Anyone have an issue with DGM and Bugs? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Kimsey47 · 08-16-2012, 07:09 PM

This thread will probably be one of the shortest posted; however, I was wondering if anyone has had weird issues with bugs being attracted to your car?

I have a dark grey metallic BRZ and have been noticing weird "prints" on the car when I come out after work. They come off the car quite easily and looked like a bird was possibly landing on the car with "muddy" feet and leaving tracks.

Well today I finally got to see what was making the marks... Dragonflys. Yep, there was two of them and they both just kept slamming into the car. I'm assuming they were attracted to the metallic flakes in the paint or something, but needless to say they left marks all over the car. I wiped them off when I got home (like always) so I don't have pics... I don't know how hard it would be to capture but it basically looks like small bug splats in different random directions.

Was curious if anyone else was having this odd event occuring on their car? It has happened in two uncovered parking lots in Chattanooga, TN and is literally daily (when not raining).

Thanks!

Foobar · 08-16-2012, 08:10 PM

Have not noticed this on my DGM. You using some particular wash or wax that they might be attracted to?

Kimsey47 · 08-16-2012, 08:21 PM

I'm using Meguiars NXT Generation Tech Wax 2.0 for the base coat and I've used Eagle One Nano Wax as a re-coat; however, before I was able to get the car claybared and waxed I'm quite sure I had this issue. I guess dragonflys have good taste in automobiles?

ArKiTeCkT · 08-16-2012, 10:28 PM

Im having this problem as well. I drive a SWP BRZ its been opti-coated and I wash my car using wolfgang auto bath. I always have bugs going on the car. I also drive a red genesis coupe from time to time. Paint hasnt been taken care of in a while and no bugs.

Kimsey47 · 08-16-2012, 10:35 PM

My last car was pearl white and I never noticed it getting the marks, but the marks left are light in color so maybe if it got them I never really noticed?

brianc · 08-16-2012, 11:04 PM

Wait till you read about birds being attracted to BRZs. I remember reading something on some other BRZ forum where multiple people were having problems with birds slamming into their cars on the highway.

White64Goat · 08-19-2012, 09:02 PM

I've worked in the same area for 32 years and this is the first year I have seen the dragonfly poop on my car (01 Saturn SC1) and I too at first wondered what the heck it was until I saw them buzzing around the car and bouncing off the windshield. What can be next...zombie apocalypse?

TennisHsu · 09-17-2012, 01:00 PM

Bugs love my whiteout/SWP so much this fly decided to sun bath on the hood! Picture taken yesterday several hours after washing my car.

Bfly · 09-17-2012, 02:07 PM

Weird...I've also noticed a lot of bugs (flies) are attracted to my car(swp). I havent washed it yet, besides whatever detailing the dealer did to it. Oh, and also I think birds have a target out on my car because it's white and new!

rushdown · 05-02-2014, 08:10 PM

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf2IPY2VuUc"]Bugs on car - YouTube[/ame]

On my Hot Lava FR-S. No other cars in the parking lot that I noticed, had a lot of love bugs on it. I also have optiguard on my paint....could it be the optiguard?

ProTekk · 05-02-2014, 08:20 PM

No opti coat, whiteout, always infested with bugs. Drives me crazy.

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CruiseZen · 05-03-2014, 03:39 PM

Wonder if its the metallic flakes in the paint? I've not had problems with insects but then I always park in the garage. My car is ultramarine.

00NissanNinja · 05-04-2014, 02:04 PM

The bugs are trying to rescue the crickets haha.

I haven't noticed anything out of the ordinary though (except spiders getting on it on a consistent basis), but Ohio seems to have a crap ton of bugs anyways.

kalamitykode · 05-04-2014, 02:15 PM

Cats are attracted to my car lol. Any time I'm parked where there's cats outside, I've always got muddy paw prints all over the top of the car.

08-16-2012, 07:09 PM	#1
Kimsey47 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Drives: 2016 STI DGM Location: Chattanooga, TN Posts: 1,875 Thanks: 1,189 Thanked 1,460 Times in 662 Posts Mentioned: 9 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Anyone have an issue with DGM and Bugs? This thread will probably be one of the shortest posted; however, I was wondering if anyone has had weird issues with bugs being attracted to your car? I have a dark grey metallic BRZ and have been noticing weird "prints" on the car when I come out after work. They come off the car quite easily and looked like a bird was possibly landing on the car with "muddy" feet and leaving tracks. Well today I finally got to see what was making the marks... Dragonflys. Yep, there was two of them and they both just kept slamming into the car. I'm assuming they were attracted to the metallic flakes in the paint or something, but needless to say they left marks all over the car. I wiped them off when I got home (like always) so I don't have pics... I don't know how hard it would be to capture but it basically looks like small bug splats in different random directions. Was curious if anyone else was having this odd event occuring on their car? It has happened in two uncovered parking lots in Chattanooga, TN and is literally daily (when not raining). Thanks! __________________ Subaru STI :

