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Old 01-18-2008, 03:32 PM
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Being a new Dodge mega cab owner with duallys, I was wondering if there are any car washes that can handle that big of a truck or is it a strictly a do it yourself project.
 
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Old 01-18-2008, 03:57 PM
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Strictly do it yourself

You'll be able to fit it into one of those do it yourself carwashes, but you're not going to find a drivethru carwash that you can take it to. Hell ... they even balk at MY truck.
 
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Don't do it! I had a bad experience with a carwash with my srw truck that I'm still fighting.[:@] I wouldn't even think about it in a dually.
 
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I have taken mine through 2 automatic carwashes, only after seeing other trucks the same size as my SRW go through first. I HAVE to fold in my mirrors, or they would get hit.
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Here's the one I go to now.



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I won't let ANYONE but me wash my truck. I guarranty the first time you take a Black truck to a car wash, even if it's a hand wash, you will have swirl marks all over it!!
Nothing but microfiber rags touck my truck and once I use them , they become shop towels. I use brand new ones each time I wash. It's $4 for a pack of 8 and thats WAY cheaper that taking it to the car wash. Thats enough to wash, wax and buff it.
 
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Here's the one I go to now.



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Now that sounds like a "happy ending".
 
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Where do you get the microfiber rags, and what type of wax should I use?
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DO NOT TAKE ANY OF YOUR VEHICLES TO A DRIVE THROUGH CAR WASH!! This summer I had the opportunity to help my father with hydraulic work one in upscale Pompano Beach, FL, directly across the street from a lambo dealer and a Land Rover dealer. The place was only about 5 years old and the brushes had to be the nastiest things I have ever seen, not to mention the glass, nails, screws, sludge, misc. crap laying around, crappy soap that could not even wash the dirt off of our hands, let alone a car. After that experience I know I will never trust one of my cars to a car wash again.
 


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