Pressure Washer Owned My G
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Originally Posted by M4Gunner
if your going to use a pressure washer, before you lay it into your car, run your hand under it. if its hurts, youre either a girl or the pressure is up too high, and your G wont like it either.
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Back in the day, my buddy used a pressure spray on his Eclipse and the water got under the clear coat and created a bubble the size of his whole passenger door. Looked like the car was peeling, (like Elmer’s glue)
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Same thing happened to me, but i left my car at a car wash and when i came back this was there. I think they put it through the auto rolling washer. I tried to talk to the manager but all he said was "it must have been there before you brought it in."
Being a G35 owner, I KNOW my car's every inch. How much is this going to cost for me to fix? Should I take it to an Inifiti dealership?
Being a G35 owner, I KNOW my car's every inch. How much is this going to cost for me to fix? Should I take it to an Inifiti dealership?
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Originally Posted by Drektek
Same thing happened to me, but i left my car at a car wash and when i came back this was there. I think they put it through the auto rolling washer. I tried to talk to the manager but all he said was "it must have been there before you brought it in."
Being a G35 owner, I KNOW my car's every inch. How much is this going to cost for me to fix? Should I take it to an Inifiti dealership?
Being a G35 owner, I KNOW my car's every inch. How much is this going to cost for me to fix? Should I take it to an Inifiti dealership?
Looks like the wrong nozzle was used. You should only use the flat nozzle & keep your distance. I usually use the pressure washer to clean my wheels mostly. I occasionally use it to wash my car, but I only use the flat nozzle and I keep my distance. My pressure washer can eat through concrete & asphalt.
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From: Cambridge, Ont. Canada
Originally Posted by Drektek
Same thing happened to me, but i left my car at a car wash and when i came back this was there. I think they put it through the auto rolling washer. I tried to talk to the manager but all he said was "it must have been there before you brought it in."
Being a G35 owner, I KNOW my car's every inch. How much is this going to cost for me to fix? Should I take it to an Inifiti dealership?
Being a G35 owner, I KNOW my car's every inch. How much is this going to cost for me to fix? Should I take it to an Inifiti dealership?
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Originally Posted by jackygor
So its my first time using the pressure washer to wash my car. And this happened. So the question is, am I stupid that i used pressure washer to wash the G? or this is not supposed to happen? and can i complain to infiniti about this?
i feel 
p.s sorry about the size of the photo. I dont know how to resize it =(
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Went to the dealership, and I told them that i was just using the hose to spray my car and they pretty much said that sometimes if i get a light scratch, but not enough so that the paint comes off, air bubble could get caught under the paint, thus causing the paint coming off =(. And they kept on saying its a scratch. I am pretty sure they think i m lying =/...
o well...what solutions are there?
i feel
p.s sorry about the size of the photo. I dont know how to resize it =(
*updated*
Went to the dealership, and I told them that i was just using the hose to spray my car and they pretty much said that sometimes if i get a light scratch, but not enough so that the paint comes off, air bubble could get caught under the paint, thus causing the paint coming off =(. And they kept on saying its a scratch. I am pretty sure they think i m lying =/...
o well...what solutions are there?
Im really not a fan of warranty claims like this, its probably why Infiniti is having trouble trying to fix the real claims. Why dont you drive your G into the sea and come back to Infiniti and tell them theres water intrusion into the cabin? Just becase the local carwash has a pressure spray dosent mean you have to use it.
Originally Posted by usuckpoo
Dude cars were designed to be weather proof....not water proof. You dont take a shower with a pressure spray do you? why do it to the G?
Im really not a fan of warranty claims like this, its probably why Infiniti is having trouble trying to fix the real claims. Why dont you drive your G into the sea and come back to Infiniti and tell them theres water intrusion into the cabin? Just becase the local carwash has a pressure spray dosent mean you have to use it.
Im really not a fan of warranty claims like this, its probably why Infiniti is having trouble trying to fix the real claims. Why dont you drive your G into the sea and come back to Infiniti and tell them theres water intrusion into the cabin? Just becase the local carwash has a pressure spray dosent mean you have to use it.
it seems to be an adhesion problem on the urethane pieces. this is definitely a factory paint issue and should be taken care of by the dealership...and in the case of the silver one pictured above, just order a new rocker cover painted from the factory under warranty.
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Did the OP ever say what type of pressure washer he was using? Electric or gas powered? I mean, there are many different levels of pressure. They even use water pressure to cut plate steel!
I've used a small electric pressure washer designed for washing cars many times without any problems. I still make sure not to get too close (6 inches is about as close as I like).
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I've used a small electric pressure washer designed for washing cars many times without any problems. I still make sure not to get too close (6 inches is about as close as I like).
Curt
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