Apeman

I looked but couldn't find anything on this. Does anyone else have surface rust spots on their truck? I found them on my fenders /doors/side of bed today. I washed a few off and they were very hard to scrub off. The trucks only been on the road since Dec 12th and our winter here was mild so not too much salt. I also washed the truck a few times during winter after we had a storm. I was wondering what anyone's thoughts were before I contact the dealer tomorrow and they try to claim something stupid.

johnwill

Some guys in here in other threads, or maybe another forum, have talked about these as small spots? They say they are from transportation of trucks via rr etc etc.

OD52

Don't have an answer for ya, but just wanted to say, nice Aprilia Apeman.

nashtruck

That sounds real weird, is the rust bubbling up through the paint? If you were able to wash it off maybe its just something that got splashed on it... acid rain? Love to see a pic. My truck gets exposed to a lot of salt between the winters here and in PA and surfcasting in the summers and Ive had no problems like that.

kozal01

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alot of people call it "rail dust" and they claim its from being transported by rail, which my be true in select cases but i think what a far more common cause, and often over looked is brake particles from youre brake rotors gettings on youre paint from normal driving. my truck has the same spots youre talking about and i know for a fact my truck was never on a railcar and as a matter of fact was nearly completely repainted before i started driving it and after a couple weeks of winter driving, i had the rust spots all over my nice new paint. they do come off though with a claybar.

SoCal LawDog

I have to agree with Kozal on the claybar. If they are little dots of rust, they are little bits of debris (rail dust, acid rain, brake dust, whatever) that contain some iron. Using a claybar - available at any autoparts store - pulls them right off. My Oxford White '01 Expy had them bad from day 1, but after the clay and wax have never returned. Good luck.

06fordf150

yes that is known as "rail dust as stated above" my bro had a brand new white truck that did the same thing there was aton of orange speckels he took it to a proffesional detailer and they were able to make it good as new!!

Rakkvet

x3 on the claybar. It makes real quick work of it. Totally worth the $15-$20 for one.

Tim

Optimus

Rail dust/brake dust/road grime etc ... Small particles that attach to the surface of the paint, and starts to rust. Make sure you take care of them before they start to rust into the paint. As mentioned above, a claybar works wonders, and of course a lot of elbow grease to go along w/ it. As a matter of fact, I'm claying my wife's van as we speak, it's a 2010 which we got last November, and there are a lot of "little specs" on it.

Ktpman

I just used bug and tar remover on mine and it came off without much effort.