what ?!?!? LAst time I tried going thru the car wash with wax.. it did a crappy job on my window.. when I use the wipers.. it smears.. only closest thing to wax to use is rain-x for windows.

Don't go through the car wash, it ruins your paint.

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If you mean cause the sponge brush thingie may scratch your paint.. that depends on where you go..whose cars/truck was in before yours.. and how often the system been run lately and other variables.. if you mean something else.. please explain..

Well yes, it all depends. First of all just in general those brushes beat the heck out of the paint. If the guy ahead of you had a big blob of tree sap on his car, it will stick on the brush, pick up some sand and then do a good job on your paint.

A bucket and sponge is the way I like to do it. And get down on the ground and blast the whole underside of the car too. Once in a while I open the hood and rinse off everything under there too, including the engine. It doesn't hurt anything.

yea.. Thats true Teleplayer.. but for us of people that have to deal with winter.. a bucket of soap and water soon turns into a popsicle along with us.. the coin-op car wash don't do that well either.. again.. the brush could be dirty just as much.. so I will agree with you to avoid car wash unless it'* winter or unless you don't mind turning into a popsicle and going to a coin-op car wash

I know if you have chromes, you REALLY don't want to go through the carwash...other then that, I've heard that the brush might be a little gritty...

I only use car washes in the winter.... and even then only touchless.
90% of the drive-thru washs up here are touchless...