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Old 10-14-2008, 12:48 PM
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Question Eibach Sprotline's and Automatic Car Washes

I get free car washes for life at my dealer and they have an auto car wash. Can I take my car through the automatic car wash with my Eibach Sportlines without rubbing? Has anybody tried it? If so, how it turn out?
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I do no problems
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ive been fine so far
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been through auto car washes at gas stations with my SC on eibachs and no problems.

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got sportlines on a LS and i got no problem driving up to the pedal switch in a autowash
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all i have to say is why even use an auto car wash. they dont even get the car clean half the time.
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Originally Posted by HatedCobalt
all i have to say is why even use an auto car wash. they dont even get the car clean half the time.
x2. Ten bucks down the drain.
Old 11-01-2008, 10:13 PM
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and more scratches!
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swirls in the paint FTL
Old 11-02-2008, 05:46 PM
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swirls in the paint FTL
only car that we have that goes thru the car wash here is the trailblazer, and that is rare
Old 11-02-2008, 05:51 PM
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swirls? my car washes are touchless ones i go through, just hi pressured water, does a pretty good job and nothing besides water and soap touches the vehicle
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it'll be fine man, its not like our car is 1 inch off the ground with Sportlines, even the SS's should be fine going through an automatic carwash
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Originally Posted by _UnLiMiTeD_
swirls? my car washes are touchless ones i go through, just hi pressured water, does a pretty good job and nothing besides water and soap touches the vehicle
**** ours have all these cloth things that spin and stuff
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if my small town can have 4-5 of them then im sure many others places int he U.S must have a Laser touchless car wash
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only been through a car wash 1x and that was when i was on the way to a dealer to tade in my LT. No touch car wash, just sprayed soap, then powerwashed off, then sprayed clear coat protectant and washed it off. then had big blowers that blew if off. Wasnt bad but just worried about decals getting hosed off with the powerwashers. then car rattled like no other going through the blower to dry.

overall did a decent job for 10 bucks. Best thing about car washes is you can shampoo your seats for like $1 in the machine
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Originally Posted by HatedCobalt
all i have to say is why even use an auto car wash. they dont even get the car clean half the time.
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I took my car to an auto wash when I first got it and the bottom of the car was still dirty.
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Never had a problem with my sportlines.
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I have a funny story about those free car washes. I work at a local Ford dealership in the body shop. The car was is attached to the back of the body shop and we all went out on break and some guy had brought in his black 60th anv. F-150 with all the chrome options it was a really nice looking truck. Well the salesman that took it through didnt know how to drive and on his way out turned it to early and scraped the wall from the back door all the way down. Then on top of that he decided to park it out front and not tell the customer what happened. We ended up getting the truck the next day to fix it for free.

Moral of the story: Wash your own car. Its safer that way, and it will look better.
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Originally Posted by Stubri51
I have a funny story about those free car washes. I work at a local Ford dealership in the body shop. The car was is attached to the back of the body shop and we all went out on break and some guy had brought in his black 60th anv. F-150 with all the chrome options it was a really nice looking truck. Well the salesman that took it through didnt know how to drive and on his way out turned it to early and scraped the wall from the back door all the way down. Then on top of that he decided to park it out front and not tell the customer what happened. We ended up getting the truck the next day to fix it for free.

Moral of the story: Wash your own car. Its safer that way, and it will look better.
LMAO! Why did the saleman do it? this is a dealer owned car wash that i drive through myself...
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At our dealership they drop the car off and the salesmen take it through to avoid people damaging there cars like this or hitting other cars because there are constantly cars going in and out of the body shop
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