Car Wash Places

[R32Skyliner]

I need to wash the underside of my car to get rid of some oil, and need to find somewhere where I can do this. I've tried the search function on here but came up with nothing, anyone know where I'd be able to wash the underside of my car?

Cheers

[Boostzor]

Ure house?? with a hose?? and a nicely angled driveway?

If not, alot of those auto carwashes do underneath dont know how well though.

[Josh]

Could just go to like car lovers car wash and get the high pressure hose and start spraying underneath... That might work...

[Boostzor]

Getting grease off is a real pain in teh butt, the high pressure hose things dont really cut it. Best off getting a scrubbing brush some degreaser (good stuff) and going nuts.

[R32Skyliner]

I heard that there is somewhere you can drive your car up onto a big ramp or something and get underneath so you can have a go at it with a high pressure hose. Although I'm thinking the driveway idea might be the best option as I have a steep drive, just have to get a hold of some ramps.

[Boostzor]

I find there is usually a way to have the front end of the car hanging over the steep part of the driveway as most of them have a flat part and a ramp part. Put ure wheel just over the crest and then reverse it to get to the other half.

Make sure u chock the wheels so u dont get squashed though. Just in case ure park brake fails by some evil magics.

[dan_the_man]

drive to the ocean and use a boat ramp. the salt water will do wonders on your car.

[Boostzor]

Lol year gearboxes and diffs love salt water

[Baz]

Go to supercheap or some place similar. Buy a can of degreaser (worth next to nothing) spray tons of it all over the car where oil needs to be taken off. Then hit it with a high pressure spray from your local car lovers.

Done

[Sneeza]

The BP car washes (automatic ones) have an underbody wash. Don't know how good it is though.

[philta]

hummmm, alot of jacks and 4 stands, degreaser and high pressure, wouldnt be any other way to do it "cleanly" done it to mine, just the front half though, have no idea where to jack it up from the centre at the rears. (gives u about 400g of weight reduction )

[mufro]

i have ppl come to my work (mechanics) and ask us to degrease underneath their car...usually for ppl with yellow stickers but yer...just use petrol and a brush. peice of puss mate

[RobP]

I've got a set of ramps, live north/river ...

[R32Skyliner]

Thanks for all the ideas guys and Rob for the offer of the ramps. I ended up borrowing some ramps off a mate who lives nearby and used our slanted driveway to get under the car. Already have a high pressure hose and some degreaser, so was able to give it a good clean. Didn't realise that some areas under there are actually grey, not black!! Anyway, came up well, so I'd recommend this technique for anyone doing the same.