Alright, heres an odd one. I have little rust spots all over my car, they are about the size of a pencil tip. When I say all over I mean NOT on the roof or hood or trunk, just the fenders and bottoms of doors. I even have them on the PLASTIC splash guard things in front of the rear tires. Any ideas?

 

Has your car been sitting for awhile? I mean after a rain? Could be that your rotors had surface rust and when you drove on them it was "flung" all over your whip.

Kind of like when you put too much tire shine on your shiz.

 

I have the SAME thing on my 2006 murano glacier pearl.. i dont think much of it because it disappers later... i wouldn't worry too much about it.

 

I have an 01 pearl max with the same problem every year...Living in this salt ridden climate of Cleveland this happens every winter....They are so small and not apparent to the naked eye but you must really look to see these..It doesn't appear to be "rust" but the "lovely" nissan paint.....The dots easily come off with a clay bar and some elbow grease. Just keep up on it and it won't come back as often....I get many comments after I clay the car every time because it looks new and people can't believe it's on 01...Just be patient and take some time to CLAY the car...My 2 cents....Paul

 

like mentioned above, it is the brake dust. Brake dust tends to "stick" to pretty much everything and anything, wash your car often and it'll be alright. When you clay your car, it makes the paint surface less sticky hense why you don't see these dots as much or at all for that matter, for some time untill the paint surface gets "rough" again.

 

I remember reading about this somewhere around the time when i used a clay bar on my car. It said it was from the car being transported by train after they where made and that using a clay bar would get rid of it.

 

Rail dust, brake dust, road debris. The little specs are tiny metal particles, from what I just mentioned, they stick and embed themselves in your paint surface, and rust. What you see is actual rust, not your paint, but the little metal shavings rusting. Claying w/ a lot of elbow grease will get rid of it, and make sure you get rid of it before it starts to really damage your paint. White paint is the worst simply because it is so visible.

 

Where might I find a clay bar....and wtf does it look like? Thanks guys.

 

just look around for it Wal mart auto store etc. Ask call them?

 

I got mine from Autozone, Meguiars clay bar, approx. 20 bucks.

 

ok will this clay bar fix a scratch on the trunk from a hard plastic piece that rubbed up against it and left a black mark?

 

Is this clay bar thing something to do prior to waxing? Also, how long does a bar last? One application? years?

 

A clay bar will pull out contaminants in the paint surface, so it may help with the black mark, however it will not help with the scratch, you'll need a polish for that.

 

Yes, you clay right after you wash your car. After the claying is done, then you can polish, wax, seal etc ... There are different size bars, the smaller bars, 50grams I believe will last 3-5 apps, depending on how bad the car is. If there are a lot of rail dust specs, I probably would use it just once.

 

Yeah., it sucks but it happens.

I take a train and commute to work. The rear end of my car always faces the train and I get the little pencil size dots.

A little CLAY and you are golden. I will do it again late in the summer. It happens. It's not the Nissan paint, its the environment.

My wife's Toyota gets em, my Bother in Law's Honda gets em. GL.