What did you do to your Ram today???

[Grape_Ape]

Interesting results, I use Reload every 6 months or so to keep up the shine and beading and it seems to work. I never tried waxing after the ceramic coating so can't respond to those results. I guess I don't know what it means to have the ceramic coat fail, I would assume it means forieng materials like road tar, bugs, paint over spray, minor scratches damaging the color coat through the ceramic coating and clear coating all sticking or failing to provide any level of protection better than just wax????

How did you folks determine it stopped working, engineering mind wanting to understand?

You can tell when it's stopped working when the water during a wash stops beading/sheeting the way that it was prior.

Nothing major but did an oil change at 64k. I'm averaging about 6500 miles between oil changes. Attempted to do my transmission service with the blauparts kit. Got under the truck and was very irritated at the engineering decisions. The blauparts video guide makes it look very simple. After fighting with the fill plug and realizing I'm probably missing a tool or two to make it worth my time I called a local transmission shop that seemed to be highly rated. They quoted me $150 to complete the service. So I scheduled that service and picked my truck up yesterday. So far so good! Wish I would've called sooner. Probably would've done the service at 60k.

 

[DennyBob]

I bought a full Crutchfield spec'd kit of 6 JBL speakers, the connectors, bass blockers for the tweeters, and interior panel tools. When I get a free Saturday I'm going to finally upgrade the scratchy blown tweeters and put nicer speakers in the 4 doors. The 6 speaker base stereo on my Bighorn is loud enough and I'm not in need of 1.21 Gigawatts of sound with subs, but the stock speakers are crap and 5 trips to the dealership to figure out the distortion yielded no resolution (the guys at the Dade City, FL dealership are morons). It wasn't until coming on here that I learned what the issue was.

I'm excited to have clearer sound for music and podcasts!

 

[OffcamberTrail]

Finally upgraded from my Blazer (4 gang) wireless auxiliary panel to an RGB (RA60) Auxbeam (6 gang)

I paired the Auxbeam remote with Flipit3d’s bezel and freaking love how it looks! Overall happy with the mod and will enjoy the added features of strobe, monetary, and constant on.



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What did you use to mount the Auxbeam next to the fuse box?

 

[1BADRAMLIMITED]

What did you use to mount the Auxbeam next to the fuse box?

The provided hardware/bracket that came in the kit.

 

[BowDown]

Interesting results, I use Reload every 6 months or so to keep up the shine and beading and it seems to work. I never tried waxing after the ceramic coating so can't respond to those results. I guess I don't know what it means to have the ceramic coat fail, I would assume it means forieng materials like road tar, bugs, paint over spray, minor scratches damaging the color coat through the ceramic coating and clear coating all sticking or failing to provide any level of protection better than just wax????

How did you folks determine it stopped working, engineering mind wanting to understand?

Stop using the reload and you'll likely see that yours has failed early as well. Water will stop beading and sheeting off when its failed, you won't likely notice a reduction in shine but when you wash it, you'll notice that the water doesn't behave as it did on a coated surface. The reload is masking the ceramic coat having failed.

 

[Laramieblue]

Stop using the reload and you'll likely see that yours has failed early as well. Water will stop beading and sheeting off when its failed, you won't likely notice a reduction in shine but when you wash it, you'll notice that the water doesn't behave as it did on a coated surface. The reload is masking the ceramic coat having failed.

Interesting, now I wonder how one removes the ceramic coating???

 

[1BADRAMLIMITED]

Interesting, now I wonder how one removes the ceramic coating???

Just thought I’d share this. These all seem to be great alternatives to a true ceramic coating I think I’m going to try the carpet lite in the spring!

 

[HSKR R/T]

Interesting, now I wonder how one removes the ceramic coating???

Cut and polish

 

[scottmoyer]

Stop using the reload and you'll likely see that yours has failed early as well. Water will stop beading and sheeting off when its failed, you won't likely notice a reduction in shine but when you wash it, you'll notice that the water doesn't behave as it did on a coated surface. The reload is masking the ceramic coat having failed.

One month after applying the Avalon King to my wife's car, a bird crapped on the trunk lid. Less than 30 minutes after that, I hosed it off. The trunk had marring where the crap was sitting and it would not come off with a clay bar or even compound. I had to wet sand the trunk of a brand new car to remove the defects.

I notified Avalon King of this issue and they said their product probably created a sacrificial layer and the damage seen was on their coating and my wet sanding was removing only their top coat. They were wrong as the paint got damaged. I see these coatings as fad and don't do anything more than wax, so I'm back to waxxing. It's also relaxing for me and a great sense of satisfaction when completed.

 

[SkittleRam]

with all this talk on Ceramic, my bro n law has my old GMC Sierra which is all black and he spent $1200 having the paint corrected and ceramic coated, and still the paint will get water spots, and bird spots and it is so much work to clean and maintain. He even takes it yearly to the shop that did the work to do the maintenance.

I used traditional waxes and the truck always looked just as good, so I don't know that I am sold on these ceramic coatings.

I really love the idea of the ceramic but its seems that it is not all that it was advertised to be.

 

[PurpleRT]

Gotta love the amount of marketing ceramic coatings are throwing out there that tends to overshadow their limitations. They’re great for what they are but most fail to let the end user understand those limitations and that most still require some sort of topper like a (cc sealant) every once in a while to maintain that beading effect which usually can be after a wash (like as a drying aid for example but getting more then a year out of a CC especially one that is the elements is pushing it. Even professionally done most details shops will require a (maintenance wash) done yearly.

I’ve used in the past Opti coat, Gtechniq crystal serum light w/ I believe C2 every other wash (mostly as a drying aid). Usually will make it close to that year mark before I perform a one step pending if I had the time. Right now or have been in the last year using Adams Graphene Ceramic spray coatings purchased during a Bogo sale so I have enough for a bit. Easy to apply. Has lasted at least that 8 month mark maybe longer but I been on the move lately and haven’t kept up on washes like I normally do. I used their detail spray or w/e they call their drying aid each wash as well mostly to avoid the water spotting from the coin washes which also might be contributing.

 

[Phippy]

My 22' Laramie has a 5yr coating, washed regularly but sits outside. I believe if you maintain your vehicle well or have OCD like myself ceramic coating isn't needed. Just wash throw in a decontamination few times a year then find your favorite ceramic sealant that gives 2-3 months of protection. Personally I like CarPro Hydro foam in a foam cannon after maintenance wash very slick makes future washing/cleaning easier.