Automated car wash issue

[BAT]

I wish it would stop raining so I could wash mine

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[SwampNut]

Car Wash does alright with mine.

little closer:

Ya, if I can see the Palm Trees, I'm good...

Tree green is Florida camo for sure! Every single surface there is covered with pavement, green stuff, or water, period. Headed to FLL in a few hours and hope I don't melt from the humidity.

 

[Gvsukids]

Car Wash does alright with mine.

little closer:

Ya, if I can see the Palm Trees, I'm good...

I can see the orange peel?

 

[Bucephalus]

Tree green is Florida camo for sure! Every single surface there is covered with pavement, green stuff, or water, period. Headed to FLL in a few hours and hope I don't melt from the humidity.

The humidity has been great the past week or so. High 80's but its dry so it's actually nice out. Hopefully it stays dry.

 

[JP1]

I can see the orange peel?

NOT cool...

 

[Yallaen]

What I experience in my Gladiator is the roller bumps the tire and it rolls forward but does not hit the roller in front of it, then it stops and waits for the roller to catch up, gets bumped and the cycle repeats. By LIGHTLY setting the E-Brake it prevents the free roll and stop and insures an even wash. I have Bridgestone tires on it (highway tires not Off Road tires), I do not experience this in my Wrangler with BFG All Terrain tires.
Gregj

This seems like she is experiencing. I have my own pressure washer...so I wash my own when I can. Sometimes the automatics have trouble getting behind the bumper and the side steps Front/Back areas.

 

[SwampNut]

The humidity has been great the past week or so. High 80's but its dry so it's actually nice out. Hopefully it stays dry.

I didn't die.

Another observation, related to this thread, is that usually Miami cars are always perfectly clean. I think it's because it rains every other day. While I was there it didn't rain, and I saw dirty cars for the first time in recent memory.

Back in AZ, it rained and blew just enough to build a coating of dirty crap all over my Jeep at the airport. I will go get it machine washed today, and see what's left after that and the insurance claim for destroying it, as we know they all do.

 

[Bucephalus]

I didn't die.

Another observation, related to this thread, is that usually Miami cars are always perfectly clean. I think it's because it rains every other day. While I was there it didn't rain, and I saw dirty cars for the first time in recent memory.

Back in AZ, it rained and blew just enough to build a coating of dirty crap all over my Jeep at the airport. I will go get it machine washed today, and see what's left after that and the insurance claim for destroying it, as we know they all do.

We've had a bit of a drought and there's construction all over the city.

 

[jimbom]

It's gator green, which isn't a color that needs to be sparkling clean to look good.

What J.T. said -- A year and 3 months and I've washed it exactly twice. Not much rain in the past year, but lots of off-roading and the dust almost compliments the gator. A very pleasant surprise.

 

[Reedcooper]

I'm waiting for rainy day

 

[JTR178]

Late to the party, but I was having the same issues of my truck rolling quickly through the car wash in neutral. I left the back up camera on and the rollers were propelling it forward and there was enough of a distance that the spinning brush that cleans the front would push me back over the front roller when it caught up. This makes the conveyor system the rollers are on stop, a loud buzzer sounds, and the attendant coming and telling me to back up while causing everyone behind me to think I'm an idiot. Embarrassing when it happened every time I went though.

Solution: Pull the e-brake just enough to add some resistance and you'll roll through with no issues.

 

[it_trailblzr]

I dont have this issue. I auto wash a couple times a week. Its love bug season

F`ing lovebugs.....HATE THOSE NASTY BASTARDS!!!!!

 

[Awhitebuff]

So the nannies on this site tell me to never speed, wear my seatbelt, no auto washes, always wave, park next to other jeeps. Anything else I need to be told to do? Oh shit! Better check my spelling too!

 

[mike921921]

Maybe next time have her put the xfer case in Neutral as well and see if there's any improvement....

 

[mike921921]

F`ing lovebugs.....HATE THOSE NASTY BASTARDS!!!!!

Hate em' too, but always Vaseline up when they appear, washes away easily and doesn't seem to hurt anything.

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