You warned me about car washes
09-24-2017, 07:33 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Texas
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You warned me about car washes
I washed my 2010 by hand only for two years, and it looked great. Still does. I learned here and on another forum never to take it to a car wash.
But I took it on its first road trip, about 400 miles. When I got home, I had quite a few bugs that needed to come off right away. Trouble was, I got sick on the trip and didn't have the energy to hand wash it. So "just this once," I went through a new car wash in town. Another guy with a Mustang was drying his outside at the time and said he had never had a problem.
Well ... it's no big deal, but the rotors scraped off some of the black paint on the deck (trunk) GT emblem. It's chrome colored underneath.
I bought a new emblem online and I'm not sure how it attaches. Worse, there's something bogus about it because the font on the "GT" is slightly too small.
I have some flat black spray paint I will try this week to cover the scratch. New emblems form Ford are over $200.
Next time, I'll listen to you guys!
But I took it on its first road trip, about 400 miles. When I got home, I had quite a few bugs that needed to come off right away. Trouble was, I got sick on the trip and didn't have the energy to hand wash it. So "just this once," I went through a new car wash in town. Another guy with a Mustang was drying his outside at the time and said he had never had a problem.
Well ... it's no big deal, but the rotors scraped off some of the black paint on the deck (trunk) GT emblem. It's chrome colored underneath.
I bought a new emblem online and I'm not sure how it attaches. Worse, there's something bogus about it because the font on the "GT" is slightly too small.
I have some flat black spray paint I will try this week to cover the scratch. New emblems form Ford are over $200.
Next time, I'll listen to you guys!
