Hi
I wanted to know does it hurt the car to have it washed at a car wash,
For a Dodge Neon 1995, I have read where one guy had the paint chip off
His, my car is still in good shape as far as to the Paint, but dont want to loose
it, if I put it through a car wash, I would like help on that as well ? thank you


Lance

 

it wount hurt it but i have seen that the light blue seems to always peel of the trunk a mess up by dodge. if thats his color that could be why.

 

white was 1 of the colors that chip very easily....as well as lavender and grey....

i had a dark blue and a dark green that never had any paint problems

 

I wouldn't recommend you taking it to a carwash. Back in the day when I was 15 yrs old, I used to work at a carwash and I saw some ugly stuff go inside the tunnel.

 

On the neon faq it mentions paint problems being the reason for an early recall of the Neons.

 

Neons (especially 95's) suffered from poor paint finish quality, where the paint became brittle and peeled off in sheets, partly because of teething problems with a new environmentally-friendly "dry painting" process.

 

Hi Everyone
Thanks for the input, does tell me a lot, you guys know more than Dodge does,
I know try asking them lol as to the white paint on my car it is only got one chip
off of it and I am trying to save the car from looking like it had been on the
Beverly Hillbillys lolol. well thanks again

lance

 

Avoid the automatic drive thru car washes, if you want to clean your car go to one of the do it yourself car washes that won't knock off your antenna and scratch the **** out of your car with automatic brushes and what not. And if you want to use the wand with the brush on it at the do it yourself car wash, spray the brush head clean with the sprayer before use to avoid scratching the crap out of your car, most people use that last on their heavily soiled wheels and tires right before hanging it back up. This way it's only water and soap hitting your car instead of soiled brushes and strips of cloth.

 

My dad borrowed a power washer from a friend at work i was thinking about taking that to me car but at a distance, those things take the paint off of s*** easy

 

Yep, that's one of the main things those type of pressure washers are built for.