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Old 16 September 2014, 02:07 PM
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Default Rubber tyre bits on paintwork

I think my car has lots of little rubber bits off the tyres from cornering. The little rubber bits are on the back of the front arches and along the doors.

I have tried cleaning them off before but they don't really come off with shampoo and a cloth/sponge. It is almost as if I need to scrape them off with my nails or a scraper.

Does anybody else experience this problem and have a solution.
Old 16 September 2014, 02:25 PM
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are you sure this is not Tar off of he road

if so there are many Tar removers on the market that wll do the job
Old 16 September 2014, 02:36 PM
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I get rubber bits on track days, never sure if it's off of my tyres or the people I'm following. The R888's I use on track do like to "shed" rubber quite a lot during sessions, but the blobs stuck to my car are so big that I can just gently take them off by hand.

Yours is probably tar, a good bug/tar remover will take it off.
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thanks guys. I assumed it was rubber and didn't think about tar.
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