i was washing my car (a white evo 9) that is only 7 months old i started 2 c a **** load of little brown spots on it. later that day i was talking 2 my buddy that worked in a bodyshop n he told me that it was rail dust. this is when the car gets a clear coat n be4 it drys they ship it on a train n the dust clings 2 the paint. i was told that u only really c this on white cars i was wondering if any other white evo owners had this problem.

 

never had that problem but a claybar should take it all off

 

yea i own a white evo and i do see brown dookie spots on my car... i just buff it right out when it got warmer outside.

I heard its from the road salt from winter. i see you live up in PA so i figure that could be the reason.

 

i baby my evo so any time it rains, snows or any salt on the roads i keep it parked and covered up. thanks 4 the replies though guys.

 

I didn't have this problem either but from what your bodyshop guy says maybe it doesn't happen every often? Either way this post is in the wrong forum .

 

why is this posted in the ecuflash forum?

 

sorry didn't know that it would go 2 this forum. my bad

 

 

i just started one on the evo general forum. sorry about puttin it on this forum. a rookie mistake my bad.

 

clay bar is all you need...... Use it with the provided spray wax as the lubricant.... works like a charm. (meguires makes a good clay bar kit)

Oh yeah, make sure you re-wax with a really good wax after you clay bar your paint. The clay bar will strip your paint of any and all impurities, including your wax.

CJ

 

Rail dust is a common problem with vehicles. I used to work for a detail shop and we would have to clay bar almost all of the new cars that were transported via railroad.

The wheels on a train product hot metal shavings that get into the air and once they land on the vehicles that are being transported it burns into the clearcoat.

Hope that helps, +1 on buying a claybar kit and setting aside an afternoon to do the work. Take your time and you will get them all out.

 

MODS close this thread or merge it over to his new one...

thks

 

He is probably trying to find a way to tune out the brown spots on his car.

 

do you live near a steel mill? we see that around here all the time from fallout from the steel mills and the BP Amoco refinery. yearly clay bar and keeping a good wax on it takes care of it

 

and u think there is a map in ecuflash to fix this?