Z through car washes

Mike S.

I love auto carwashes. Dont hate, my G (with scrach sheild paint) has been through hundreds of times and looks great!

At any rate, any problems with running a Z through because of ground clearance?

I'm talking to you Kenchan! You know which one I go to.

Mike S.

Nikkolai

If I really, really had to do it, I would run it through a touchless carwash. I would be scared about my rim being scratched though. There was a warning stick on my car warning me not to take it through the carwash because it will damage the spoiler. So, if I did not want to wash it myself, I just pay extra to get it hand washed.

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sfearl1

it's hard not to when you're considering running a Z THROUGH A CARWASH...

Just sayin'

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UNKNOWN_370

I clean my own car... it always looks awesome because no slouch in a car wash is going to pay as much attention to detail as me.

Snakes709

ill never go through a auto car wash. Had one blow up and sent metal flying at my hood and windshield with my cobalt. Scratched the hood up real bad to.

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happytheman

Whoa! Wrong door.....

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Investr

You could NOT pay me to bring this car through a carwash!!!

christian370z

If you absolutely have to, go touchless. But I'd love to see pictures of your G looking "great" after hundreds of express car washes.

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Waiz

Touchless is fine depending on the bump stop things that keep you in place while inside the machine.

I would just walk over to it before driving through just to make sure.

alcheng

Drive-Thru Car Wash??? You mean Drive-Thru-Sheet-Metal-Destroyer, right?

LOL

Waiz

I'm too low to make it in one of those so I don't even bother.

alcheng

I drive a roadster, so unless I want to experience Niagara Falls inside my Z.....

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scottIN

Ahhhh...the Swirl-o-Matic!

Even 'touchless' can / will damage your paint. First of all, a lot of them aren't actually 'touchless' - they just don't have the big spinning brushes, but still use hang cloths or other methods to agitate.

If they are truly touchless, here's what happens: The 100 mph stream of water blasts the dirt off your paint, the dirt gets blasted back into the stream of water, and said dirt that just came off your paint gets blasted back into it at 100 mph. Over and over. And over.

You don't run into this with a garden hose becasue you don't have the velocity and volume that you do with a commercial wash.

Also, if it's hand dried after this, that's where you really increase your damage. I don't care how hard you blast soap and water at it, it won't be clean. Then some guy making $5.75 an hour picks up a towel that he's used on a dozen other cars, that's probably been dropped on the ground a few times, and proceeds to wipe not only the dirt and dust that's left on your car all over it, but the dirt from everyone else's too.

In the winter, I'll use a spray it yourself wash just to get salt & all off, but I'll never dry a car in the winter. Unless I'm 100% certain I can wipe down any area of the paint w/o picking up any dirt on my towel, it doesn't get dried.