Beware the car wash
03-17-2019, 10:52 PM
#11
Senior Member
When I was in high school and into college I worked at a car wash. If you want no damage whatsoever, touchless is the way to go. If you want it clean, soft cloth.
I always do soft cloth.
I always do soft cloth.
03-17-2019, 11:10 PM
#12
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Thread Starter
No, not touchless. But, it's the newest of their 18 or so soft cloth locations around OR and WA.
90% of the time I wash it myself, but just get lazy sometimes. And, my son loves to ride through the "wash car".
Also appreciate they owned up and I let them know this.
Ha ~ I thought the same thing about the flair. You wonder if it was not installed as well as the others.
This place does a good job getting it clean. It just cleaned the front wheel well a little too aggressively this time.
90% of the time I wash it myself, but just get lazy sometimes. And, my son loves to ride through the "wash car".
that's pretty crazy. i do use a full touch car wash in the winter, and haven't had that issue, but I find they do a crappy job. big areas on the doors and tailgate sometimes don't even look touched. Sucks, but it's the salt life here in the midwest so you just have to get it off there sometimes.
03-18-2019, 01:57 AM
#13
The tow mirrors don’t play well either.
03-18-2019, 04:53 AM
#14
Senior Member
I resemble that remark...lol. Recently had a brush wash break both corners on the back of my tonneau. Left the wash and noticed the cover was up in the back. Ordered new parts and I’m good now , but will hand wash from now on.
03-18-2019, 05:01 AM
#15
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03-18-2019, 07:22 AM
#16
Senior Member
Does anyone that uses touchhless have a tonneau cover? I haven’t tried since I had a peragon cover because the air blower and the end pushed the cover in past the rail and did some damage.
i have a BAKFlip mx4 now but always been to scared to try again LOL.
for me it was the self service bay or hand wash only but I moved and don’t have access to hand wash or a self service bay even remotely close anymore
i have a BAKFlip mx4 now but always been to scared to try again LOL.
for me it was the self service bay or hand wash only but I moved and don’t have access to hand wash or a self service bay even remotely close anymore
03-18-2019, 09:00 AM
#17
Your better off leaving your truck dirty than going to a brush style car wash. If you have a white or silver truck it’s not as bad but the swirl marks they leave in your clear coat actually dull your color and look terrible in the sun or under a street light. If you are cheap getting a hand wash once a month is better than a machine wash once a week. I learned the difference when I worked at a VW / Porsche dealership. We washed the VWs with the machine but the Porsche’s were hand wash only.
03-18-2019, 09:21 AM
#18
Senior Member
I use the self-wash, can wash the whole truck for $4.50 vs. $8 for the cheapest automatic car wash. It's a lot better when I'm just trying to hose off some dirt or road salt or something.
03-18-2019, 09:23 AM
#19
Senior Member
my car wash is hand wash.. instead of brushes they have humans with smocks inside the car wash washing the truck down .. its also 1 price no matter how big or small your car is
03-18-2019, 09:38 AM
#20
Senior Member
Don't have time or drive to hand was my truck. I don't take it to shows so a little swirls aren't important to me. Glad they admitted to the damage. This stuff happens to cars as well.
