I can drive throught the car wash with my Cougar in 3 1/2 minutes.DTNODYA said:Wash it by hand. Wash any and every car that you care about by hand. I can wash and dry my car good in like 20-25 minutes.
It will slowly seperates the top from the rear glass...then you could get a leak and ruin your day.TrueBlueNJ said:I dont know why everyone says it will ruin your seals...I have an 03 vert, been through the car was at least ten times, even the ****ty ones they have at exxon mobile that are five bucks and never had a problem at all.
+1Mustang5L5 said:No matter how good a carwash is, it cannot compete with a good handwash. I even pop the hood and wash the engine with a rag and degreaser and then gently hose it away. Sometimes i ever pull the wheels off to clean the backsides and inside the wheel wells and brake components. A little overboard i know but my car still looks brand new 3 years later.
+2 hand wash your car if you can it's worth it.Mustang5L5 said:I'm scared of the blowers going through the wash in my coupe. My hood scoop and rear wing sure get bounced around quite a bit. I don't even notice them bouncing at 100+ on the highway.
I only go through the carwash in the winter. Come summer time i handwash. No matter how good a carwash is, it cannot compete with a good handwash. I even pop the hood and wash the engine with a rag and degreaser and then gently hose it away. Sometimes i ever pull the wheels off to clean the backsides and inside the wheel wells and brake components. A little overboard i know but my car still looks brand new 3 years later.
Mustang5L5 said:I'm scared of the blowers going through the wash in my coupe. My hood scoop and rear wing sure get bounced around quite a bit. I don't even notice them bouncing at 100+ on the highway.
I only go through the carwash in the winter. Come summer time i handwash. No matter how good a carwash is, it cannot compete with a good handwash. I even pop the hood and wash the engine with a rag and degreaser and then gently hose it away. Sometimes i ever pull the wheels off to clean the backsides and inside the wheel wells and brake components. A little overboard i know but my car still looks brand new 3 years later.
McTeague said:Sure the person running the car wash will tell you that they will turn off the blowers, but they never actually do it.
I had to do the same thing when I lived in a Condo. I would just go at night during the week when it wasn't busy. People would look at me funny when i would break out the bucket in the spray stall.Poisoned Pony said:naw, it ain't overboard, it's just right
I hate living in the barracks, now I'm limited to those coin-op pressure washer stalls on the base. They don't want you to bucket wash, but to hell with that rule!
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