A question for the West London members

After driving south through what I imagine driving under the Niagra Falls would be like my BabyRR needs a bath. Zanzibar with the black wheels doesn't show the dirt much but it sure needs a wash after that as the normally glossy bronze colour looks slightly matt and the normally shiny black wheels are looking less than glossy.
Can anybody in this part of town recommend a car wash in the Park Royal/ Hanger Lane area? I used to use a place adjacent to the shopping arcade at Park Royal Tube station but they have " moved on" ( maybe the Borders Agency caught up with them and sent them all back to Turkey! ) I'm not looking for a full on detailing, just a good wash down to restore the gleam.

Hi Tim, there used to be a place just next to the ace cafe, it's not a quick wash though, but they do a proper job with snow foam, two bucket method and clean all the windows in & out all for a tenner. I think it has either changed hands or just had a referb as it was closed for a while so I don't know what it is like now. Only a short journey down the North circ from Park Royal, if you do end up going down there, can you post how it is now ?

i found that one (Over the Rainbow) when a google search flagged up posts on Piston Heads and the GTR forums. The 2 hour wait for a 1 hour long wash though is a bit off putting! I know where the Ace is as have been there a few times - RRSport forums had their most successful meet there way back in the noughties! If I have time on Friday I'll give it a try, otherwise I've found one in Ledbury where I'm off to next on my travels.

If you get to Over the Rainbow off peak - mid morning is usually a good time then you won't have to wait long. Alfie, the owner, is a great guy and they're the only 'car wash' I ever trust with my cars.

Just saw mention that it may have changed hands - if you do go pls ask if Alfie still owns the place as I've been out of the country and haven't been for a while!

OK been to what used to be called Over The Rainbow and is now called Unique Car Wash.
I arrived at 9:30 and mine was the only car in........ £15 got me a full rinse off, wheel cleaner, snow foam, 2 bucket hand wash, hot rinse, dry off, polish, full interior vacuum, screens and windows cleaned, wheel and tyre polish. I've never seen so many microfibre cloths and chamois used on one car either! The "boss" told me when I asked that the company is now owned by "Alfie's Cousin". I got a way better wash and polish in the 45 minutes the car was in the bay than I do at home where I pay £10 just for a snow foam and pressure wash.

Try and keep it that way if you can.

(29-10-2014 10:06pm)XFullFatTim Wrote:  OK been to what used to be called Over The Rainbow and is now called Unique Car Wash.
I arrived at 9:30 and mine was the only car in........ £15 got me a full rinse off, wheel cleaner, snow foam, 2 bucket hand wash, hot rinse, dry off, polish, full interior vacuum, screens and windows cleaned, wheel and tyre polish. I've never seen so many microfibre cloths and chamois used on one car either! The "boss" told me when I asked that the company is now owned by "Alfie's Cousin". I got a way better wash and polish in the 45 minutes the car was in the bay than I do at home where I pay £10 just for a snow foam and pressure wash.

Thanks Tim - good news. Glad they're still going!

The last time I spoke to Alfie he was trying to get an app developed so that when you go on it you can book a time slot because it could take upto 2 hours for a clean plus wait time, which was just about bearable if you had nowt to do, plus you could just pop next door to the ace for a cuppa, done that once but with these security issues won't be doing that again as the key will not be coming out of my pocket.

From driving off the North Circular to getting back onto it was 45 minutes at 9:30 this morning, possibly up to 8 guys working on the car and there was no queue behind me.
The guy in charge was very keen to tell me about their rental fleet in case I wanted to hire a supercar at all. He went onto his smartphone and showed his rental Lambo's movements this morning - and was able to see that it had had the nuts revved out of it at some time during this morning's rush hour! I was surprised that he wasn't aware of the saying that the fastest cars in the world are rental cars!