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Old Aug 7, 2010 | 07:00 PM
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Wash, wax, caught in rain, back of car black

I washed and waxed the car and then got caught in a big down pour coming home. It looks like dirty water spots all over the back. I'm assuming its brake dust, the car can't run *that* rich? Any pad options for daily driving that don't leave this amount of dust?
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Old Aug 7, 2010 | 07:10 PM
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Pics? From what you are sayin I understand it to be above the exhaust. If so, it is just that...the exhaust
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Old Aug 7, 2010 | 10:14 PM
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Sure I'll snag some before I clean it up tomorrow. Certainly could be the exhaust, I've just never seen the rear of a car get that dirty so quickly. This is my first white car though.
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Old Aug 8, 2010 | 01:32 AM
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If you were driving in the rain, its most likely dirt from the ground and tires of yours or other vehicles..
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Old Aug 8, 2010 | 04:07 AM
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Originally Posted by tlsole
If you were driving in the rain, its most likely dirt from the ground and tires of yours or other vehicles..
That's what it sounds like to me, as well.
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Old Aug 8, 2010 | 06:31 AM
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Yeah, cars get dirty when you drive them in the rain. This is a fairly normal phenomenon.
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Old Aug 8, 2010 | 06:59 AM
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Its only on the back. The rest of the car is clean as it gets.
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Old Aug 8, 2010 | 07:02 AM
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Have you ever driven in rain before? It is because the turbulence behind the car blows the water droplets around and they stick to the rear of the car.. those water droplets are dirty.
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Old Aug 8, 2010 | 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted by wiretap
Have you ever driven in rain before? It is because the turbulence behind the car blows the water droplets around and they stick to the rear of the car.. those water droplets are dirty.

Exactally, the *** end of the evos isn't the most areodynamic out there so the swiriling effect is pretty bad and blasts the back with road grime.
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Old Aug 8, 2010 | 08:36 AM
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Drive any car, particularly a white car, in rain and the *** end WILL be dirty. Wash it again and move on.

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Old Aug 8, 2010 | 08:54 AM
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My car does the same. The back always gets black. Its dirt.
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Old Aug 8, 2010 | 02:08 PM
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Ok fair enough. All the cars I've owned to date
were dark colors.
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