[OSH]

Who doesn't want their cars looking clean everyday ? But it's just not possible these days with our household cleaners using 1 bucket of water for nearly 3 cars, you have no choice but to go outside and get it cleaned when the need arises. Few years back, I found one such place where you can take the car and have it shampoo + pressure washed for 100 bucks, yes 100 !

Services offered:

• Shampoo Wash/Cleaning of all vehicles.
• Interior Car Seats Cleaning.

What you will like:

• The most VFM washing/cleaning services I have come across in Mumbai, at this price there is frankly nobody who can match them.
• They give you results better than your authorised service center and just a little shy of shops like 3M.
• The owner himself keeps an eye on his boys while they work on our vehicles, he won't hesitate to redo stuff that was not properly done.
• Even though they have a lot of vehicles to work on, they never rush. The attention to detail is commendable (check the results) for the price you pay.
• Open on all days, you can get your vehicles from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. It is better you call him up before heading there, he will also guide you with the directions just in case you can't find the place.

What you won't like:

• Vehicles get worked upon the road-side, but it's a back-road with very little traffic.
• No microfibre towels or anything like that, you can carry your own microfibre towel if you want them to use it on your car.
• The brand of shampoo they use is unknown, however there has been no adverse effects on the paint, have been going to them since nearly 2 years, with my cars as well as my friend's cars.

Pricing:

• Bikes/Scooters
  Shampoo pressure wash - 60
  Shampoo + Diesel pressure wash - 120
• Cars
  Shampoo pressure wash - 100
  Shampoo pressure wash with mats/door-jams - 150
  Shampoo pressure wash + Interiors(seats) - 200
  Shampoo + Diesel pressure wash + Interiors(seats) - 300
• Tempo/Vans
  Shampoo pressure wash - 300
• Bus
  Shampoo pressure wash - 500

Speciality/USP: It has to be the results they deliver at this price range, you really cannot ask for anything more.

Contact Information:
Owner - Mr. Shivraj Suware
Mobile - 9967953196
Address - Just outside Nandivan Ashram, G.D. Ambedkar Marg, Parel, Mumbai 400033.
Landmarks - 2 minutes away from Wadia Baug/Mint Colony Monorail Station.
Contact him if you cannot find the place


I get my cars washed here since the last 2 years, the reason for putting it up here after so long is that I wanted to be sure that the shampoo they use does not have a negative impact on the paint. I have a habit of taking my cars to him whenever I have to attend a function, I have come back from a highway/outstation trip or just want to pamper my car a little. Today being a Sunday, had some time to spare so went ahead and got the car shampoo washed, here is a pictorial step-by-step process they follow:

Step 1 ~ Engine bay cleaning.



Step 2 ~ Pressure wash with plain water to remove the dirt and dust before the shampoo goes on.



Step 3 ~ Car gets covered in shampoo-foam mix by hand, any bird droppings/tree sap is removed at this stage, the shampoo aids in it's removal without leaving marks on the paint.




Step 4 ~ Tyres are scrubed using a brush to remove the mud stains.



Step 5 ~ Rinse down using the pressure washer to take off the soap.




Step 6 ~ Wheel wells and underbody(sorry, no pics) get a nice kick of water.



Step 7 ~ Door sills/jams also get sprayed with water.



Step 8 ~ Car is moved to a shaded area to start wiping it, they use the orange colour type cloth we gets at traffic signals, you can take your microfibre towel(I forgot mine this time). Car is only 95% dry at this stage, you better wait for 5 minutes before you leave or else it will pickup dirt from the streets while driving.




Step 9 ~ Remember your door sills getting washed ? They dry it now along with the door frames.



This is where it ends for others, your car is done.

Step 10 ~ Special customers get something extra, a final wipe with a microfibre cloth to remove water marks/streaks and your tires get a dressing.



JOB DONE, HERE ARE THE RESULTS.





***Do mention that you are a Team-BHPian***

[GTO]

Dude, that's one hell of a well-maintained car. Your City looks fabulous.

Thanks for sharing this report! Particularly interested me as I prefer getting my cars washed after highway drives (muck, dirt, bugs etc.) & Parel is just a little ahead of the turn I'd take to come home. Will be worth a pitstop. For 200 bucks with the interior, the value is unbeatable.

Originally Posted by OSH

Even though they have a lot of vehicles to work on, they never rush. The attention to detail is commendable (check the results) for the price you pay.

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Open on all days, you can get your vehicles from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Very convenient. Pretty much the entire day then.

he will also guide you with the directions just in case you can't find the place.

Sharing Google Maps link for BHPians.

[Eddy]

Looks good at the price that you've mentioned.

It would have been perfect had they had a ramp for underbody wash.

[Axe77]

Wow - thanks for this. Incredibly useful, specially since they're not too far from where I am based.

Based on your experience would you suggest they're good enough to give a BMW as well? My sense is that I would perhaps let them clean engine bay and exterior but NOT the interior in terms of seats etc but happy to hear your thoughts on this.

[OSH]

Originally Posted by GTO

Dude, that's one hell of a well-maintained car. Your City looks fabulous.

Thanks for sharing this report! Particularly interested me as I prefer getting my cars washed after highway drives (muck, dirt, bugs etc.). For 200 bucks with the interior, the value is unbeatable.

Thank you sir for the appreciation.

Yes, the pricing is just fabulous for the exterior + interior, however I would advise using the interior seat cleaning only if you have vinyl seat-covers or the likes, I am a little scared giving them leather seats. In the past they have cleaned my 2nd gen City's seats really well which had vinyl seat-covers.

Originally Posted by Eddy

It would have been perfect had they had a ramp for underbody wash.

They do give the underbody a nice spray of water by bending down, but yes, a ramp wash would be better anyday.

Originally Posted by Axe77

Based on your experience would you suggest they're good enough to give a BMW as well? My sense is that I would perhaps let them clean engine bay and exterior but NOT the interior in terms of seats etc but happy to hear your thoughts on this.

I would skip the engine-bay and interiors in your case, there are a lot of things that can go wrong in a BMW's engine-bay incase water gets somewhere it's not supposed to and I assume it has leather with memory seats and all, so skip these two. You can go for the 150 rupees wash, shampoo pressure wash + mats/door-jams.

Give it a shot, but give the cleaner strict instructions he has to follow. Here are some of the things I tell him :
- Use a light hand while applying the shampoo mix.
- Not to use his nails for removing bird-dropings.
- Use my own microfibre cloth for the entire wash.
- Scrub only the tyres with his brush, leave the alloys alone.
- At no point of time, would you rub a dry cloth on the paint (during the drying process), the cloth should be a little damp always.

Be around your car the entire time, keep an eye on him throughout, I actually follow him even when he goes from one side to another. Also your car being a BMW, ask him to get the best boy to work on it.