Are they any good? And by good.. I'm not talking show car finish.. I know not to expect that. But I don't store my Camaro for winter, I just stick it under a little shelter and when I HAVE to drive it in snow then I do. So of course it gets filthy. And I don't feel like washing it in -20 *C... so would you guys reccomend using a touchless carwash just to get road salt/mud etc off or is there something about them that might be bad? Thanks

Oh.. there is also a coin car wash with the pressure jets.. would you say using that (not their brushes.. never ever ever) but their water and soap and my own cotton mit would be better? Thanks again

Trevor

 

I use to bring my old 97 when it was too cold to wash...as long as you dry it off so u get no streaks it does a good job..just watch those damn tire spacers when ya go in...i scraped one of my rims on them....But thats your baby if you have the 15-20 minutes to put into it wash it yourself. It doesnt get your wheels very well.

 

I use a touchless car wash solution on my vehicles quite often........it's fast and looks good.

 

Touchless works OK, leave a slight haze film over the entire car, shines good still though...

 

Chevy says that touchless washes will deflect the window-door seal, and allow water to leak in. Is that just a standard might happen disclaimer, or are they serious? I know none of us want the interior all messed up.

 

naw that's serious

but i haven't had any problems

 

I used one a Blazer one time - and it sucked, royally. It dulled the paint VERY bad, and costed me about 6 hours of buffing. So I would just spend the time and try to tough out the cold and do it right.

The spray jets at the coin car wash = no good either. The have about 5 different things that go through those same hoses and nozzles: DEGREASER, TIRE/WHEEL CLEANER, Some kind of ARMOR-ALL type stuff, Soap, and Water. There is no way I would want that stuff touching my car.

I won't use either - so in the cold winter months down here (not as bad as you have) I just have to wash a little at a time, that way the water doesn't freeze before I can dry it off. (Has actually happened to me - IN GEORGIA! )

 

Hey Trevor

as far as my experiance with the tuchless car washes is they are all $hit. Nokthing beats the old "weekend manual wash". My T-tops are leaking under pressure like crazy so I usualy go to the regular car wash and the one I'd recommend is the one on the corner of Lawrence and Avenue Road. You pay a bit more but you get the results.

Alex

 

Just do it at a self serve car wash. Then you can use less pressure when you get near the windows. Don't use the soap that they have either. Just bring your own with you and wash your car like you normally would. Just make sure you do it at a time that the car wash isn't busy.