Ram 1500 Classic detailing in Houston

What we watch for

Paint and interior on the 1500 Classic

Paint and exterior

Mostly white, silver and black work trucks, many with fleet decals. Express and Warlock trims swap chrome for body-color or black bumpers and black wheels, which show brake dust and water spots plainly.

Interior

Tradesman trucks often have a vinyl floor and a cloth or vinyl bench, which makes a deep clean quick and thorough. The older dash design has textured plastic that hides dirt in its grain, and the switch panels need a soft brush.

Living in Houston

Many 1500 Classics belong to utility contractors and pipeline crews, so they come back from right-of-way work coated in dried mud and with dust packed into the door jambs.

• Pickup bed: tell us what the bed carries; spray-in liners clean up well, drop-in liners come out for the rinse.
• Sees dirt roads and lease land: mud is softened and rinsed before any mitt touches the paint, and wheel wells are cleaned out.
• Rubber floors and drain plugs on some trims: easy to rinse, but the seams still need brushing to get the grit out.
• Cloth seats on many trims: spot-treated in every interior detail, with shampoo extraction as an add-on when they need it.