Where did you get the charge port decals? I haven't been able to find them on etsy.Made a few upgrades! Sadly, after installing the bull guard it interfered with the sensors so had to take it off. Although, I then plasti-dipped the tow hooks with Lightning Blue and will reinstall tomorrow.
This looks great! Where’d you get the lightning blue decals? I’m only finding royal blue or lightning blue outline with black inside.Okay the truck was ready for pickup from the tint shop earlier than expected. The XPel on the nose looks great. This is my first time with any PPF on a vehicle and I'm super excited to have this protection. The shop was able to do the grille in the satin stealth PPF and its definitely a nice finish. Also had the chance to install the vinyl "Lightning Blue" F-150 decals on the tailgate and charge doors. The AMB really just looks like black in most of these pictures...
Hadn't ever heard about "ceramic coatings". peaked my curiosity. Won't have my Lightning for another month but I'm curious as to what this costs.I got my truck back from the detailer after getting it paint corrected and ceramic coated. There were a few imperfections and some very light scratches that came out easily. The ceramic coating keeps the paint nice for years and makes it so much easier to wash. When I dropped my truck off, he was just finishing up an original Lightning. It was pretty cool to see them side by side!
I also hardwired a Uniden R7 and mounted it.
It's similar to waxing a vehicle but you use a much harder coating that lasts longer. The coating they applied on my truck should last 3 years before it'll need to touched up and around 7 years before replacing it. I've had it on my X5M for 3 years and the paint still looks new after 20k miles and dozens of washes.
thanks. I $1k seems like a lot, however it is a $90k truck that I expect to have for 10 years so perhaps not. I'll check it out when mine gets here. first things first!It's similar to waxing a vehicle but you use a much harder coating that lasts longer. The coating they applied on my truck should last 3 years before it'll need to touched up and around 7 years before replacing it. I've had it on my X5M for 3 years and the paint still looks new after 20k miles and dozens of washes.
The cost was $950 including an interior detail. My truck had 2000 miles on it when it was done, so there was some work in that as well. I am pretty particular when it comes to my vehicles, so keeping the paint in good shape is important to me.
To give you an idea, here's my truck after a couple hour long drive through a pretty heavy rainstorm. The coating makes the paint practically repel water, so it just falls off/blows off when driving. No issues with water spots after a storm. The other part of it is the paint correction, which was pretty minimal on my truck as the paint was pretty good from the factory. There were a few light scratches from transport though and the detailer was able to completely eliminate those.
Was the stripe on the grill done by a paint shop? How much?Added Grille stripe and charge door letters. The charge door letters are custom by LUDesignsNY https://www.etsy.com/shop/LUDesignsNY
I am already buying accessories and I do not even have a production date....
No, its a decal from the same place as the charge door letters.
Here is this decal on Smoked Quartz. Also showing black rubber frame on black/silver license plate (plate has a silver border I wanted to cover). Sorry for all the reflections.
