SABLE RHINO
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Run mine through all the time! I'm off on the trails getting dirty, and getting too lazy to wash mine by hand. Anyhow, just run it through, slip it in neutral when the attendant says so, just move the lever one notch up and your good. When exiting, I slightly, and quickly throw my foot on the brake pedal so I can flip it back in D. No fuss, no muss.I was just wondering if there is anything to know when taking the JL to an automatic carwash. I believe I read something where I have to take the car out of Drive and put it in Park, then take it from 2WD and move that to Neutral. Is that the case?
Can I just not throw the car in Nuetral and leave it in 2WD?
Thanks in advanced.
Welcome but I can't stress enough you will regret doing this if you have a black Jeep.Got it, so for my needs, I will just remove the attena and turn the mirrors in.
Thanks all!
Black is the absolute worst. Yes, those car washes scratch your Jeep, they are fine scratches but scratches none the less. Black (especially in the sun) will show those scratches VERY easy. The metallic colors hide those scratches very well as does white. The darker the non-metallic color the easier it is to see the scratches. Sting Grey would be much better than black.I have a grey Jeep. But why would I regret it? Does it scratch it up?
Agree 100%. My wife's gray Trailhawk paint looks horrible in the sun due to the micro-scratches from car washes. My new Rubi exterior is hosed off after a trail and hand-wiped on the inside. If I feel like cleaning it more thoroughly, after hosing it off, I get a bucket with water and some no-rinse soap and in 5 minutes the exterior looks like new. For me, rinsing it off and a quick go over with a rag takes less time than driving to the car wash. And I know that my soft top and my paint are safer this way.Black is the absolute worst. Yes, those car washes scratch your Jeep, they are fine scratches but scratches none the less. Black (especially in the sun) will show those scratches VERY easy. The metallic colors hide those scratches very well as does white. The darker the non-metallic color the easier it is to see the scratches. Sting Grey would be much better than black.
Don't EVER go to one of those self wash car washes and use those brushes. You might as well use sandpaper on your Jeep. I've talked to guys who own detail businesses and they don't even like the touchless car washes because they reuse water and have to filter it which means you will never get it pure again.
I have run our black Jeep through a car wash a few times and it NEVER gets everywhere. It won't get where the fenders meet the side, it barley gets the back and many other little spots.
Again, black is the worst for showing all of this. Regarding the paint it's death by 1,000 paper cuts. A black Jeep run through a carwash every week and one washed by hand will look different at the end of the year guaranteed.
Here's the irony... I will wash by hand to keep the paint as good as possible but we've pin striped the heck out of it on the trails
Mike, I have a black Jeep, and I wholeheartedly agree with you. But I have a really weird situation here. The car wash I use, by some miracle, doesn't scratch my Jeep, and it gets it pretty darn clean too! It's a newer car wash. I wonder if they are engineering them better now?Welcome but I can't stress enough you will regret doing this if you have a black Jeep.
I have my Sahara in Full time 4wd, I do nothing. Neutral and foot off brake. Like any other vehicle. Personally, I NEVER go through automatic washes WITHOUT brushes of any kind. Just auto spray only.I was just wondering if there is anything to know when taking the JL to an automatic carwash. I believe I read something where I have to take the car out of Drive and put it in Park, then take it from 2WD and move that to Neutral. Is that the case?
Can I just not throw the car in Nuetral and leave it in 2WD?
Thanks in advanced.