can i go thrui the car wash!!

[telski789]

hi,i put a tech 2 spoiler on my car and until it gets resprayed i wanna take it thru the car wash! is this ok with a tech 2 spoiler? i dont wanna rip it off!!

Tel

[orangecurry]

Depends how well you've fixed it on

I'm sure when BMW supplied them from the factory they would have been able to go though the car wash for their lazy owners

[ajm-e30]

unless its been put on with selotape mate it should be fine

[OBs]

As long as its got paint on and not just primer? It should be fine.... Or just to be safe get your favourite pair of Marigolds on and get busy (Washing your car) just to be safe

[john-rambo]

yup car washes are for lazy arses m8 and they totally F U C K up your paintwork

[toby]

don't so it dude - a jet wash is just about acceptable but not auto car wash

[gooner1]

Personally i woulnt take any car though a carwash/Do it bt hand mate and geta free workout and get rid of some of that excess fat.Not that im saying you are fat btw.

[hammoj28]

Yeah, dont use drive through car washes. The scratch your paint and swirl it methinks. Using a pressure washer is kinda neccessary at this time of year though. Blasts all that dam salt out from the arches etc!

[e30bmlover]

THROUGH THE CAR WASH! i wouldnt dream of putting any car through one of those! come on man! get yourself some zip wax, a nice big sponge and clean her old school like i do!

[OBs]

A drive through car wash??? Ha.... How very dare you!

[e30bmlover]

A drive through car wash??? Ha.... How very dare you!

agreed.

[OBs]

[drewjak]

As long as its got paint on and not just primer? It should be fine.... Or just to be safe get your favourite pair of Marigolds on and get busy (Washing your car) just to be safe

why not with primer? its waterproof just like paint!

telski, dont put ya car through the car wash m8, their abrasive as hell and eventually it will take the shine off ya paint work.

[OBs]

why not with primer? its waterproof just like paint!

It maybe 1K Aerosol and that aint that water proof is it?

[telski789]

lol! did any of you read that its only until the RE-SPRAY!! the paints not brill by any means!! i wouldnt dream of taking it thru one that had sweet paint! lol

[OBs]

Well it dont matter then does it? No point asking really!! Chuck it in there, I thought it was only the spoiler that needed spraying

[telski789]

oh i see lol,i had a mate who had a spoiler on his tigra,and the car wash ripped it off! quite funny really as it was the woman who bought it off him that took it thru!! lol

i'll take it thru! until the respray on the 10th of never!

cheers buds!

[drewjak]

why not with primer? its waterproof just like paint!

It maybe 1K Aerosol and that aint that water proof is it?

its as waterproof as any other primer/ paint (100%), i only pointed it out as some people may have thought that primer is`t waterproof, which could have caused slight confusion.
1k stuff is very thin thats all but its still waterproof,at the end of the day they used to paint cars in the stuff (in the days of cellulose)

[OBs]

Fair do's I just thought that it was more 'chalky' based which absorbed water more, which then causes micro blisters etc Esecially on spoilers etc... Also if it scratched the primer off then "Mr Painter" maybe unhappy!!

Anyway I had the same problem as you with the leak.. And that bolt under the dash you said about had rotted through from behind.. Cheers drewjak

Andy

[BM-Bloke]

What the Hell did you get married for
Send the wife out with a bucket and sponge

Wait for it

[buster]

theres a car wash near me i once used and it twatted the boot spoiler (tech2) but no damage

[maxfield]

My dad took his M3 through once

The spoiler was still standing after

[telski789]

cool! i just didnt want it getting ripped off,then dragged over the roof and bonnet like on my mates car!! not pretty!!

[drewjak]

Fair do's I just thought that it was more 'chalky' based which absorbed water more, which then causes micro blisters etc Esecially on spoilers etc... Also if it scratched the primer off then "Mr Painter" maybe unhappy!!

Anyway I had the same problem as you with the leak.. And that bolt under the dash you said about had rotted through from behind.. Cheers drewjak

Andy

[drewjak]

bloody hell i got something right! , thats the first time this year .lol , its alittle monkey that one in it, the bolt rotting off, just not something you`d expect.

[snoops]

lol best thing to do is pickup a sponge and wash n wax n get 2 work finished with a chamois, trust me itll pay off as the car washes round me jus scratch the paint

[DanThe]

This time of year you cant beat a steamer, the hot water dont half make a difference, especially on the wheels.

The amount of crap that gets in the rear arches and bumper is quite unbelivable

[Brianmoooore]

What the Hell did you get married for
Send the wife out with a bucket and sponge

Wait for it

Exactly! She wants her car serviced/taxed/insured - She washes mine!

[DanThe]

Why have a dog and bark yourself

[GingerTim]

What the Hell did you get married for
Send the wife out with a bucket and sponge

Wait for it
____________

Took your advise mate. misses helped do mine this morning! Thankfully, i was still abit wobbly this morning

[BM-Bloke]

Just dont tell the wife i said that