Twill fabric soft top in car wash

[RedOverland]

Does anyone have experience using automatic car washes with a premium soft top? I don’t know if I want to use one, but it would be good to know if the Gladiator would make it through without any issues (e.g. wear, water leaks, soap residue, etc.).
Thanks!

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[Hadoken]

I can’t comment on the gladiator but I had a 16 JKU and 19 JLU with the premium twill top and have taken them through multiple touch less car washes with no adverse affects. I wouldn’t take any of my vehicles through a non-touch less wash, especially a soft top.

 

[johnparjr]

Touchless no problem I wouldn't do one with the beater brushes

 

[Skull]

Does anyone have experience using automatic car washes with a premium soft top? I don’t know if I want to use one, but it would be good to know if the Gladiator would make it through without any issues (e.g. wear, water leaks, soap residue, etc.).
Thanks!

Use touch less all the time

 

[JEEPER2287]

I have done Touchless and Touch many times and had not issues. I do get a better wash out of the Touch one though.

 

[Tiny]

Same. I will say when I drive under those mega blowers to dry it off I will get the front/hood then scoot through to the bed pretty quickly. The tornadic winds blowing on the top like that just make me nervous. I just drive real fast on the way home to get an all natural blow dry

 

[RedOverland]

Yeah, I’ve seen my windshield wipers moving on other vehicles with the blowers, so I could see the top flopping around more than I would like.

 

[fun2drum]

I have done Touchless and Touch many times and had not issues. I do get a better wash out of the Touch one though.

I agree 100% that touch is much better wash - so much so that I won’t spend my money on a touchless anymore. They all leave a film of dirt all over the vehicle so I consider them a complete waste of money. I’ll either wash it the old fashioned way in my driveway or take it through a wash with proper brushes to scrub the dirt away. I only use a newer car wash that maintains its equipment, and I’ve never had any problems with any of my convertible tops. My JT has a twill Bestop Sunrider and it doesn’t leak in the wash, and we’ve always got at least two other convertibles in the family. All of them go through the wash just fine.

 

[RedOverland]

Good to hear. Thanks.

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