Car washing the Gladiator and transfer case

[cdyoung9799]

Wait......I'm supposed to wash my Jeep?

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[cdyoung9799]

Some of y’all are going to get “triggered”.
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The last car wash he ever used.......................

 

[Living the dream]

NO!!!!!!!!!!

Yes!!!!!!! But there is hope!

 

[Maximus Gladius]

Yes!!!!!!! But there is hope!

Do tell?!!

 

[Living the dream]

Do tell?!!

It involves your comfort with a dual action polisher and cutting compound. The clear coat act as a sacrificial layer and you remove some of in order to go from left to right in the photo. After cutting you then would polish and ceramic coat or a layer of self healing PPF with coating over it.

 

[JET_83]

It involves your comfort with a dual action polisher and cutting compound. The clear coat act as a sacrificial layer and you remove some of in order to go from left to right in the photo. After cutting you then would polish and ceramic coat or a layer of self healing PPF with coating over it.

still won’t be the same with clear coat removed to get there

 

[TrlRnr]

Coincidental that this topic popped up today.
Last night, I stopped at a brushless, touchless car wash to get the worst of the salt and grime off. As I was ”air drying” the truck at 60 mph, I noticed the right side of the hood shaking violently. The pressure nozzle had loosened the right side hood hold down clamp!

 

[Gvsukids]

Your call. Car wash run 20.00 , 30.00 nowadays??

That's price of unlimited for a month around here.

 

[UnforseenWeather]

So, to sum the thread so far:

• Car washes are convenient and terrible.
• PURSE FIGHT!!!
• Zero consensus

Don’t ever change, Internet peeps!

 

[Geoarch]

Very few things in nature can rival the pleasantness of the scent of creosote after a rainstorm.

Edited to add that for those of you who don’t know what it’s like, I‘m not kidding when I say that. It is a wonderful, fresh, clean natural smell. Not much in nature to rival it.

You bet?

 

[Geoarch]

I've come to notice a pattern around here... no matter the topic. @ShadowsPapa will absolutely interject his pompous opinions and then a thread will be derailed by the BS that follows.

Facts are, regardless of @ShadowsPapa 's opinions, these things are Jeeps, not shitbox show cars.

Don't stress it, if you have to use a 'touch' carwash every once in a while, you have two options, paint correction from time to time or actually use your rig and recognize that it's got pinstrips and still looks decent from 10 feet away (which is good enough for a rig that get's used).

A hose in the driveway is good enough to rinse your undercarriage, especially after a beach run. If it's heavy mud, you're going to have a hell of a mess to clean up in the driveway.

Most importantly, these things ARE NOT mud boggers. Stay out of deep mud if it's at all possible, your axle seals will thank you for it.

I use a local hand car wash for the undercarriage, and it’s by definition touch less.

 

[Trailman]

Touchless are great, but in my experience won't get the vehicle totally clean. Especially the Jeep, there are too many little nooks and crannies. Having said that, I rely on one in our town to keep the crud off the jeep. Our town is aggressive about snow mitigation which is great, but puts a lot of crap on the truck, and i70 is a mess always.

I think there should be a distinction with touch-washes between the spinning brushes and the long hanging fabric. The latter do a great job and are generally what you'll find in a higher end full-service wash. Spinning brushes are what cause the issues.

But having said all that, when I first got the truck I was very committed to doing it myself or using the touchless wash. A few trips on trails quickly disabused me of worrying about that. I think getting the snow mitigation crap off the truck is way more important to the paint than the possibility of damage from the wash.

 

[joeym7]

Well, good day for a Truck wash today, sunny, 50-60 degrees.

It was a bit of a job time wise (vs my sts), but fun too (the first time anyway ).

I use to wash my STS religiously the first 10 years I owned it, not so much the second 10 years ha. Will see if the Mojave follows a similar patter...

At any rate, after doing this once, I am leaning more to the side that Jeeps shouldn't be spotless anyway, not the plastic parts like the bumper, under the painted fenders, etc. Or the running boards (although I did clean all of them this time). Or at least it is is OK if they don't look spotless and they actually look good if it is a result of OFF-Roading. (I can't tolerate the spots left by rain though, they are "different" and need to be addressed ASAP ).

Thanks again for all the suggestions. The undercarriage looks "decent" now.

 

[NachoRuby]

Well, good day for a Truck wash today, sunny, 50-60 degrees.

It was a bit of a job time wise (vs my sts), but fun too (the first time anyway ).

I use to wash my STS religiously the first 10 years I owned it, not so much the second 10 years ha. Will see if the Mojave follows a similar patter...

At any rate, after doing this once, I am leaning more to the side that Jeeps shouldn't be spotless anyway, not the plastic parts like the bumper, under the painted fenders, etc. Or the running boards (although I did clean all of them this time). Or at least it is is OK if they don't look spotless and they actually look good if it is a result of OFF-Roading. (I can't tolerate the spots left by rain though, they are "different" and need to be addressed ASAP ).

I like to ride trails, but I also am obsessive about keeping the Jeep clean. That's because our last Jeep was mechanically sound, but fell victim to rust. Also, one of the off road areas around here, AOAA, is an old coal mine. That means coal dust everywhere, eating through everything.

So as soon as I leave the trail, I take a few dirty Jeep pics. Then I come home and wash up from wheels to frame to roof. Then I go back the next day and touch up the frame with VHT frame/roll bar spray in any places where I scraped. As cool as the Jeep looks dirty, I can only stand it for about an hour.

And to get back on topic, when I go through the automatic roller-type wash, Jeep in neutral, transfer case in high

 

[joeym7]

And to get back on topic, when I go through the automatic roller-type wash, Jeep in neutral, transfer case in high

Nacho, you are indicating 2-"high" correct?

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