Never go through drive thru wash

[M3PO]

Well then if your car damaged their wash, you would not be liable for damages either huh?
I'm envisioning Uncle Buck's 1978 Mercury Grand Marquis (nicknamed "The Beast"), rolling in to the wash and something going tragically wrong.


This is a joke of course I am not suggesting damage their wash. I agree with some of the others; I wonder if the paint had/has an issue.

 

[stormin]

Well, there is no way a automatic car wash spray can take off paint unless the paint was messed up to begin with. It could have been flaking and you didn't even now it. Have you looked at your roof lately, before you had it washed?

I hate to see that has happened to your truck.. but I have to agree with what Shaggy wrote.
If the pressure was that strong and took paint off...you wouldn't see anybody going through those washes.

I myself have been through them several times.. never a problem.. and although the spray is strong.. I don't think it's anywhere near strong enough to take paint off unless something was wrong with the paint or the way the surface was prepped under the paint.

Just my .02

take care

NB

 

[thumper_ehhhhh]

Was out in the mud some so figured I would run through a drive thru wash first to get the main heavy mud off before I could give it a good cleaning a few days later, boy was I wrong

Looks like the sprayer just blasted the paint right of from the sunroof to the rear. Wash place owner said they were not liable so I'm stuck on my own paying for it. Any body know what this could wind up costing me to get fixed?

I wonder if the gm warantee on the body and paint lasts this long? 10 years. You might want to look at that.

 

[gdddup]

damn that sucks

 

[dwmmatt23]

Well, there is no way a automatic car wash spray can take off paint unless the paint was messed up to begin with. It could have been flaking and you didn't even now it. Have you looked at your roof lately, before you had it washed?

I was up there 3 days prior putting reverse lights in my rack and didn't notice anything, it may have started to lift or get weak but no chips before

 

[177mph]

Does your truck have factory paint?

 

[hoe]

the roofs on these truck always fade, way more than the rest of the body. But damn that pics shows alot. The roof was not prep correct from factory. Like the OP said, people cant see the roof like that. Tape it off, and spray it with some high gloss spray paint. It will cost you like 15$

call it good after that. Be done with it untill you paint the entire truck.

 

[dwmmatt23]

Does your truck have factory paint?

Yea it's factory.

 

[dwmmatt23]

the roofs on these truck always fade, way more than the rest of the body. But damn that pics shows alot. The roof was not prep correct from factory. Like the OP said, people cant see the roof like that. Tape it off, and spray it with some high gloss spray paint. It will cost you like 15$

call it good after that. Be done with it untill you paint the entire truck.

Yea I was debating just doing this, so when I get some time I think I'll give it a go. Is there anyway to get factory match paint in a rattle can? I know it would be alot more expensive and it's where it can't be seen but it would drive me nuts knowing the paints off color anywhere on my truck

 

[BAMA_LTZ_HOE]

Duplicolor makes rattle cans to match. I bought some for my Tacoma at Autozone.