Our story
Same corner
since 1967.
Milpitas Car Wash sits where a four-bay coin wash stood for most of a lifetime. The equipment changed. The address never did.
From the archive
The four
A-framed bays.
The wash that stood here before the rebuild — shingled A-frames, open bays, and the number 554 painted on the second arch.
Six decades
One lot.
Four chapters.
Nov 1964
Approved on a vacant lot
The Planning Commission approves a site plan to build a manual car wash on a then-vacant parcel of South Main Street.
1967
Four A-framed bays
The wash is constructed as four A-framed manual bays, the second and third joined beneath a single roof structure. The address on the bay reads 554.
The long run
Coin Wash Corp
For decades it runs as a self-service coin wash. Quarters, a hose, and a Saturday morning — the ritual passes down through generations of Milpitas drivers.
Today
Milpitas Car Wash
The bays give way to a full rebuild on the same corner: an automated express tunnel, unlimited monthly plans, and free vacuum stations.
What's here now
Rebuilt for
the way you drive.
The coin bays are gone, but the corner still does the same job it always did — just faster, and without the quarters.
See the wash packages- Express tunnel
- A modern automated wash built to get you through and back on the road.
- Free vacuums
- Vacuum stations are free to use for wash customers.
- Unlimited plans
- Silver, Gold, and Platinum monthly plans alongside single-wash pricing.
Come see the new one.
554 S Main St, Milpitas, CA 95035