Auto car wash for the day to day washing

[leonardopessoa]

Please don't crucify me
I love detailing my truck myself but I don't get to do it as often as I would like, so I typically keep my cars in reasonable order in between going to auto car washes.

Have you had any experience with one for Raptors? I know most won't take it as it's really wide.

How did you go about finding yourself one locally? (i.e. going through auto washes websites and looking for specs, etc).

Thanks!

 

[Donovan]

My RAPTOR has 170k on it. I go through the car wash with no issues.

BUT I also have Avalanche grey which shows no scratches per se..

 

[shigman]

Ive got a local one called white water car wash, it fits the Raptor. It does a decent day to day job, and they have free towels, compressed air, and vacuums. I’m sure it’s not the best on the paint, but Avalanche is pretty forgiving.

 

[Donovan]

Same here - towels, air and a mat cleaner as well. Monthly for $19.99, cannot be beat.

 

[shigman]

Oh yeah …forgot about the mat cleaner!

 

[JohnyPython]

I like the spray booth type to get the winter sheite off.

If you’re gonna go automatic, go touchless.

 

[Kyle@Apollo-Optics]

Touch less for sure. You would not believe what sticks to the other ones

 

[shigman]

I’m tempted to do a ceramic coat of some sort and then do the spray booths with minimal use if any of the brush.

 

[goblues38]

I do it from time to time. the truck is a TRUCK 1st of all.....and it is 5+ years old. Nobody got time to hand wash every week.

 

[Donovan]

My thoughts exactly.

I think I said this months ago, this is not my F12 Berlinetta that I don't have yet but am dreaming about...

Hugs. Lol.