{"id":85647,"date":"2025-07-22T18:57:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T18:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/softopper.com\/?page_id=85647"},"modified":"2025-12-22T23:05:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T23:05:23","slug":"powder-coat-disclaimer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/softopper.com\/powder-coat-disclaimer\/","title":{"rendered":"Powder Coat Disclaimer"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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6 Month Warranty does not cover issues caused by normal wear and tear (e.g., scratches, dents, surface oxidation, or material\/color degradation), severe weather conditions,\u00a0 water intrusion, discoloration due to exposure to chemicals either directly or in the atmosphere, accidents, abuse, negligence, unlawful vehicle use, unauthorized modifications or repairs, theft, misuse, overloading, or failure to assemble, mount, use or maintain the product in accordance with Softopper’s written instructions included with the product or made for the original purchaser.<\/strong><\/p>

We do not warranty anything for commercial use.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

These bed racks are in a direct line of fire from your front tires. It’s the only way the bed rack can do it’s job on the outside of the Softopper. Dirt on the roads can act as a sand blaster throwing snow, rocks, mud, road salt, winter gravel etc onto the rack degrading the powder coat. No coating can withstand repeated assault from the elements especially in harsh climates. Even some car washes\u00a0 use chemicals that are destructive to powder coating.<\/strong><\/p>

Steps you can take to prevent damage and rust<\/strong><\/p>

  • \u00a0Use mud flaps\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>
  • \u00a0Use fender flares<\/strong><\/li>
  • \u00a0Wash off mud snow<\/strong><\/li>
  • \u00a0Road salt destroyes all finishes, wash the truck often if your roads are salted<\/strong><\/li>
  • \u00a0Apply a coat of wax occasionally\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>
  • \u00a0Touch up any bare metal with Krylon spray paint in gloss black\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>
  • \u00a0The racks are made to get used and enjoyed. Occasional maintenance on your part may be required. Use paint to fix any scrapes from rocks or branches to protect any exposed metal.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>

    We have sourced the best powder coating facility to powder coat our products, it is still a third party source that we don’t have direct quality control over. Therefore, we are unable determine the longevity of the powder coatings lifespan.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Powder coat disclaimer IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ 6 Month Warranty does not cover issues caused by normal wear and tear (e.g., scratches, dents, surface oxidation, or material\/color degradation), severe weather conditions,\u00a0 water intrusion, discoloration due to exposure to chemicals either directly or in the atmosphere, accidents, abuse, negligence, unlawful vehicle use, unauthorized modifications or repairs, theft, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19181,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"search_category":[],"class_list":["post-85647","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/softopper.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/softopper.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/softopper.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/softopper.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/softopper.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/softopper.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85647\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/softopper.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"search_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/softopper.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/search_category?post=85647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}