My bumper is turning black. I was washing my R the other day and i see black specks all in the paint on the rear bumper and the hatch on the passenger's side. its got to be something coming out of the exhaust. now i dont know if its burning oil or fuel but I cant get it out of my paint. Any advice how to make this stop?

 

clay it.

 

Lean it out. Then do what soup says

 

do you have a test-pipe?

when I had a test-pipe, I had crap all over my bumper. it made my bumper really brown and crap would only come out with semi-harsh pre-wax cleaner (meguiar's pre-wax claner & Zymol HD cleaner).

 

if youve got a test pipe, then get rid of it.. if you dont want the black stuff...

 

A high flow CAT would do the same...

My question is...
Does this mean he's running too rich or burning oil?

 

This happens to my car too, but I have figured out a way to remove it easier. First, use a polish to remove the old oil. A clay bar wont cut it, it will just ruin the clay bar. Wash off the polish, then apply a cleaner wax to the back of the car. Wait for it to dry, then wipe it all off with a polishing cloth. Keep driving... Now when you notice the blackness on the back of your car, just wipe it off with a rag, and it looks brand new. The wax keeps the oil from adhering to the paint. Hope this helps.

Matt

 

I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM

 

you mean like this?

 

I'm surprised this doesn't happen to my car.

Maybe all the dirt prevents the soot from sticking to the car.

Whatever the case, I don't miss it.

 

I don't seem to have this problem...I keep a very good coat of wax on the car at all times though...plus I wash her almost every other day...so that could have a lot to do with it...oh yeah...and the car's black too.

 

I'm lucky if there's even clearcoat on my cars.

How quickly does the residue appear on the rear bumper?

 

yeah I don't have the soot on my bumper either. maybe because it can't stick to the rusted hawk blue brake dust that covers my rear bumper.

if you look close at the pic of D's car above you can read "**** COPS" written on top of the rear bumper cover

 

LOL

Also you need to post pics of your car in the Appearance/Cosmetic forum.

 

Reid: Once I finish my next round of phat modz I will y0.

 

There's no problem here is there?

 

is that with the stock muffler? My bumper was the say way when i had the apexi dunk on with the comptech cat and dc header. I have since went back to stock and my bumper doesn't get that black anymore but when vtec hits....i can see the black smoke shootin out like 007 style.....

 

I noticed the same problem after I got my jrsc. I just assumed it was because I was running to rich. It is hell to get off. The only solution is to wash it a lot more often than I have time to.

 

yes that is D's car with the stock catback.

 

I am using my stock cat...so you guys think Im just running rich then, its not oil? Im not using oil really but...?

 

Mequiers makes some good cleaner wax. I did this too!

 

T.P. for your car's bunghole, y0!



[Modified by MK Ultra, 5:37 PM 2/20/2003]

 

You are running rich.

Keep a good coat of wax on there and get yourself a clay bar and enjoy silky smooth paint.


http://www.griotsgarage.com/catalog.jsp?&SKU=11145

 

Indeed cleaning cay will work, but the fine hand polish works a bit better.

 

lol.... my rear end owns this thread.

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