Crew Carwash Turned away the SHO...

[JRV1631]

So the key here is to find a brushless wash. Much better all the way around anyway. Those brush based car washes tend to leave swirl marks.


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Agreed. I go through a touchless to knock of the heavy stuff. Then go home, pull her in the garage, and tighten everything up with “Chemical Guys Hybrid V07”. Work wonders on Platinum Metallic Tri-coat. After 16 years of black cars I’m enjoying the forgiving nature of white!

 

[Christian]

Agreed. I go through a touchless to knock of the heavy stuff. Then go home, pull her in the garage, and tighten everything up with “Chemical Guys Hybrid V07”. Work wonders on Platinum Metallic Tri-coat. After 16 years of black cars I’m enjoying the forgiving nature of white!

LOL, I know what you mean. My PMT SHO is the first white car I've ever owned, (about 20 cars now). I traded in my Obsidian Black (no metal flake), Lexus LS460 on it and boy....I don't miss that PITA maintenance in that paint. If you just looked at it wrong, you'd put a swirl mark in it. When it was freshly detailed and corrected though...WOW! Gorgeous.

Very happy with a white car now.

 

[RonPorter]

So the key here is to find a brushless wash. Much better all the way around anyway. Those brush based car washes tend to leave swirl marks.


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Touchless is a joke for anywhere except places like Arizona and Nevada that only need dust removed . In places with rain mud and especially salt they just don't clean the car .

You can remove the swirls once the weather gets nice, but through the winter you need more than Touchless.

There are also articles out there explaining how most hand washing is worse than going through an automated wash as people don't flood the dirty surfaces with enough water to keep the crud off their sponge .

For a DD in the winter salt belt, automated car washes are the reality.

 

[StealBlueSho]

Touchless is a joke for anywhere except places like Arizona and Nevada that only need dust removed . In places with rain mud and especially salt they just don't clean the car .

You can remove the swirls once the weather gets nice, but through the winter you need more than Touchless.

There are also articles out there explaining how most hand washing is worse than going through an automated wash as people don't flood the dirty surfaces with enough water to keep the crud off their sponge .

For a DD in the winter salt belt, automated car washes are the reality.

Awesome, good info.


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[SHOdded]

Yeah well, in the salt/rust/cornbelt, at least you will find carwashes that stay open when it drops to near/below freezing. Not to mention those awesome unlimited wash deals Here, not so lucky, by far! I have found ONE in a fifty mile radius that even offers a HEATED wash, in addition, YES! The lines are long LOL.

 

[Auggie]

Well that's is what happened to our SHO. Went through a Mister Car Wash and it took off the emblem on the drivers side. I bought a new emblem (around $64) and installed it and went back to the car wash with the invoice and they credited my credit card for the $64. They gave me back the removed emblem and I put it up in my garage.

 

[RonPorter]

Yeah well, in the salt/rust/cornbelt, at least you will find carwashes that stay open when it drops to near/below freezing. Not to mention those awesome unlimited wash deals Here, not so lucky, by far! I have found ONE in a fifty mile radius that even offers a HEATED wash, in addition, YES! The lines are long LOL.

I have three automatic washes within a mile of the house. Two dry the car afterward, and the 3rd is a full service automatic wash with a full menu of services, including detailing. I don't even recall seeing one of those useless "touchless" washes around here Now, when I was working out of state, in places like Ohio and Pennsylvania, they had far fewer car washes, and most were touchless. With weather similar to Michigan, they were useless on my white F250, and were more useless on my subsequent black Grand Marquis work vehicle.

 

[Capri83RS]

Hmm, interesting. I've owned my 2014 SHO for a little over 3 years and it goes through an automatic non-touchless wash more often than not. I've only hand-washed it 2-3 times. I've never had an issue with the fender emblems coming out. I guess it's kinda scary to think about, but probably not something I'm going to stress about after what it's gone through over the past 40k miles.

 

[JRV1631]

Touchless is a joke for anywhere except places like Arizona and Nevada that only need dust removed . In places with rain mud and especially salt they just don't clean the car .

You can remove the swirls once the weather gets nice, but through the winter you need more than Touchless.

There are also articles out there explaining how most hand washing is worse than going through an automated wash as people don't flood the dirty surfaces with enough water to keep the crud off their sponge .

For a DD in the winter salt belt, automated car washes are the reality.

When I lived up north and had to deal with snow and salt I wasn’t a fan either. But I was younger then and hand washed my car even in winter. At times I would even have round chunks of ice coming out of the hose! And now reading your post I’m seeing that wasn’t very bright on multiple levels! But in the 13 years I’ve been living in SC, where all we get is occasional rain, I’ve had a change of heart. Maintaining a good hrdrophobic seal on the paint helps too. But even then they still don’t do the job completely on their own. I bring it home and finish in the garage with the hybrid V07. Feb will be 24 months doing it that way. Seems to be ok.

On another note, I love your ‘89. Do you have an album posted on it? I’d be intersted in seeing more. My brother had one that year back in the day.

 

[JRV1631]

LOL, I know what you mean. My PMT SHO is the first white car I've ever owned, (about 20 cars now). I traded in my Obsidian Black (no metal flake), Lexus LS460 on it and boy....I don't miss that PITA maintenance in that paint. If you just looked at it wrong, you'd put a swirl mark in it. When it was freshly detailed and corrected though...WOW! Gorgeous.

Very happy with a white car now.

Yes indeed! My fist white car as well. Black cars do look stunning when they’re maintained. But it’s a full time job! I did a 450 mile round trip yeasterday in the SHO. From 10’ away, except for some bugs on the nose, she still looks pretty crisp!

 

[RonPorter]

On another note, I love your ‘89. Do you have an album posted on it? I’d be intersted in seeing more. My brother had one that year back in the day.

I actually don't have anything recent, other than shots at events, and this album from the day I picked it up from Dan Vinke It no longer has the 90 centercaps, nor the front license plate frame. There will be a new, extensive album out in a few weeks :

https://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/19372260

 

[JRV1631]

I actually don't have anything recent, other than shots at events, and this album from the day I picked it up from Dan Vinke It no longer has the 90 centercaps, nor the front license plate frame. There will be a new, extensive album out in a few weeks :

https://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/19372260

Beautiful. I had an ‘93 Taurus company car that I loved. Even as a bare base version it was very nice. My brother had the ‘89 SHO. Thanks for sharing. I look forward to the new album.

 

[OmaHahn]

Touchless is a joke for anywhere except places like Arizona and Nevada that only need dust removed . In places with rain mud and especially salt they just don't clean the car .

You can remove the swirls once the weather gets nice, but through the winter you need more than Touchless.

There are also articles out there explaining how most hand washing is worse than going through an automated wash as people don't flood the dirty surfaces with enough water to keep the crud off their sponge .

For a DD in the winter salt belt, automated car washes are the reality.

I have to completely disagree, respectfully. I live in Salt/Sand/Crap Alley known as the Midwest and a city that throws down Brine like no other - all this crap cakes my car and makes me so mad. We have these Phillips gas stations also know as "Fantasy," and they have the best touchless car washes I've seen! When you first pull in an attendant sprays the car real well then down the tunnel you go. It gets everything off the car. I don't allow the attendant at the end to wipe down my car because the towels they use are crap! I go home wipe the few areas that need drying.