BRZ BODY RUST!

[wheelhaus]

Rusting through the paint is extremely unlikely, especially considering your efforts thus far. Underbody/chassis/hardware rust is a possibility, but still not likely this early. Need pics!

[Lonewolf]

You can thank your "professional" opticoater...probably didn't clay bar the car properly

Strip the opticoat, clay bar and detail your car...disaster averted

[DR1FT]

Originally Posted by shu5892001

If you can get it off then it's rail dust.. Just clay it more often since you have a white car it's a lot more visible than other colors

Does it look like this?

it looks like raildust, i had on my white evo x.

[pastuch]

Originally Posted by chulooz

Did the paint get clay bar like it should have been before opticoat?

Like shu said, without pics it sounds like rail dust. Little shards of metal that impregnate themselves in the paint during transportation then later rust(especially ugly on white). A few different approaches to the issue(google), but letting the dealership handle paint issues is not recommended if you ask me.

The car was washed 4 times, 100% clay barred and opticoated. I watched the guy do it and he has a great reputation. He spent 8 hours preparing and opticoating my car.

I watched him de-ionize the entire car before hand as well.

[pastuch]

Originally Posted by ottopilot

It could be worst..even seen mazda 3's ?

However I'd like to see pics also..it is rusting along the panel's edges or right in the middle? I'm driving through a lot of snow and salt also..keeping an eye out...

I had a 02 wrx and 6 winters later that car had no rust at all

The rust spotting is behind the drivers side door, the trunk (Pretty much all of it) and around the rear fenders.

Photos are tough, I'll need to borrow my girlfriends SLR to get good shots of it.

[chulooz]

de-ionize?

Sounds like typical raildust locations. Whether you think your guy is 'pro' or not the proof is in the paint. Someone didnt do a through job.A service thats worth anything will stand behind their work, hopefully this doesnt become a problem and they just fix it right.

[whaap]

The dealership is well aware of rail dust/rust and could have eliminated this problem when they did their PDI work. I'd dump it in their lap for not properly prepping your car for delivery. As I said in an earlier posting, they have a very simple bath solution to eliminate the problem that is not harmful to the cars finish.

[Dave-ROR]

Mine is rusted due to a deep scratch, I need to POR15 it, then prime then paint.. ugh when I have time.

[pastuch]

Originally Posted by chulooz

de-ionize?

Sounds like typical raildust locations. Whether you think your guy is 'pro' or not the proof is in the paint. Someone didnt do a through job.A service thats worth anything will stand behind their work, hopefully this doesnt become a problem and they just fix it right.

I watched him de-ionize the car!

[pastuch]

Here is what gets me about the responses to this thread...

What if I didn't opticoat the car? Most people don't and there shouldn't be a spec of rust on the car until years down the line.

[BlaineWasHere]

It's not the car itself rusting. It's rail dust that was already ON the car from transportation starting to rust (and show up now) becuase the salt on the roads is making it do it. "rail dust" is just a term most of us are using, and it probably is from transportation and the guy who cleaned your car so awesome, didn't. We get it, you watched him, but my guess is you watched him do a shitty job.

If the car was actaully rusting you wouldn't be able to remove any of it like you said you can. I used to live in Michigan and I've seen this a bunch of times on new cars.

[whaap]

^ Yes. I was in Michigan in 1995 and bought a new white Pontiac Grand Am and it began showing up on my car shortly after I bought it. I went back to the dealership with the problem and within a short time they eliminated the problem. The service manager told me they usually took care of the problem before delivery and apologized for failing to do so.

[pastuch]

Originally Posted by BlaineWasHere

It's not the car itself rusting. It's rail dust that was already ON the car from transportation starting to rust (and show up now) becuase the salt on the roads is making it do it. "rail dust" is just a term most of us are using, and it probably is from transportation and the guy who cleaned your car so awesome, didn't. We get it, you watched him, but my guess is you watched him do a shitty job.

If the car was actaully rusting you wouldn't be able to remove any of it like you said you can. I used to live in Michigan and I've seen this a bunch of times on new cars.

Subaru is replacing both my lights on Thursday and the service manager is going to look at my car and send photos to Subaru if necessary regarding the rust. I'll let you know how it goes.

[Grimlock]

Originally Posted by pastuch

Subaru is replacing both my lights on Thursday and the service manager is going to look at my car and send photos to Subaru if necessary regarding the rust. I'll let you know how it goes.

You haven't mentioned if it looks like the picture posted. If so, it isn't your car rusting. Especially if you can rub it off with your finger and the paint is fine underneath. It takes iron to rust, and there isn't any in your paint.

I bet if you look closely, you'll be able to find specs of rail dust on plastic parts of the body.

It's fine that you want your dealer to look at the car anyway since you are taking it in, but they'll tell you the same thing we are.