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Old 12-09-2005, 11:07 AM
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Anyone know of any good hand wash car wash places in the North Suburbs. I tried a place in Libertyville which was OK, but they still used a power washer for rinse, and tracks to pull the car forward, so I didn't like those aspects. Definitely need to get the salt off ASAP. Its getting Caked on. Anything North of the City is fine and not really too far west either, I'm not talking Schaumburg and beyond.

Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks guys.
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BUMP! Too cold to do it myself also.
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yeah me too...i have loads of nasty tar on my ride from the parking lot at my work.
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Originally Posted by ap1chick,Dec 9 2005, 03:10 PM
yeah me too...i have loads of nasty tar on my ride from the parking lot at my work.
If you've got tar on there, I really doubt a car wash is going to get that off. Unless you get like a full detail, That stuff needs to really be scrubbed off.
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yeah i know, i went to this car wash near my work but the service was terrible!


so im basically looking for another car wash so i can clean off the dirt first and take off the tar myself




EDIT: not only the service was bad, the wash was terrible
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Originally Posted by tcho82,Dec 9 2005, 12:07 PM
Anyone know of any good hand wash car wash places in the North Suburbs. I tried a place in Libertyville which was OK, but they still used a power washer for rinse, and tracks to pull the car forward, so I didn't like those aspects. Definitely need to get the salt off ASAP. Its getting Caked on. Anything North of the City is fine and not really too far west either, I'm not talking Schaumburg and beyond.

Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks guys.
From my experience, they'll never get the car as clean as you do.I will NEVER, under any circumstances, let any body else wash my car. I washed it yesterday,(before the snow fall) at one of those touchless places, being real careful around the seals, and I had brought two large micro fiber towels and dried it myself.


I had a hard enough time allowing myself to take my Del Sol through car washes, the S2000 is in a league of its own.
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Delta Sonic , it's on Dundee Rd. in Palatine just west of 53. They do a really good job.
Sadly I can no longer go through a car was cuz my car is too low. Everything scrapes against the guide rail.
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I found a detail shop in Schaumburg that will hand wash and or detail. no tracks to drive along or anything. They had nothing more powerful than a garden hose in there.

847-338-6436

They are right behind the Chevy dealer on Golf Rd.
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Originally Posted by ruexp67,Dec 9 2005, 06:43 PM
I found a detail shop in Schaumburg that will hand wash and or detail. no tracks to drive along or anything. They had nothing more powerful than a garden hose in there.

847-338-6436

They are right behind the Chevy dealer on Golf Rd.
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Originally Posted by BNB,Dec 9 2005, 04:00 PM
From my experience, they'll never get the car as clean as you do.I will NEVER, under any circumstances, let any body else wash my car. I washed it yesterday,(before the snow fall) at one of those touchless places, being real careful around the seals, and I had brought two large micro fiber towels and dried it myself.


I had a hard enough time allowing myself to take my Del Sol through car washes, the S2000 is in a league of its own.
Yeah, but I hate using power washers on the car, could really damage your paint, especially with all the crap already on the car, and the crap you might accidentally kick up from the washer from the floor.


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