Can Automatic Car Washes Damage Your Car?

[Sunset_Z28]

Sometimes I like to wash mine like this though.

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[KillaF150]

I only go to the touchless ones without the brushes.

 

[Darth Bama]

I only go to the touchless ones without the brushes.

Same here and to be honest I stay away from them as much as possible! The recycled water is so damn hard it's horrible.

 

[KillaF150]

90% of the time just go the quarter ones and give it a quick spray, the other 10% i wash it myself. Im OCD now thanks to all the detailing threads

 

[La Bestia]

Sometimes I like to wash mine like this though.

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that's why I didn't get power windows or locks and the rubber floor.

If I have quarters I go to the one where you spray it yourself. In the winter I use the automatic wash.

Twice a year I will do a full detail at home but it's just too much hassle to do it all the time. Plus I have really hard well water so a full detail is the only way all the water spots come out.

 

[bobkyle2]

when i first bought my truck me and my ex g/f was going through the auto carwash and a hose broke off the top of the carwash and came through the roof of my truck.. damnd neer hit her in the head ... wish it would have now ...hah... but the owners of the carwash wrote a check to fix it ... haha so i still use the same one

 

[Moeman]

I've always washed mine in the shop at work.

 

[gmctrucks]

I took a Firebird to a car wash to where they had blue cloths rotating well when I came out of it my dark blue paint had marks all over the paint I sold the car not long after that.

 

[nubuilder]

I've never gone through one with the spinning brushes. The only automatic one I've gone through is touchless (just water jets). In the winter, I use the ones that have the high pressure wand and brush. Although, I don't like the brush as much anymore since I feel that it scratches the paint even with soapy suds flowing through it. In the summer, hand wash at home.

I HATE water spots! I'm still trying to figure out how not to get them. Also, I really need to learn how to wax and polish my truck properly.

I also suffer from OCD when it comes to my truck being clean. It gets washed just about every Friday now.

 

[Z71 Kris]

I use them, but I am not a huge freak about it...