3. DO NOT TAKE THE CAR THROUGH A CAR WASH!!! for a 80k car, you should wash it yourself! first, the rims are too wide to fit in most car wash tracks Period. You WILL scratch the PAINTED finish on the wheels if you take it through an automatic car wash. The finish is NOT hard enough to stand up to that abuse. The finish is actually a multi-layer paint job (black, chrome, clearcoat), which scratches easily.