Wash at night or dusk and than use a backpack blower and blow the water out. Finish it up with a waffle weave microfiber.

As mentioned before, the grooves are to strengthen the roof to be able to "hold" more weight.

 

I have a certain area where my driveway drops off to the yard about 4". When I wash I back it up there so the rear tires drop off . Everything drains real well then including some of those areas that always seem to keep dripping water. You could get a couple blocks/bricks and drive the front end up on them when you wash to create this effect.

 

Thats the smart assed answer that I was searching for

 

^LMAO!!

I agree with Fish. Mine is a dark color too and these little troughs really suck. But they have to be there because your trucks parts were all made by the lowest bidder who used thin metal and ridges like ruffles to make them more ridgid. Nothing to do but deal with them.

 

i thought i was the only one who used a backpack blower

 

Anything to help!

 

It would be awful to have to mount a bracket on that beautiful valance anyways! Much smarter idea. Plate sure looks like its taking a beating though. If you get a piece of cardboard and spray it black you could pop it over it for some photos or a show to hide it well, cant do that with an exterior mounted bracket

 

I'm bored...Is this really thread?

And I thought I was a post *****...

 

Should have read......(Is this really a thread?)

 

The grooves on your roof are called 'mohican' channels. That's where your roof panel is welded to the sidewall pillars--the strips in the panel are to hide the welds. May be a PITA when it comes wash time, but it's a much stronger and cleaner design structurally.

 

Wrong. We're not talking about those two. Its the grooves in betweenm those.

 

Acctually, those grooves help hold the truck into the corners. Kind of like a Pickle Fork boat. Pushes against the air and therefor, aids in cornering ability.

 

WTF?!?! Was your last car a Honda?

 

I hope you're not serious ...

 

Why yes, of coarse. What, you don't believe me????