Car wash fear...

[Malachi]

Touchless all the way. Maybe their soaps are harsh, I never heard that but it makes perfect sense. If you're anal about the looks you need to wax it anyway which is gonna compensate

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[Badfish]

No hand wash for me. My water is incredibly hard. It will dry etched spots before I can can get to them. I tried rinsing with a bucket of softened water from the house once and there was salt stains left behind. I might have to get one of those home car wash filter set ups so I can wash at home.

haha, here in AZ I gotta constantly keep the jeep wet to avoid those spots while I'm washing it...then one last spray over then the mad dash to squeegee and chamois cloth it dry.

 

[bkinnj]

i hand wash with a foam cannon.
when I finish, I use a portable Cheap power washer with the hose in a gallon of distilled water, I can rinse my Jeep with about 3 gallons of distilled water and don't even need to wipe it dry. No spots nowhere. Use the distilled water trick. You will be amazed.
no drying, even in direct Sun.

Really? Haven't heard that but sounds intriguing

 

[GO_RV]

Really? Haven't heard that but sounds intriguing

Watch this video on YouTube.
It's exactly what I do
It is the best!
No water spots

 

[Maverik36]

Just put on your big boy underwear and hand wash it yourself.

Did it ever occur to anyone suggesting "quit being lazy or put on your big boy pants?", that not everyone has that ability for a multitude of reasons. For instance, I live in a downtown apartment.

Answer the OP question and spare the details of how great your cleaning job is from your backyard or driveway!

 

[JL ME]

Just wash it yourself. Make sure to do it in the shade! Especially when washing a black vehicle.

 

[Capricorn]

Mojave desert right next door. Windy days most of the time. Our desert is not like the Sarah sandy desert, is is all dirt and rocks. I drive 40 miles on the interstate each way when I go to work. Lots of windy days blowing dirt that I have to drive thru. No way am I going to cry about swirls or micro scratches from a car wash.


This was a pic a couple years ago on trail. I would be more concerned about air filters than paint scratches caused by washing.

I know. Yesterday was extremely windy and air quality was bad in the evening.
I was driving on 95N under the Centennial Bowl. There are mounds of sand for construction under the 95-215 ramp, and it looked like a sand storm as the 26 mph wind was spraying the sand on the freeway.
I usually change the air filter with every oil change and don't follow the owner's manual interval which is way too long for windy Vegas desert.

 

[John VonJeep]

Did it ever occur to anyone suggesting "quit being lazy or put on your big boy pants?", that not everyone has that ability for a multitude of reasons. For instance, I live in a downtown apartment.

Answer the OP question and spare the details of how great your cleaning job is from your backyard or driveway!

There are always self-service coin-op car washes. Go on a slow day. Use their soap and rinse (but not their brush). When you’re done, and while the rig is still wet, spray with a quality quick sealant and then towel dry using a quality towel. Additional spray protectant and chamois optional. Big boy underwear required. Thank you for attending my TED talk.

 

[Maverik36]

There are always self-service coin-op car washes. Go on a slow day. Use their soap and rinse (but not their brush). When you’re done, and while the rig is still wet, spray with a quality quick sealant and then towel dry using a quality towel. Additional spray protectant and chamois optional. Big boy underwear required. Thank you for attending my TED talk.

Perhaps not always, but at least that's closer to answering the posted question.

You guys talk about underwear a little too much

 

[HakuStealthRubi]

For me, a Jeep isn't a show car, so I use automatic car washes for the convenience and don't think twice about it.

Totally! I take mine (SOT and all) to a place with automatic wash followed by vacuum and hand dry by staff. It’s a 2019 and still no problems, but I trail ride, so would blame any scratches on that anyway. I do rinse off heavy mud at home and blow out interior dust with a leaf blower as a courtesy before hitting the car wash, but that’s the extent of my home wash effort.

 

[Opus]

Handwashing just isn't practical from late November through at least February around here. My plan for the soft top is to use the "touchless" car washes when necessary that only shoot water and soap; no brushes or rollers involved. We'll see how it does with that kind of pressure and the dryer at the end.

 

[thegeedawg]

Handwashing just isn't practical from late November through at least February around here. My plan for the soft top is to use the "touchless" car washes when necessary that only shoot water and soap; no brushes or rollers involved. We'll see how it does with that kind of pressure and the dryer at the end.

I know this is an old thread, but ny update?
How is the SOT in touches car wash?

 

[Opus]

I know this is an old thread, but ny update?
How is the SOT in touches car wash?

I don't have the SOT, just a standard soft top. The first few times I had some water dripping in at the tops of the doors. I discovered that sometimes the soft top lifts up a little bit from its track at those spots, from the wind presumably. So, as long as I remember to seat them back down where they belong before the wash, everyone else works fine.

 

[Richardrocks]

I also discovered that the high pressure touchless car washes exposed a minor leak under the driver door and corner of tailgate. maybe these vehicles are meant to leak?

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