View Poll Results: How do you wash your car?
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car wash / hand wash
12-06-2004, 06:11 PM
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Hand wash in the summer and apply 6 coats of Zaino to get through the carwashes in the winter.
Mike's Carwash here is pretty good - they don't use recycled water, only felt swabs, and plastic protectors on the wheel guides. So far it's looking good.
Mike's Carwash here is pretty good - they don't use recycled water, only felt swabs, and plastic protectors on the wheel guides. So far it's looking good.
12-06-2004, 06:13 PM
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Hand wash only. After seeing the swirl marks on my black Lexus following a "courtesy" dealer wash following a maintenance service, I do NOT let any dealer do a courtesy wash on my car at any time.
Even the "hand" car washes here in SoCal are not safe, especially if they run it through the tunnel -- the hand "washers" are often lazy and use a brush (i.e., swirls) at the end of a broom stick to clean the lower extremities of the car.
I wash every other week the old fashioned way....
Even the "hand" car washes here in SoCal are not safe, especially if they run it through the tunnel -- the hand "washers" are often lazy and use a brush (i.e., swirls) at the end of a broom stick to clean the lower extremities of the car.
I wash every other week the old fashioned way....
12-06-2004, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Hamann5' date='Dec 6 2004, 09:19 PM
[quote name='m630' date='Dec 6 2004, 08:55 PM']thats the price for me living in a climate that gets cold, i love to hand wash, but for 5 months a year its too cold
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[/quote]try to put a few coats of wax, and then try some resins, they take most out, well as far as you can see at least
12-06-2004, 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Iceman' date='Dec 6 2004, 09:11 PM
I take it to a car wash, what uses textile stripes only. The car actually looks better than when I wash it by hand. It doesn't harm the paint at all. But I am in the lucky situation, that we have one of the modernest car washes in the world here in Frankfurt. They just bought new machines for the cost of 800,000.-?.
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you seem to be in the right area for quite a few things
...you dont want to know how aweful our 'choices' are....
12-06-2004, 06:50 PM
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My Ride: 2004 525i Jet Black on Grey Interior---
Tint: Sides 20% Rear Windshield 5% Front Windshield 35%
Wheels: Zenetti Five's 20" by 8.5(front) 20" by 10(rear)--
Tires: Pirelli Asimmetrico 245/35/20(front) 285/30/20(rear)--
Body: Hamann Full Front Spoiler, Rieger Side Skirts, Rieger Rear Apron, AC Schnitzer Trunk Wing
Interior: AC Schnitzer Pedal Set and E-Break
Springs: H&R Sport Springs--
Audio: 2 12" Kicker L7's with a Rockford Fosgate 1501bd Amp With Custom Trunk Enclosure
SOON TO COME:
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Originally Posted by m630' date='Dec 6 2004, 10:16 PM
try to put a few coats of wax, and then try some resins, they take most out, well as far as you can see at least?
12-06-2004, 07:18 PM
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My Ride: 2005 530i SMG, Sport package, Premium package, L7, Xenon Headlamps, Window Shades, Rear red reflectors
I wash by hand as a sort of therapy. I take my time and then reward myself with a cold beer. Here in So. Cal we don't have to worry too much about the cold although it did rain this past weekend.
12-06-2004, 08:39 PM
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My Ride: 530i, Silver Grey, Black Dakota, Steptronic, Premium, PDC, Logic7
I hand wash all year round. Not as frequently in the winter when its raining all the time - I don't do as thorough a job but I try to keep it reasonably clean.
12-06-2004, 09:48 PM
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Dark colored cars are hard to keep clean and swirl free.
Check out Zaino, Mothers, Griots Garage, 3M, Meguiars, Klasse, (for example) for products that can remove swirls. Check out this link<---.
Check out Zaino, Mothers, Griots Garage, 3M, Meguiars, Klasse, (for example) for products that can remove swirls. Check out this link<---.
12-06-2004, 10:30 PM
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I always hand wash my Dads E60 
Even in the winter time here in Sweden. But I have a place where I can be inside, where temprature is 20C
Thats the best way of getting a nice shinny car.. The car is "paint protected" so it's so easy to wash....
Hand wash all the time
Even in the winter time here in Sweden. But I have a place where I can be inside, where temprature is 20C
Thats the best way of getting a nice shinny car.. The car is "paint protected" so it's so easy to wash....
Hand wash all the time
12-06-2004, 10:53 PM
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My Ride: 530iA Silver Grey , black interior. Premium Package, Navigation System, Head-up Display, Radio Satellite, Adaptive Xenon Headlights. AC Schnitzer Front Lip, H&R springs, Rear red reflector, All season Floor mat,
I usually go to a car wash but they do 100% hand wash there. 15 bucks (+tip) per wash. I won't waste couple of hours of my time washing my car. Waste of time. 