Warning Re: Car Wash Bays

Ever go to a car wash bay and see a few piles of mud on the floor? Probably where some big truck sprayed off the remnants of last night's off-road adventure, right? Probably. I usually roll over, thinking nothing of it.

But today I'm washing off the wheels and notice there's some shiny stuff on the tires that won't rinse off very easily. Upon closer inspection, I see that a few metal objects are embedded in my tires!



I look back at the pile of "mud" and this is what I see:









Lesson learned. I won't be rolling though any piles of anything anymore. I made me mad, but can't really blame anyone for it. Just gotta watch out next time...

wow that sux, did you plug it or did it not punch all the way through?
off topic, but why is the rubber piece that sits between the KYB and spring all deformed looking? maybe its just the cameras angle

Don't think it puched through, as it was in the think of the tread, and tires are new. We'll see in the next few days.

The rubber between the spring and the strut? You mean this?



(took this pic before I changed out the strut. That's the way it looks stock.)

yea, its all warped. mayeb your 98 has a different part than mine b/c mine is thin and sits flush with the strut plate. and my spring is always down on the rubber where yours is lifted from the strut.
just an observation, i'm not saying anything is wrong with it, i just like spoting out the differences between years.

oh and fyi that little flap on the left side of the strut (on the fender next to the 2nd coil) is where the sun roof drains out. there is a hole in the front corners of the sun roof and the pipe exits out a hole behind the flaps on both sides of the car.

That's messed up! The prick that left that mess had to know about it. At least wash it to the center drain! I swear some people can be such asswipes!
Missed a word Aaron...filters not workin'

i usually wash my car on my driveway (: LOL

Jack: Ass is okay to say.

fµ©k ¢ø©k suckin asswipes!...ok, I feel better. Sorry, bout the tire though.

I have personally seen idiots intentially spray engine cleaner foam on those brush at the self serve car wash bay. I wrote down the licence plate and took a picture with my cell camera and called the cops and owner of the car wash.

THEY WERE SOOO BUSTED.

no respect anymore

I'm guessing somebody sprayed out the bed of their pick-up. Tires are okay. No harm, no foul.

i also have $19.99 a month UNLIMITED MISTER CAR WASH card i can go as many times as i want which is about 2 times a week sometimes 3 and then i also get a free HAND DRY and TIRE SHINE !!!!!!!!!!!!!

i get all the free car washes and interior vaccum i want....but thats b/c i work at a car detail place
even though i can take it through their wash for free i still wash it by hand at home. time to bond with my riv and the drive through washes are not good on the paint. i wash it every wendsday so its clean for the club meets wend. nights. takes me a minimum of 3hrs and sometimes all day if i wax or clean the inside.(inside of mine is never really dirty b/c i dont drive many people around.)

quote: "i also have $19.99 a month UNLIMITED MISTER CAR WASH card i can go as many times as i want which is about 2 times a week sometimes 3 and then i also get a free HAND DRY and TIRE SHINE !!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Yeah, well for $1.25 I can spray the salt off my car on my way back from lunch, and I don't have to trust some kid touching my paint or scratching my wheels.

Mr.Riviera wrote:

i get all the free car washes and interior vaccum i want....but thats b/c i work at a car detail place
even though i can take it through their wash for free i still wash it by hand at home. time to bond with my riv and the drive through washes are not good on the paint. i wash it every wendsday so its clean for the club meets wend. nights. takes me a minimum of 3hrs and sometimes all day if i wax or clean the inside.(inside of mine is never really dirty b/c i dont drive many people around.)

Wow, your club meets once a week?! What kind of club? Riv? GM? or what?

ucf car club, any make model welcome. there is usually 20-30 of us there. everything from Z06's to CLK's to civics :punk:

AA wrote:

quote: "i also have $19.99 a month UNLIMITED MISTER CAR WASH card i can go as many times as i want which is about 2 times a week sometimes 3 and then i also get a free HAND DRY and TIRE SHINE !!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Yeah, well for $1.25 I can spray the salt off my car on my way back from lunch, and I don't have to trust some kid touching my paint or scratching my wheels.

We'll there isnt one kid there you must be 21 years to work there AND have a green card

Wait, you said you washed it in your driveway. So you live at the Mister Clean car wash?

wtf is that crap doing in the back of anyone's pickup truck? It looks like drill press shavings and machine shop scraps. Awful.

Sorry about your tires man, that sucks! I hate @$$hole like that.

AA wrote:

Wait, you said you washed it in your driveway. So you live at the Mister Clean car wash?

WE'lll i didnt get a mister car wash card until winter IN THE SUMMER i wash my car and wax it weekly and sometimes STILL go to the carwash

dont wax the paint off

Mr.Riviera wrote:

dont wax the paint off

thats what my dad tells me

Mr.Riviera wrote:

dont wax the paint off

Thats what I did on my '95, I have buffed and polished it so many times I have worn the clear coat off the roof.

I wax once, maybe twice per year, and my paint is holding up very well for a car that's never seen a garage.