What in the gahell is happening?

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch) 06/22/2019 at 21:19 • Filed to: None

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tiny spots what what appear to be rust all over the GX. Red, staining, pitted. here’s the catch, those panels are plastic. anyone recognize this?

If you didn’t understand the title reference

MM54 > HammerheadFistpunch 06/22/2019 at 21:29

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Stone chi- oh it’s plastic?

Try a fallout remover, could be iron particulate from your (and other’s) brakes.

GoodIdeaAtTheTime > HammerheadFistpunch 06/22/2019 at 21:39

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Any recent work at a shop? Could be  grinding particulate imbedded in the paint/panel. 

BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind > HammerheadFistpunch 06/22/2019 at 21:40

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Is it in the panel or just on top of it?  You’re in the Southwest, could it just be clay or red rock dirt in the stone chips?

zipfuel > HammerheadFistpunch 06/22/2019 at 21:47

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I’ve seen this before on my old white focus, was freaking out and headed to grab the touch up pen when I realised they were on the plastic bits too...

I never got to the bottom of it but always assumed metal chips flung up off the road at speed got embedded  in the clear coat and body plastics. Never led to any real rust starting.

HammerheadFistpunch > MM54 06/22/2019 at 21:47

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fallout remover?  like... iodine?

HammerheadFistpunch > GoodIdeaAtTheTime 06/22/2019 at 21:48

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no shop work

HammerheadFistpunch > BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind 06/22/2019 at 21:48

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hard to say, it reacts to a fingernail scratch

MM54 > HammerheadFistpunch 06/22/2019 at 21:49

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https://www.detailingwiki.org/decontaminating/what-is-a-fallout-remover/

The Snowman > HammerheadFistpunch 06/22/2019 at 21:51

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That’ s rail dust. Tiny iron particles from brake rotors or train wheels or other sources land on paint embed and then rust. PITA.

sony1492 > HammerheadFistpunch 06/22/2019 at 21:51

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 Body filler glaze? 

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > HammerheadFistpunch 06/22/2019 at 22:02

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Parked under a tree that was dripping sap?

facw > HammerheadFistpunch 06/22/2019 at 22:12

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This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > HammerheadFistpunch 06/22/2019 at 22:14

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It it possible that it’s just the color of the plastic? Like how Ford bumpers were revealed to be yellow underneath the paint ba ck in the day.

GoodIdeaAtTheTime > HammerheadFistpunch 06/22/2019 at 22:26

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Ok. Thats all I got.

HammerheadFistpunch > The Snowman 06/22/2019 at 22:36

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The weird part is that its all over my lower sills, and my rear hatch but no where else.  

HammerheadFistpunch > MM54 06/22/2019 at 22:36

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Good stuff, thanks!

HammerheadFistpunch > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: 06/22/2019 at 22:37

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nope.

HammerheadFistpunch > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/22/2019 at 22:37

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That would be the Land Cruiser.  Man I was mad about that.  I’m STILL working on getting sap off and pine needles out of places.

HammerheadFistpunch > sony1492 06/22/2019 at 22:37

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sounds like I’ve got it sorted with fallout

The Snowman > HammerheadFistpunch 06/22/2019 at 22:46

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Have you driven it in red dirt? Those are the parts of the car it sticks to, and I imagine it's iron making the dirt red...

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > HammerheadFistpunch 06/22/2019 at 22:49

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That’s some kind of atmospheric fallout. On close inspection, my then brand new 2017 F-150 had tons of that on the first Svending a few weeks after delivery. A clay bar job will take care of that nicely. A bug and tar remover may remove it also.

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > HammerheadFistpunch 06/22/2019 at 22:51

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Welp, I’ve got nothing... but wild guesses. Brake fluid or other corrosive splatter perhaps? Maybe even some kind of wacky mildew or fungus that started growing in the pores of a ding?

LastFirstMI is my name > This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: 06/23/2019 at 00:14

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The yellow Ford plastic totally saved me once! My dad was trying to figure out what yellow car had scratched the bumper on his new T-bird , when it was just his irresponsible son backing into a gas meter the first night he drove it....

Michael > HammerheadFistpunch 06/23/2019 at 11:17

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Iron oxide fallout

https://detailingemporium.com/fallout-removal-guide/

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > HammerheadFistpunch 06/23/2019 at 12:47

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Brake dust, especially based on the locations. The rear hatch is an area of low pressure, so the crap comes off of the brakes and gets swirled up into the rear hatch. My wife’s Explorer has this happen. 

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > HammerheadFistpunch 06/23/2019 at 13:23

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So GX have plastic panels?? I didn’t know

HammerheadFistpunch > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 06/23/2019 at 15:26

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the lower sills have plastic painted body panels because Toyota thinks luxury is body colored plastic add ons for some reason.