Here in Arizona, we don't call scratches Desert Pinstriping for nothing.Well at least we agree Ford messed up the paint!
From my experience a good coat of wax will prevent most reasonable scratching off road. And I mean moderate off road, not hardcore wheeling. I do plenty of moderate off road trails but I’m just not going to be driving a $40k vehicle like it’s a $5k beater through tight woodsy trails. If you’re getting branch scratches through the actual paint, the paint job looks shit no matter what color. Unless it’s black: black gets scratched if you look at it the wrong way.
My metallic caribou brown f150 has seen more adventure trips than most and it still looks very clean unless you get very very close to it in the right light. Everything slides right off it.
Just about everything scratches the clearcoat.
Back East, hardwood tree branches and brush will also do a number on a paint job as well.
I'm happy to hear that where you a wheeling, the paint can be protected from damage with wax.
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