Touchless Car Wash. Don\'t do it

Glina · 06-24-2011, 10:11 PM

I took my BMW X6 to a touchless car wash today. When I started going through the air drier, I heard a loud bang. I got out of my car and everything looked ok. I realized it must have been the air pressure that made the roof flex and make a loud popping sound. Later on I place my hand on the roof to try if it will flex and it flexes quite easily.

crooked I · 06-24-2011, 11:51 PM

Vladiik · 06-25-2011, 11:22 AM

somonster · 06-25-2011, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Glina

I took my BMW X6 to a touchless car wash today. When I started going through the air drier, I heard a loud bang. I got out of my car and everything looked ok. I realized it must have been the air pressure that made the roof flex and make a loud popping sound. Later on I place my hand on the roof to try if it will flex and it flexes quite easily.

that's a lot of air pressure.

do you think there was any permanent damage? do you think the roof always flexed that much?

hope everything's okay, man...

Glina · 06-25-2011, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by somonster

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Originally Posted by Glina

I took my BMW X6 to a touchless car wash today. When I started going through the air drier, I heard a loud bang. I got out of my car and everything looked ok. I realized it must have been the air pressure that made the roof flex and make a loud popping sound. Later on I place my hand on the roof to try if it will flex and it flexes quite easily.

that's a lot of air pressure.

do you think there was any permanent damage? do you think the roof always flexed that much?

hope everything's okay, man...

Everything is ok. There is no damage.

Hamed · 07-07-2011, 12:17 AM

Never use automatic touchless wash...always go for hand wash...!

Mike van D · 07-07-2011, 01:17 PM

Glad to hear that everything seems ok. Seems like a "note to self" moment...will remember this for future, thanks for passing it on.

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Glina Lieutenant 197 Rep 479 Posts Drives: 17 M3 ZCP Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: NYC iTrader: (0)	Touchless Car Wash. Don\'t do it I took my BMW X6 to a touchless car wash today. When I started going through the air drier, I heard a loud bang. I got out of my car and everything looked ok. I realized it must have been the air pressure that made the roof flex and make a loud popping sound. Later on I place my hand on the roof to try if it will flex and it flexes quite easily.
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Mike van D Major 18 Rep 1,112 Posts Drives: SG X6 35i; MW e92 M3 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Germany iTrader: (0)	Glad to hear that everything seems ok. Seems like a "note to self" moment...will remember this for future, thanks for passing it on.
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