Well, based on recent weather, I -- like many -- are concerned about salt and such on our cars. I was looking around on-line and found a gadget that attaches to a pressure washer, a bar with several up-firing nozzles and some casters, that you roll around under the car to dislodge salt and other debris. OK, but do we have 3.5" under the car to work with?

 

Take a ruler and go measure to the very bottom of your front lip. If anything you put on the ground will clear the front lip, it will clear the rest, so all you really need to know for ground clearance is the lowest point of your front lip.

 

According to Edmunds, ground clearance on a stock 2005 is 4.2 inches. Personally, I would still take a ruler and check to be sure.

http://www.edmunds.com/honda/s2000/2...res-specs.html

I would be more concerned with the possibility of too high of a pressure on the water doing damage to stuff that might not be designed to handle that.

 

don't forget to spray into the wheel wells backwards to remove all the sludge that collects there.

I spray my car's bolts, underside metals, nooks and crannies with a product called rust check (canadian product). If there is a hole under the car, i spray it. There will likely be a US equivalent.

good luck.

darcy

 

I guess that's a concern to ponder, the only thing I could think of would be an under-car electrical connection. I'd also think that the sprayer, w/4 nozzles would mean a 4x reduction of pressure at each nozzle.

I think I'll try the measure-the-front-airdam trick.

 

I use a "touchless" car wash during the winter that has an undercarriage bath that is basically a high pressure sprayer that you drive through as you enter the wash. Been running my daily driver and my wife's TSX through it monthly during the winter months for the last 6 years with no issue.

 

What is this device? Link? I'd be interested in buying one. Additionally, I use a touch less car wash with an underside blaster to keep things clean.

Edit: I found a couple. There's a thread on Autopia that discusses several of these products. http://www.autopia.org/forum/topic/1...er-attachment/

In the US, there is Eastwood salt neutralizer. I spray this on my CTS-V wagon, which I daily in the winter, including in the wheel wells. Doesn't hurt the paint at all.
http://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-roa...er-gallon.html

 

Nothing under the car that cannot take high pressure water.

If you asked me you could probably spray it and it would clear.

 

While one would expect that to be true, one would also expect the weatherstripping moulding around the edge of the windshield (particularly on the A pillars) to be able to deal with some high pressure water the kind you get at a coin op manual water sprayer too, but it doesn't. Mine, and several others I have seen, have had issues with it. So I don't just assume that everything on the car can take high pressure water. Would be helpful to know how significant the pressure is.

Yup, chances are it will be fine if OP uses a bit of sense. But if it were my car, I would be a little concerned. Thankfully, it's not my car.

 

Talking about the weather striping between frame and glass?

Under the car gets a lot of spray from the road. Unless we are talking 2000 psi I think he'll be ok

If you've been under the car you'll recall not much is actually exposed