08-16-2012, 08:21 PM	#3
Kimsey47 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Drives: 2016 STI DGM Location: Chattanooga, TN Posts: 1,875 Thanks: 1,189 Thanked 1,460 Times in 662 Posts Mentioned: 9 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I'm using Meguiars NXT Generation Tech Wax 2.0 for the base coat and I've used Eagle One Nano Wax as a re-coat; however, before I was able to get the car claybared and waxed I'm quite sure I had this issue. I guess dragonflys have good taste in automobiles? __________________ Subaru STI :

08-16-2012, 10:35 PM	#5
Kimsey47 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Drives: 2016 STI DGM Location: Chattanooga, TN Posts: 1,875 Thanks: 1,189 Thanked 1,460 Times in 662 Posts Mentioned: 9 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	My last car was pearl white and I never noticed it getting the marks, but the marks left are light in color so maybe if it got them I never really noticed? __________________ Subaru STI :

08-16-2012, 11:04 PM	#6
brianc OCD Join Date: Apr 2012 Drives: 2013 Scion FR-S Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 293 Thanks: 0 Thanked 74 Times in 42 Posts Mentioned: 7 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Wait till you read about birds being attracted to BRZs. I remember reading something on some other BRZ forum where multiple people were having problems with birds slamming into their cars on the highway. __________________ OCD - obsessive car detailer!

05-03-2014, 03:39 PM	#12
CruiseZen Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Drives: 2014 Ultramarine 6MT FR-S Monogram Location: North Carolina Posts: 252 Thanks: 45 Thanked 78 Times in 57 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Wonder if its the metallic flakes in the paint? I've not had problems with insects but then I always park in the garage. My car is ultramarine. __________________ Borla axleback exhaust * mud guards * Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires * Opti-Coat * BRZ trunk lid liner * Rexpeed Wide Mirrors (heated)

08-16-2012, 10:28 PM	#4
ArKiTeCkT Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Drives: 2010 Gen Coupe, 2013 BRZ 6MT S.Tech Location: Toronto Posts: 229 Thanks: 22 Thanked 31 Times in 22 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Im having this problem as well. I drive a SWP BRZ its been opti-coated and I wash my car using wolfgang auto bath. I always have bugs going on the car. I also drive a red genesis coupe from time to time. Paint hasnt been taken care of in a while and no bugs.

08-19-2012, 09:02 PM	#7
White64Goat Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: 13 BRZ CBS LTD MT, 02 WRX Location: Fred. Co. Md. Posts: 2,346 Thanks: 65 Thanked 1,111 Times in 627 Posts Mentioned: 19 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	I've worked in the same area for 32 years and this is the first year I have seen the dragonfly poop on my car (01 Saturn SC1) and I too at first wondered what the heck it was until I saw them buzzing around the car and bouncing off the windshield. What can be next...zombie apocalypse?

09-17-2012, 01:00 PM	#8
TennisHsu Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: 2013 Whiteout MT Scion FR-S Location: United States Posts: 135 Thanks: 109 Thanked 62 Times in 31 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Bugs love my whiteout/SWP so much this fly decided to sun bath on the hood! Picture taken yesterday several hours after washing my car.

09-17-2012, 02:07 PM	#9
Bfly Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: BRZ Limited Location: KS Posts: 75 Thanks: 11 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Weird...I've also noticed a lot of bugs (flies) are attracted to my car(swp). I havent washed it yet, besides whatever detailing the dealer did to it. Oh, and also I think birds have a target out on my car because it's white and new!

05-02-2014, 08:10 PM	#10
rushdown Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 1998 Honda Accord, 2013 Scion FR-S Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 20 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf2IPY2VuUc"]Bugs on car - YouTube[/ame] On my Hot Lava FR-S. No other cars in the parking lot that I noticed, had a lot of love bugs on it. I also have optiguard on my paint....could it be the optiguard?

05-04-2014, 02:04 PM	#13
00NissanNinja The Thread Lurker Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: '14 BRZ, '17 GTI, MT09 Location: SW OH Posts: 552 Thanks: 282 Thanked 213 Times in 135 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	The bugs are trying to rescue the crickets haha. I haven't noticed anything out of the ordinary though (except spiders getting on it on a consistent basis), but Ohio seems to have a crap ton of bugs anyways.

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