New truck at home
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12-02-2007, 10:59 PM
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New truck at home
I just picked up a new '07 F150 SC yesterday at a blowout price, i guess! Anyway, it does have the grey cloth seats so I am looking for suggestions on care/feeding of new truck. Has anyone assembled a good list of suggestions on proper care for a new vehicle? Any suggestions on treating carpet, seats, protecting vinyl, seat belts, undercarriage, chrome, engine compartment, etc? I have only had a few minutes to look underneath, but it looks like most of the frame and other components, like the diff, have been painted by factory.
I plan to stop by a dealer tomorrow and pick up the ford weatherguard-type floor mats before i ruin the carpet ones.
I plan to stop by a dealer tomorrow and pick up the ford weatherguard-type floor mats before i ruin the carpet ones.
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12-03-2007, 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by John Patterson
I just picked up a new '07 F150 SC yesterday at a blowout price, i guess! Anyway, it does have the grey cloth seats so I am looking for suggestions on care/feeding of new truck. Has anyone assembled a good list of suggestions on proper care for a new vehicle? Any suggestions on treating carpet, seats, protecting vinyl, seat belts, undercarriage, chrome, engine compartment, etc? I have only had a few minutes to look underneath, but it looks like most of the frame and other components, like the diff, have been painted by factory.
I plan to stop by a dealer tomorrow and pick up the ford weatherguard-type floor mats before i ruin the carpet ones.
I plan to stop by a dealer tomorrow and pick up the ford weatherguard-type floor mats before i ruin the carpet ones.
Cheers and congrats on the new rig
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12-03-2007, 10:07 PM
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dflw, not sure I can get my spouse to help me break in my truck, lol!
Thanks for the info. I will need to get up to speed on care/feeding of new truck.
Might be cool to have a 'check list' of items on vehicle, from top to bottom, inside and out, along with suggested methods of detailing, to increase life, appearance, and durability of vehicle.
RollingRock, I will start looking over the section. Thanks,
BTW I picked up the Ford brand of weatherguard mats from a dealer and I was suprised/disappointed that the driver's mat was so small with the top corners cut away. I guess mfr is afraid if it was any larger it would get wedged under pedals.
Thanks for the info. I will need to get up to speed on care/feeding of new truck.
Might be cool to have a 'check list' of items on vehicle, from top to bottom, inside and out, along with suggested methods of detailing, to increase life, appearance, and durability of vehicle.
RollingRock, I will start looking over the section. Thanks,
BTW I picked up the Ford brand of weatherguard mats from a dealer and I was suprised/disappointed that the driver's mat was so small with the top corners cut away. I guess mfr is afraid if it was any larger it would get wedged under pedals.
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12-03-2007, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by John Patterson
dflw, not sure I can get my spouse to help me break in my truck, lol!
Thanks for the info. I will need to get up to speed on care/feeding of new truck.
Might be cool to have a 'check list' of items on vehicle, from top to bottom, inside and out, along with suggested methods of detailing, to increase life, appearance, and durability of vehicle.
RollingRock, I will start looking over the section. Thanks,
BTW I picked up the Ford brand of weatherguard mats from a dealer and I was suprised/disappointed that the driver's mat was so small with the top corners cut away. I guess mfr is afraid if it was any larger it would get wedged under pedals.
Thanks for the info. I will need to get up to speed on care/feeding of new truck.
Might be cool to have a 'check list' of items on vehicle, from top to bottom, inside and out, along with suggested methods of detailing, to increase life, appearance, and durability of vehicle.
RollingRock, I will start looking over the section. Thanks,
BTW I picked up the Ford brand of weatherguard mats from a dealer and I was suprised/disappointed that the driver's mat was so small with the top corners cut away. I guess mfr is afraid if it was any larger it would get wedged under pedals.
I am OCD about detailing so I keep it pretty clean.
Cheers
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12-05-2007, 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by dflw_99
i know this may sound so grandma-ish but i have a towel that i lay across my seats that i only take off while on a date. it keeps your seats looking new. but if you are fooling around in your truck,
your might wanna leave them on the seat 
your might wanna leave them on the seat 
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autozone has some nice seat covers that just slip on over your seats like during the day you could use them but if you had nice clean clothes on you can slip them right off and you could also spray them with scotch guard any thing that gets onthem then if you get it up when it happens will just wipe off a dealer will over to protect your seat with a fabric protector but my brother use to work a the local ford dealership and thats what they used and congradulations on your new truck