View Poll Results: How often do you wash your T4R?
4 or More times a Month (weekly) 64 24.52%
4 or More times a Month (weekly)
64 24.52%
2 to 3 times a Month 98 37.55%
2 to 3 times a Month
98 37.55%
Monthly 47 18.01%
Monthly
47 18.01%
Every Couple Months 39 14.94%
Every Couple Months
39 14.94%
I don't believe in soap and water 13 4.98%
I don't believe in soap and water
13 4.98%
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Old 04-11-2005, 11:19 PM #1
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How often do you wash your T4R?

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I'm so anal about my vehicles. When I find one little spot of bird crap, I wash that off quick. Then I usually just end up washing the whole truck !
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I usually run it through a wash once a week in the spring/summer but once every other week in the winter. I give it a thorough cleaning a few times a year(I mean spend almost the whole day cleaning every nook and cranny until the last speck of dust is gone). I don't know about everybody else, but if it is nice weather and I am hanging out outside, I always find myself bringing out the cleaning supplies from the garage and just doing something to make my 4Runner look good.
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With my school schedule, it's difficult to clean my car a lot. I'll do it probably 2-3 times a month, more if I have time and I just don't trust anyone/anything to do the job for me. It just takes me too much time to do a wash I can be happy with. I'd rather leave it dirty than do a half-assed job on it.

Twice a year, I'll spend about a week cleaning everything up (wheel wells and undercarriage included), polish out the paint and seal it.
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I'm on the once a week schedule. I wax it about once a month. I like to clean it weekly not just to keep that showroom shine, but I like to stay on top of scratches, rock chips, etc so I can touch them up. With the front end mask, there is a lot of work necessary, but I don't mind.
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Not often enough is the only appropriate answer for me.
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I wash it at least once a month in the summer time and whenever its warm enough in the winter. If its cold for 6 months, then it just doesn't get washed and I'm not taking it through a drive thru car wash...

Waxing gets done ever 3 months.
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Weekly. Wax in 3 stages, bi monthly.

LOL - in Hong Kong most cars are washed daily by the domestic helper (maid) in the morning before people head off to work. If you left the car a week you would have black stains running down the paint from all the pollution. Yuck!
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dude, there is nothing like a clean truck
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I usually run it through a wash once a week in the spring/summer but once every other week in the winter. I give it a thorough cleaning a few times a year(I mean spend almost the whole day cleaning every nook and cranny until the last speck of dust is gone). I don't know about everybody else, but if it is nice weather and I am hanging out outside, I always find myself bringing out the cleaning supplies from the garage and just doing something to make my 4Runner look good.
Beer always works well with those projects...
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I have a one year old...enough said about how much time I have to clean my truck!
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Another raised from the dead thread...
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I clean mine as much as i can. Weekends is my only time, but I have 3 cars to clean. And I'm also that "nook and cranny" cleaning kind of guy, that will clean every single dirt until my eyes dont see anymore.
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I go 4 wheeling in my truck atleast 2-3 times a week. I never clean it. once it's muddy I like it that way. But thats what happens when you have a 20 year old truck with rust.
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