Holmes85

took my car to 1 of those automatic car washes....( i got 30 day free for buying my car at acura of inskip) now i went through it a couple times and 1 dat i noticed that there was a little scratch on the body kit in the front... then a couple days later after goin to that carwash again the little scratch was a huge gash.. ****in carwashes, must be the track that scratched it up? who nos.. any way to cover up wit touch up paint?
need help.. thanx

Chinaman38

Or you can just get it fixed. See if you can get the carwash place to fix it or maybe going back to Acura

thaitea

Dude...we all hand wash our cars...no machine please. Bummer man.

VTEC Animal

Yep, I'd never treat my TL that horribly and subject it to a machine wash...

BlackShadow

Yea, stay away from those machine washes. I was unfortunate enough to put my TL through one and it cames out with scratches. Now I strictly hand-wash my TL only.

You live and you learn.

haha98

i'd have to disagree...i machine wash mine all the time in the winter...and i have perfect paint...just be selective with which ones you use...

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hunter001

No machine-washed car will have the lustrous paint quality of hand-washed cars, even if you don't develop the noticeable scratches immediately.....but after a year or so, the car's paint develops an old and decrepit look about it with swirl marks that stare out at you....then blame Acura for "Poor paint quality"....

just my 2c

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2000 Naples Gold 3.2TL/Navi - Factory Stock but with up-graded tires

fred3113

there was only one time i sent my car thru a automatic car wash and that was right before taking it in to the shop to get repainted anyway, but all the other times it's hand washed, in the winter i take it to a spray wash place!!

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2000 TL, Satin Silver, Burlwood shifter, Fog light ports, front air dam and mud gaurds custom painted to match car! 18" Alba Blaze with 235/40ZR18 Toyo Proxes F4

VTEC

yep ,only hand wash my TL once a week,wax every two week.still look brand new.I won't let other ppls wash my TL.

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Guest

Never go through a machine wash. I've made a ton of money buffing cars of people that go through them. The scratches are caused by dirt from other peoples cars that get stuck on the brushes. Over time these build up and dull the paint. It might not be noticable untill you see another car that has been hand washed. Winter is the worst time to use them due to all the small salt and sand particles on the cars. My cars have never been through a machine and never will.

BTW, they will pay to get any damage fixed. This guy came to me with a week old black GTP to try to get scratches from a machine wash out. I couldn't and the car wash wound up paying for a new paint job.

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Edub-TL

I don't know about everyone else.. but I find that one of the most relaxing things to hand wash my TL myself. And then detailing it to make it look nice. I don't think I would enjoy washing other ppl's cars though unless it was a bling bling ride like an NSX or something.

My car gets me to work everyday. The least I can do is take care of it and wash it.

I have never taken my car in the machine wash and never will.

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