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My dealer said that with the white platinum that waxing is not ever needed?

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I think your dealer should stick to selling cars, that's ridiculous! While in general auto finishes have gotten much better over the years they still need to be maintained.
 

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Just bought a 21 white Platinum F-150 and dealer said waxing this color was not needed.
If you think about it ALL colors have a clear coat over them so it's the clear coat you need to protect.
 

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Just bought a 21 white Platinum F-150 and dealer said waxing this color was not needed.
I waxed my '07 Oxford White King Ranch once . When I sold it this past January , and it looked great . The buyer said this has 200k on it !
 
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That's not exactly true. Put Star White, White Platinum, Space White and Oxford White next to each other and get back to me.
Mine is white, thats all I know
 

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Mine is white, thats all I know
I believe the only white available on a platinum is “Star White Metallic Tri-Coat”. I have this on my ‘20 Lariat and that’s what my inbound ‘21 is as well. You will need to treat the same as any other colour on an F150. I mean really you don’t have to wax any of them but I would recommend it. Also I agree with Pioneer white is not white. As he said there are 3 whites available for the F150 lineup and they are all quite different.
 

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Waxing it is still ideal, but there are millions of work trucks on the road without any wax and they are doing just fine. White just hides things better than darker colors.

Wax products are really forgiving now, you can grab some spray on stuff that you can apply every 6 months in 15-20 minutes and your truck will look great.
 
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From my experience buying 50+ cars and trucks, if the dealers lips were moving he was probably lying.
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