without pressure to "re hydrate" the mud so to speak and it will come off easier with the pressure.
 
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Just finished rinsing off the truck. All the mud came off super easy with just doing a rinse. Then did power wash on the wheel well liners and all the underbody stuff like rear end, driveshaft, exhaust, in floor cooler bins, etc. Still gotta wash it to get all the dust stuff off and clean the wheels and mirrors by hand
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Washed the truck but I guess some of the soap dried and left white spots on the truck
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And then I went in the house for an hour to relax before I did tire shine and was gonna wash the engine bay but I opened it and saw this
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And walked right back in the house lol
 

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They always look good when washed. What happened in the engine bay? Something explode or you been muddin.
 
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