To wash or not to wash

[millerjl]

So, what does everyone do with the top off? Just not wash it until winter/ you put the top back on? I don’t mind a little dirt but my black Jeep is starting to look brown

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[1idrod]

I wash. Just can't go crazy. Pay attention to direction of spray. For light dirt I use waterless wash and wipe away.

 

[18RubiJLU]

I do good prep first wash and seal the paint nicely (all blackfire products) and then I do rinseless wash every 10 days or so, very easy and quick!

 

[xeon]

Ok...I must be an odd ball. One of my many reasons for buying a JEEP was so I would never wash it when I have the hard top on. I have only washed it twice since due to gunk on the soft top windows. I will do a full detail before making the swap back to the hard top this fall, clean and polish the windows before storing them away. But man....mud, dirt, rust,... I thought that was a JEEP thing.

 

[mandrew]

I do a quick wash. I also use ONR sometimes.

 

[aberndtsson]

I'm washing it. Can't looking my black jeep turns brown, that annoys me

 

[Shenanigans]

Every Jeep I’ve owned has been washed with the top off. They have also been cleaner underneath and in the engine compartment than most of the vehicles I’ve owned. I wheeled the heck out of my old jeeps as they were strictly toys and if I broke them, which I did many times, I wouldn’t have to worry about getting to work the next day. Those were serious Jeeps though and I needed to be able to conduct thorough pre-trail checks for stress cracks, broken u-joints, steering component wear and damage, motor mount issues, check the bushings, ball joints, brake lines, air lines etc... you can’t do that on a filthy Jeep that’s covered in dirt or grease. They’d get cleaned up within a day or two of coming off the trail and checked over again for any damage or wear. Guess it’s my racing background or the fact that I didn’t like working on a dirty Jeep.

 

[millerjl]

Ok...I must be an odd ball. One of my many reasons for buying a JEEP was so I would never wash it when I have the hard top on. I have only washed it twice since due to gunk on the soft top windows. I will do a full detail before making the swap back to the hard top this fall, clean and polish the windows before storing them away. But man....mud, dirt, rust,... I thought that was a JEEP thing.

Oh it is a Jeep thing but after 3 months i thought I should probably at least hose it down. Get it cleaned up okay and didn’t get any water in it.

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