Swp rust during winter - Page 2 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

smbstyle · 12-11-2013, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Muskokan

I read that this is caused by the "pearl" in the paint which is actually metals that will continue to rust.. Or is it from being transported by train and should be a one off thing once it's dealt with?

What? Where did you hear that? Yeah, that's not true.

toeout · 12-11-2013, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by smbstyle

looks very much like the rail dust, or some other metal flakes that are sticking to your car and rusting in the wet weather.

This. The fact that it's also on a plastic bumper tells it's just metal specks the surface.

whaap · 12-11-2013, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Muskokan

I read that this is caused by the "pearl" in the paint which is actually metals that will continue to rust.. Or is it from being transported by train and should be a one off thing once it's dealt with?

Read post #10. In 1996 I bought a new white (non-pearl) Grand Am. After it had been exposes to weather it started showing spots. Not knowing what was going on I went back to the dealership. Their response: "Oh yeah, that's rail rust." I probably wasn't there for an hour and they were finished wiping/washing it down and the rust never returned.

civicdrivr · 12-11-2013, 03:23 PM

IronX, wash, then reapply wax (preferably sealant before the wax, and you should be good from now on.

humfrz · 12-11-2013, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Muskokan

Thanks Zion, still not helping my cause on what other people experience during the WINTER months and this paint.

Nope my white FR-S doesn't look like that.

As mentioned, if you can find a warm place, I'd do the IronX and claybar things followed by a coat of good wax.

humfrz

Muskokan · 12-12-2013, 06:20 AM

Appricciate the responses guys, put my mind at ease.
Going to try and find a nice garage for a few hours to use that wash and clay bar, as it's probably not a good idea to give it to the dealer to wash, with all the salt and crap I'm just terrified they'll rub it in and destroy the finish lol

Visxco · 12-13-2013, 10:11 PM

Use a clay bar, I used to get this on my lancer all the time.

Burrcold · 12-13-2013, 10:42 PM

Depending on where you drive the most, it will come back. I've just made doing an iron-x bath as part of my annual detailers duty. I.e. I work in an industrial area that exposes my SWP to more iron deposits.

No big deal, but just don't let them sit for TOO long and definitely don't try to rub them off.

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Muskokan Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Drives: white Sport-tech Location: Ontario Posts: 676 Thanks: 204 Thanked 320 Times in 149 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Appricciate the responses guys, put my mind at ease. Going to try and find a nice garage for a few hours to use that wash and clay bar, as it's probably not a good idea to give it to the dealer to wash, with all the salt and crap I'm just terrified they'll rub it in and destroy the finish lol

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