Car Wash or hand wash?
03-08-2007, 12:28 PM
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I think paint colour affects how badly your paint shows up car wash damage too. last car I had was a metallic black bmw and occasional use did the paint in pretty quickly. Now I have silver grey and occasional use you still see the swirl marks but it's nowhere near as bad as the really dark colours for showing the damage
03-08-2007, 12:49 PM
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Handwash only PERIOD!!!!
I'll hose the bottom myself in the garage. Gots to get that ZAINO though.
Handwash with BMW smellgood wash.
I'll hose the bottom myself in the garage. Gots to get that ZAINO though.
Handwash with BMW smellgood wash.
03-08-2007, 12:52 PM
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Depends...
I would never get my car into a "Auto Car Wash" with brushes.
I live close to one really great "Spray Wash" gas station and I use it for every second
time the car needs to be washed. Works pretty OK.
Every second time my E60 needs a garage wash, inside and outside that no machine can do!
The Spary Wash costs some E 20 and a hand wash at my selected garage costs the same
but two times a year the cost is E 70 at the garage.
Will send you some pics later of my now 3 winters used OEM wheels, they are as new.
I would never get my car into a "Auto Car Wash" with brushes.
I live close to one really great "Spray Wash" gas station and I use it for every second
time the car needs to be washed. Works pretty OK.
Every second time my E60 needs a garage wash, inside and outside that no machine can do!
The Spary Wash costs some E 20 and a hand wash at my selected garage costs the same
but two times a year the cost is E 70 at the garage.
Will send you some pics later of my now 3 winters used OEM wheels, they are as new.
03-08-2007, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by aybeesea' post='400351' date='Mar 8 2007, 09:03 PM
So what DID happen at the end of the final series of "Life on Mars"?
ABC
ABC
I remember those days for real, I was there !!
God I feel old ! :'(
03-08-2007, 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by KAF' post='400376' date='Mar 8 2007, 10:01 PM
I remember those days for real, I was there !!
God I feel old ! :'(
God I feel old ! :'(
Who's feeling old now?
ABC
03-08-2007, 02:12 PM
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With regard to preveting swirl marks. It will happen even with hand washing. My Porsche has had nothing but hand washes and waxes with microfibre towels and still has swirl marks.
03-08-2007, 08:34 PM
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hand wash only for me.. whether i do it or i go to my local car wash. then its straight home for me to wax it. just not about swirlmarks.. i dont want it to go through that tunnel because of those rollers in between those rails on the ground that pull the cars by the tire through it. ive seen wheels come out with scratches and rashes. wouldnt want that to happen to my low profile wheels.
03-08-2007, 10:16 PM
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hand wash only for me.. whether i do it or i go to my local car wash. then its straight home for me to wax it. just not about swirlmarks.. i dont want it to go through that tunnel because of those rollers in between those rails on the ground that pull the cars by the tire through it. ive seen wheels come out with scratches and rashes. wouldnt want that to happen to my low profile wheels.
After that, it's never been through a car wash again. Just recently got my wheels refinished and they look brand spanking new again.