Car Wash's

(grant_west) · (grant_west) **Join Date: Jun 2005** 02-26-2007, 9:41 AM

How many of you run your rig threw the car wash.
The place's I take my rig to are all brushless. (no machine touches the car) A machine sprays soap and water on it and its hand washed and then the dryer blow's the car dry.

(joshugan) · (joshugan) **Join Date: Apr 2005** 02-26-2007, 9:56 AM

I take mine to the coin wash and scrub by hand. I always makes sure to tape off the gas safety outlet just in case.

(joe_crawley) · (joe_crawley) **Join Date: Jan 2007** 02-26-2007, 10:02 AM

I take it through a soft cloth- brushless never seems to get it clean, especially that black caddy of yours (I've got a black LTZ so I know what you're up against). It probably isn't so good for the paint, but it's a truck so who really cares.

mendo247 02-26-2007, 10:18 AM

NEVER!

(skydog96) · (skydog96) **Join Date: Mar 2002** 02-26-2007, 10:27 AM

i used to be a "never" guy as well.. untill i bought a white truck.. you can spit on white and it will look clean 5 ft back..

man i hate swirl marks.. grrrr.. lol

(deuce) · (deuce) **Join Date: Mar 2002** 02-26-2007, 11:54 AM

http://www.supersoniccarwash.com/ .....in the Winter.

My driveway in the Summer.

(tyler97217) · (tyler97217) **Join Date: Aug 2004** 02-26-2007, 12:54 PM

my driveway

(kenteck) · (kenteck) **Join Date: Jan 2005** 02-26-2007, 1:13 PM

car wash gone bad
http://www.autoblog.nl/archive/2006/07/13/videotime-carwash-gone-bad

(keith2002) · (keith2002) **Join Date: Apr 2006** 02-26-2007, 1:21 PM

I always run the rig through the local car wash. NOthing gets it cleaner. They just got a new hot wax machine. You can see it on the hood in this picture.
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(supra24ssv) · (supra24ssv) **Join Date: Mar 2006** 02-26-2007, 2:09 PM

My family owns a full service car wash, I can tell you I would not let a brushless was my car, and let them dry it. You can not get a car clean of the small debris from a brushless and when they dry it there will be scratches, if they don't dry it, it will not be clean. Find a wash that uses all cloth and is a nice bussines. By nice I mean clean and kept up, a car wash like this prob has very big bucks invested and care about your car.

(Message edited by supra24ssv on February 26, 2007)

(c_rundell) · (c_rundell) **Join Date: Jan 2006** 02-26-2007, 3:02 PM

My parents also own carwashes, none of our carwashes are full service though. They are all self serve with an automatic car wash. Our automatic car wash is brushless and does a great job. All i can say is stay away from the cheaper run down brush car washes i know they can really cause some major swirl marks and damage.

An automatic car wash is quick and easy, but if you really want your rig perfect you are going to have to do it by hand yourself.

(bremsen) · (bremsen) **Join Date: Aug 2005** 02-26-2007, 3:21 PM

never.

If I'm too lazy to do it myself I'll pay someone the $20 to hand wash it.

(johnsvt) · (johnsvt) **Join Date: Dec 2006** 02-26-2007, 4:05 PM

I get one of my guys in the recon dept. to do mine...but I like kieths better.

(rallyart) · (rallyart) **Join Date: Nov 2006** 02-26-2007, 4:09 PM

Wash it? Yeah, I'll do that maybe tomorrow.. or the next day...

(guido) · (guido) **Join Date: Jul 2002** 02-27-2007, 9:20 AM

Truck goes to the brushless car wash... Car gets hand washed.

It just takes too long to wash my truck. For $25 it's totally worth getting it back in 10 minutes. Not only that, but the carwash that I go to offers an undercarriage wash for $5 extra thats great for when I'm coming home from the snow.