Automatic Car Wash?
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Automatic Car Wash?
I think I have asked this in other posts (with no response), but never in a post of it's own. My SC Long Bed is 20.5 feet long sometimes I would like to run it through the automatic high pressure wash to get the salt off of it. They usually have an undercarriage flush feature as you drive in. I have not taken the truck through because I was not sure what the max length is for that style of carwash. We have mostly SuperWash brand here. Anybody tried it?
Matt
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Matt
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Automatic Car Wash?
Matt -
My CC 6' bed is about as long as your rig, and I take it thru an auto. carwash
here all the time w/o incident (it is not a SuperWash station, as you
mentioned though). The only thing they do before it hits the rolling
tracks is they take the antenna off and put it inside the cab. I've seen
all sorts of trucks go thru it x/c duallies, which doesn't necessarily
mean they cannot make it thru, I just have never seen
one pass thru it.
Not sure if this helps answer your question or not....... [img src="http://www.smilies-world.de/Smilies/Smilies_klein_1/nixweiss.gif"]
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My CC 6' bed is about as long as your rig, and I take it thru an auto. carwash
here all the time w/o incident (it is not a SuperWash station, as you
mentioned though). The only thing they do before it hits the rolling
tracks is they take the antenna off and put it inside the cab. I've seen
all sorts of trucks go thru it x/c duallies, which doesn't necessarily
mean they cannot make it thru, I just have never seen
one pass thru it.
Not sure if this helps answer your question or not....... [img src="http://www.smilies-world.de/Smilies/Smilies_klein_1/nixweiss.gif"]
-- Bob
2001 F250 SD CC Lariat, V-10, 4.30, 6' Bed, 4x4, Auto, K&N FIPK-2, SCMT-tuned, BFG 295/75/16 AT's
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Automatic Car Wash?
I take mine through, and my dad takes his crew cab long box through....
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OK, I'll take it through... but I better not end up with a scratch and a dent in the bed. I don't want to have to visit the bodywork forum too!
Matt
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Automatic Car Wash?
Matt, are you talking one of the kind that you drive though or the kind that you park in and the sprayer things go around your truck?
If the latter, I would ask the attendant for the length restrictions. I cannot use the one near me because my truck is 1/2 foot too long. The sprayer things will hit it.
I just spray it off by hand every other day or so for $3.
If the latter, I would ask the attendant for the length restrictions. I cannot use the one near me because my truck is 1/2 foot too long. The sprayer things will hit it.
I just spray it off by hand every other day or so for $3.
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The drive through kind is no problem you know the one w/ the fat sweaty guy who drives it in and the wipes here down.
On the coin ones the longest around here is 19 feet I think? You better check.
On the coin ones the longest around here is 19 feet I think? You better check.
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The one where you park inside and the washer goes around will take a 78 F150 Reg cab <> That's it ....any longer .....Nope!
I was at one yeserday.
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Auto car wash machines suck! They do a **** pour job of washing and could do damage to the paint if it has brushes.
Just wash it yourself. You'll get a better looking truck if you take the time to keep it clean by hand.
Just my .02
Will-
Just wash it yourself. You'll get a better looking truck if you take the time to keep it clean by hand.
Just my .02
Will-
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>Auto car wash machines suck! They do a **** pour job of
>washing and could do damage to the paint if it has brushes.
>
>Just wash it yourself. You'll get a better looking truck if
>you take the time to keep it clean by hand.
>
>Just my .02
>
>Will-
I would never consider anything but "touchless", and I do prefer to spray it off by hand most of the time, but... in June, we were on our way to a funeral, and I thought it sure would be nice to run it through an automatic wash so it would look decent at the cemetery.
I kinda suspected 19 feet was the limit.
Thanks for the responses!
Matt
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>washing and could do damage to the paint if it has brushes.
>
>Just wash it yourself. You'll get a better looking truck if
>you take the time to keep it clean by hand.
>
>Just my .02
>
>Will-
I would never consider anything but "touchless", and I do prefer to spray it off by hand most of the time, but... in June, we were on our way to a funeral, and I thought it sure would be nice to run it through an automatic wash so it would look decent at the cemetery.
I kinda suspected 19 feet was the limit.
Thanks for the responses!
Matt
2002, F250 SD, SC, 8' Bed, V10, 3.73 LS, Arizona Beige, ICI Stainless Step Bars, Truxedo Tonneau, Prodigy Brake Control, Flowmaster 40
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Automatic Car Wash?
My truck is as long as it gets... Crew cab long box with an after market light bar on the front... 22' overall.
The "Laser" touchless carwashes do a pretty good job and I actually fit. Find a Laser wash, check with the nimrod running the place and see if you will fit.
Edmo
The "Laser" touchless carwashes do a pretty good job and I actually fit. Find a Laser wash, check with the nimrod running the place and see if you will fit.
Edmo
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Automatic Car Wash?
My truck is the same configuration as yours and will not fit in the SuperWash drive in bay. It's about 8 inches too long.
Their loss in revenue and our loss in convenience.
Their loss in revenue and our loss in convenience.
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Automatic Car Wash?
CC Shorty here and I do fit in the drive in, park, and let the touch less go around. I leave it in drive until I know that it won't hit. My Father inlaw has a SC Long box and he fits too.
