Do you trust dealer car washes? - Page 4 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Sony · 01-13-2013, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by FRiSson

Well, I'm going to stay clear of detailers. I don't trust enterprises where owners start off by telling you how bad everyone else is.

@FRiSson PM me, I will get you in contact with my detailer Rick @ Unique Car Care, he is the best in New England. Trust me...there are several other members on this forum who can vouch for him. He is a good guy and doesn't smack talk anyone else. I can post pics of the latest detailing he did on my car if you want reference/proof. I can also point you to other members of this forum who will vouch for him.

DBacon1052 · 01-13-2013, 01:05 AM

No

Greg Nichols · 01-13-2013, 01:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sony

@FRiSson PM me, I will get you in contact with my detailer Rick @ Unique Car Care, he is the best in New England. Trust me...there are several other members on this forum who can vouch for him. He is a good guy and doesn't smack talk anyone else. I can post pics of the latest detailing he did on my car if you want reference/proof. I can also point you to other members of this forum who will vouch for him.

If that is Rick Nelson you will be in outstanding hands! I totally vouch for him!

Cheers,
GREG

Sony · 01-13-2013, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Greg Nichols

If that is Rick Nelson you will be in outstanding hands! I totally vouch for him!

Cheers,
GREG

That it is! I refuse to let anyone else touch my car! I really just need to grab a bunch of his business cards to just hand out on a daily basis since people are always asking me how my car looks so damn good

mrlewistan · 01-23-2013, 03:40 AM

f**k i took my frs after 6 months of ownership to the dealer to get the oil done as per the service plan. forgot to tell them not to wash the car, and now my front is all swirly... 6 months of babying the paint and they mess it up... wonderful...

eljefe · 01-23-2013, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by mrlewistan

f**k i took my frs after 6 months of ownership to the dealer to get the oil done as per the service plan. forgot to tell them not to wash the car, and now my front is all swirly... 6 months of babying the paint and they mess it up... wonderful...

Damn! I am paranoid about this... Now i'll definitely make sure to specify no car wash.

Cajun · 01-23-2013, 12:02 PM

I took my Tacoma in for scheduled maintenance (which is actually when I first saw an fr-s). Anyway, they took forever so they detailed it for me. Got home, and noticed tire shine ALL OVER my truck. It seems they used about 8 gallons of tire shine on each tire, which caused it to sling everywhere while driving. That shit doesn't just wipeoff so I had to wash it again.

Purdue FR-S · 01-23-2013, 12:15 PM

...I thought you wanted the dealer to do the PDI wash or whatever so that they remove the "rail dust" and whatnot?

911fanatic · 01-23-2013, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Purdue FR-S

...I thought you wanted the dealer to do the PDI wash or whatever so that they remove the "rail dust" and whatnot?

I have all my clients take delivery with the plastic intact, let alone allowing the dealer to wash it. Removing the raildust etc is dead easy. It may cost you $20 for a bottle of Carpro IronX, but its way cheaper than the $400 I'm going to charge to fix the damage they do to it when they wash it. 99 out of 100 dealers just wash it anyways, they don't even know what raildust is.

marky · 01-26-2013, 01:22 AM

never trust a dealer....

Kzzy · 11-18-2013, 09:45 PM

nope they put swirl marks all over my car

BlueDubbinTDI · 11-18-2013, 10:38 PM

4 car washes in and my paint still looks pretty good. My dealer was 2 of them, no regrets yet.

Maverick22 · 11-19-2013, 04:52 AM

I wouldnt do it. I have swirl marks all over my car from the dealership.

Bad Habits · 12-19-2013, 08:08 PM

Hell no.

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01-23-2013, 12:15 PM	#50
Purdue FR-S Boiler Up! Join Date: Jan 2013 Drives: 2018 BRZ tS Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 358 Thanks: 300 Thanked 156 Times in 86 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	...I thought you wanted the dealer to do the PDI wash or whatever so that they remove the "rail dust" and whatnot?

01-26-2013, 01:22 AM	#52
marky Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Drives: 2020 BRZ tS #54 Location: san diego ca Posts: 1,142 Thanks: 616 Thanked 824 Times in 407 Posts Mentioned: 15 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	never trust a dealer....

11-18-2013, 09:45 PM	#53
Kzzy Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Drives: 2013 Raven Scion FR-S Location: Orlando Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	nope they put swirl marks all over my car

11-18-2013, 10:38 PM	#54
BlueDubbinTDI Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Drives: 2013 FR-S, 2012 MCS Location: Jax, FL Posts: 1,975 Thanks: 943 Thanked 570 Times in 356 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	4 car washes in and my paint still looks pretty good. My dealer was 2 of them, no regrets yet.

12-19-2013, 08:08 PM	#56
Bad Habits Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Drives: br zed Location: Nc Posts: 234 Thanks: 199 Thanked 117 Times in 64 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Hell no.

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