Do Gen 1's fit in car washes?

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There is, but it's pretty weak relative to most others. And if you dine in, you'll spend 5 minutes trying to figure out which Raptor is yours when you leave.

First world problems.
 

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I can get her in a few local to me, they are not the ones with the brushes but the ones with the pressurized water and soap. the one requires a shoe horn and some lube but it fits......almost strech the side of the wash bay out haha
 

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Before we left Colorado we would run our Yukon through an automatic touchless wash. It did a great job.

Sure a touchless one is the way to go, but many people are just fine messing up their pant with those big spinning brushes.

Or even worse, they actually use those brooms that those drive in DIY ones have.
 

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Sure a touchless one is the way to go, but many people are just fine messing up their pant with those big spinning brushes.

Or even worse, they actually use those brooms that those drive in DIY ones have.

Well, they're better for the paint than those natural truck cleaning brushes on either side of the trail.
 

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Well, they're better for the paint than those natural truck cleaning brushes on either side of the trail.

Earning pinstripes on the trail is one thing, gouging your paint because you have no idea what you're doing is another.
 
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I can get her in a few local to me, they are not the ones with the brushes but the ones with the pressurized water and soap. the one requires a shoe horn and some lube but it fits......almost strech the side of the wash bay out haha

So how do you get it by the clueless operators who just freak and wave you by?
 

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My Gen1 fit in one regular drive thought near me but with the fixed track and it is way to the right. I had a white truck so the spider webs did not show and I wheeled it out in the spring. I met the owner of this wash off hours so he could measure the truck and then we tested the width in the wash without it running the wash. He really wanted to know if they would fit because there are a lot of Gen1s and now Gen2s around here.

I am sure there are other washes it will fit in but never tired any others near me, there is one drive though near me that specifically says no Raptors on a sign at the entrance!

BTW Gen1 and Gen2 are the same width as far as I know.

I won't be running my thourgh Gen2 unless its fully touch less since I went with Performance Blue this time after 8 years in white.
 
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