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Old Apr 7, 2008 | 04:38 AM
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Has Touchless High Press Car wash ever hurt your Paintjob??

I think it did mine..it actually swirled my clear coat on my spoiler and both sides of the C-pillar...just one straight down...I didn't think touchless wash would do that

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Old Apr 7, 2008 | 04:43 AM
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ummmmm i dunno about u but i dont have vision like an eagle!
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Old Apr 7, 2008 | 05:02 AM
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ummmmm i dunno about u but i dont have vision like an eagle!
Shuddup...it's noticed it at night when you can see the seen of the car
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Old Apr 7, 2008 | 05:15 AM
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Ran mine through once. No harm done.
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Old Apr 7, 2008 | 07:32 AM
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Close up pic?
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Old Apr 7, 2008 | 10:04 AM
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Maybe you just notice it now, when the car roll off the truck, Im sure
the dealership washed your car when doing the PDI. Some of them might not have a touchless car wash, and ran your car into a brush car wash, Or they might have just hand washed it, and did a poor job of pre rinse the dirt off the car from the long
trip at thePort to your dealership.
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Old Apr 7, 2008 | 01:29 PM
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Gie it a good wax and ur prob is solved.. Next, dont go thru a carwash.. Get it handwashed.. Lazyboy... LOL..
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Old Apr 7, 2008 | 02:43 PM
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A touchless car was cant make swirl marks on a paint job. Swirl marks are from dirt being on the paint, and using a wash cloth, sponge, or whatever on it. You are actually scratching the paint by rubbing dirt into the paint. Touchless wont do that
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Old Apr 7, 2008 | 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Asta4125
A touchless car was cant make swirl marks on a paint job. Swirl marks are from dirt being on the paint, and using a wash cloth, sponge, or whatever on it. You are actually scratching the paint by rubbing dirt into the paint. Touchless wont do that
Well they are in the exact places on BOTH sides of the car...the ones on the Cpillar on up and down and the ones on the spoiler are horizontal...I dunno...I really don't care anymore...I was just curious if anyone had the same experience..thanks all
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Old Apr 7, 2008 | 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Jonasan50
Gie it a good wax and ur prob is solved.. Next, dont go thru a carwash.. Get it handwashed.. Lazyboy... LOL..
lol I used to wash my old Evo all the time...it was black mind you...but I'm really trying to avoid swirl marks at ALL
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Old Apr 9, 2008 | 11:27 PM
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lol...if you wanted to show off your car why not say so instead of using a lame excuse for a thread...lol...nice color choice...though...
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 05:19 AM
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haha thanks
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 05:40 AM
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Sounds like the dealer over buffed the car. Since the car is new and paint is fresh if you dont no what you are doing you can mess up the paint with a buffer.
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 06:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Rudager
Well they are in the exact places on BOTH sides of the car...the ones on the Cpillar on up and down and the ones on the spoiler are horizontal...I dunno...I really don't care anymore...I was just curious if anyone had the same experience..thanks all
Was the water swirling coming out of the nozzle ...JK..I don't think the car wash did it.
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Old Apr 10, 2008 | 06:39 AM
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EDIT: High-Pressure touch free? So it just sprays the hell out of your car with water and a soapy mixture? I haven't seen anything like that before, sounds interesting. If thats so, disregard what I say below.

Washing your car with anything short of merely rinsing it off will put swirls in. Fine, at that mostly, but there all the same. There is no washing/drying technique that isn't going to put at least a few "swirls" in the paint. Thats just how life works with clear coat.

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