The_Fireball
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Hi all. I recently had my S550 fully detailed, and the chap doing it pointed out paint contamination all up the sides. He thinks it's underseal over-spray, and said that no tar remover or product he used would take it off, and suggested a claybar and potentially machine polish would be needed to shift it. I'd always noticed this stuff from early days of ownership, but just assumed it was tar. I've tried myself with some tar remover and WD40 and it doesn't come close to touching it.
As it's under warranty, i took it to my local Ford bodyshop who are convinced it's road fallout (naturally!) and not something they'll look into. Pictures below from right after it was detailed. Thing is, it doesn't really catch on your nail, it's almost like it's embedded in the paint, but with these cars throwing everything up the sides as they do, it's hard to discount road fallout as well.
Has anyone else seen anything like this from the factory, or otherwise? I've no idea how i could even go about getting it properly analysed independently. Obviously i could just get it handled by the detailer, but if it is indeed something more sinister, that should be Ford to sort it out. Help appreciated!
The shots are from the lower parts of the door, both passenger and drivers sides affected. There's patches on the rear haunches too which again makes me think it could well be flicked up from the road, as you get a lot of stone chips there too.
As it's under warranty, i took it to my local Ford bodyshop who are convinced it's road fallout (naturally!) and not something they'll look into. Pictures below from right after it was detailed. Thing is, it doesn't really catch on your nail, it's almost like it's embedded in the paint, but with these cars throwing everything up the sides as they do, it's hard to discount road fallout as well.
Has anyone else seen anything like this from the factory, or otherwise? I've no idea how i could even go about getting it properly analysed independently. Obviously i could just get it handled by the detailer, but if it is indeed something more sinister, that should be Ford to sort it out. Help appreciated!
The shots are from the lower parts of the door, both passenger and drivers sides affected. There's patches on the rear haunches too which again makes me think it could well be flicked up from the road, as you get a lot of stone chips there too.
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