Ceramic coat before or after tailgate letters and hood deflector?

[HotPepperLariat]

I am about to apply a ceramic coat to my Lariat. However, I also have a Lund hood protector and tailgate letters on order. I believe one should wipe down the area where the letters and hood protector are attached (adhesive) with alcohol. Will this take off the ceramic coat if I apply it first for good adhesive contact? Or should I apply the ceramic after installation of the lettering and protector?

Thanks in Virginia

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[GLW]

I am about to apply a ceramic coat to my Lariat. However, I also have a Lund hood protector and tailgate letters on order. I believe one should wipe down the area where the letters and hood protector are attached (adhesive) with alcohol. Will this take off the ceramic coat if I apply it first for good adhesive contact? Or should I apply the ceramic after installation of the lettering and protector?

Thanks in Virginia

I can tell you from experience. Do not ceramic coat before wanting to stick anything to it. It will not stick!!
Attach first and then coat.
btw, I love my professional applied ceramic coating. Makes cleaning much easier.

 

[hand-filer]

I can tell you from experience. Do not ceramic coat before wanting to stick anything to it. It will not stick!!
Attach first and then coat.
btw, I love my professional applied ceramic coating. Makes cleaning much easier.

I picked up my truck from the detail shop yesterday after having them paint correct and ceramic coat it. It looks amazing.

 

[Roverhound]

The ceramic coat may affect the adhesives ability to work. I would wait before applying it to the hood and tail gate.
Edit: I see that GLW answered before me.
He doesn't like me for some reason.

 

[SubaruRaptor]

I am about to apply a ceramic coat to my Lariat. However, I also have a Lund hood protector and tailgate letters on order. I believe one should wipe down the area where the letters and hood protector are attached (adhesive) with alcohol. Will this take off the ceramic coat if I apply it first for good adhesive contact? Or should I apply the ceramic after installation of the lettering and protector?

Thanks in Virginia

Alcohol wont remove the ceramic coating always. Depending on the coating, and how fresh it is, they are extremely strong and will either take multiple preparations or will just straight reject being broken down.

Stickers and things should be place before the coating so they will stick, and then the coating will provide a layer of protection to them. The hood protector you have is redundant with the ceramic coating. If you maintain the coating you dont need the deflector. You can also get glass coatings to help with bugs there.

 

[HotPepperLariat]

Alcohol wont remove the ceramic coating always. Depending on the coating, and how fresh it is, they are extremely strong and will either take multiple preparations or will just straight reject being broken down.

Stickers and things should be place before the coating so they will stick, and then the coating will provide a layer of protection to them. The hood protector you have is redundant with the ceramic coating. If you maintain the coating you dont need the deflector. You can also get glass coatings to help with bugs there.

Thanks for all of the replies. I will definitely install first, ceramic last. The hood protector is more for the small stone chips I get on the front edge of all my previous vehicles. It supposedly alters the airflow to allow at least some bugs to go above the vehicle instead of on the windshield also. We'll see on that.

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