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Originally Posted by JARblue I've seen the effects personally if you use them over and over. I know a guy who used one near his house approx 2 times per

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Old 05-18-2016, 09:58 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I've seen the effects personally if you use them over and over. I know a guy who used one near his house approx 2 times per month - never touched the car other than those washes. Over the course of 10 years that car wash completely destroyed the clear coat on two brand new Honda Civics with the end result being the sun-damaged paint in just 3-4 years very similar to this:
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Yeah...I'm going to go with Internet lore.



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Yeah...I'm going to go with Internet lore.



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Sorry, its no myth - its a well known fact that automatic car washes touchless or not, use very harsh soaps and detergents.
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