Black dust on my rear bumper

[RandallNeighbour]

Tommy, that's some serious green innovation there! Tire recycling. Love it! :dance:

[Pierre]

I just put 4 new tires under my baby i think they dont last long with all the tire dust on my bumper ;-(

[ekam]

Uh all my brake dust are coming from the front... unless you have cross-drilled rear then that might explain it.

And tire dust? Wow you guys must drive your car pretty hard huh?? lol.

[landrovered]

In my experience it has nothing to do with how hard you drive, only whether the rear of the car is wet or not.

The other day I drove around a chicken manure truck that had dropped a bunch of the sawdust/crap mix on the road and it was amazing how the aerodynamics of the body caused a huge swirl of poodust behind the car, it reminded me of a jet taking off on a carrier. It 'splained a lot of why the rear bumper gets dirty when it is moist.

[BYprodriver]

It was worse on my yellow Mustang than my yellow Boxster here in LA air & freeways. Fresh wax helps.

[Beelzy]

I'll wager it's brake dust from the pads.

Use a rag to wipe the rims and another to wipe the car, the dust will probably be the same color.

[Overdrive]

Originally Posted by landrovered

...poodust...

Did anyone else laugh as hard as I did at this term?

I have a silver Boxster, and I can't say I've noticed this bumper dust before, but now out of curiosity I'm going to take note if I take the car out on a wet/moist day. I definitely get a LOT of brake dust up front on the wheels, nearly nothing on the rears, and everything is stock. Speaking of which...gonna have to clean those some time this week...

[WhipE350]

I get this also. Car is Guards Red so it doesn't show too bad. Carry a microfiber towel and just keep it clean. It is dust, rubber from other cars on the road, and from your tires. I have checked it after different types of very short and long trips. It is always worse after I drive hard...likely because I'm throwing up more crud from the road and because I'm slinging my on rubber.

[BYprodriver]

Originally Posted by WhipE350

I get this also. Car is Guards Red so it doesn't show too bad. Carry a microfiber towel and just keep it clean. It is dust, rubber from other cars on the road, and from your tires. I have checked it after different types of very short and long trips. It is always worse after I drive hard...likely because I'm throwing up more crud from the road and because I'm slinging my on rubber.

After a long day at stunt driving school I have rubber dust in my ears & hair.