Car Detailing for Chevrolet Silverado 1500

Detailing your Chevrolet Silverado 1500

Silverados are everywhere east of the city, where the Oshawa plant builds them, and they are working trucks more often than not. We clear the dust out of the cab before any wet cleaning, extract the carpets or scrub the rubber floors, clean the console bin and the under-seat storage, and get the leather or cloth presentable. The bed, Multi-Flex tailgate and running boards get washed and protected, and the paint gets a decontamination and sealant before the salt comes.

What we watch for on a Silverado 1500

• The Multi-Flex tailgate has moving panels and a hinge that trap salt and grit; we rinse and work the mechanism so it keeps operating cleanly
• The centre console bin is large enough to hold a toolbox and often does; we empty it and clean the stains underneath
• Rubber-floored work trucks get scrubbed and rinsed, carpeted ones get a dry vacuum first to lift drywall dust before any water goes down
• Trail Boss and ZR2 trucks with 32–33 inch tires throw mud onto the bedsides and into the rear jambs; a hand wash reaches it
• 2014–2018 trucks commonly have peeling or hazy headlights that restore well

Pickups: work on the outside, family on the inside

Trucks get the roughest outside treatment and a surprisingly family-sized inside. We deal with bed rails, step bars, tar and tailgate grime on the outside, and crew-cab rear seats and floor liners on the inside.