Removing Black Exhaust Stains on rear bumper?

[jmillsUT28]

My 2002 with a Paxton runs a little rich and the exhaust is putting a black stain on the rear bumper. My question is, I can rub the bumper hard and the black will come off but will this hurt my paint? I was going to rub it off then add some wax to it but if it's going to hurt the paint then I do not want to do it. I am just using car wash soap.

 

[dave6666]

If it rubs off like mine did before I went to side exhaust then no worries. I cleaned off years worth of soot and it looked shiny new when done.

http://forums.viperclub.org/rt-10-gts-discussions/621740-got-back-end-cleaned-up-pics.html

 

[jmillsUT28]

Sounds good. I can not go back now as there is a nice bright red mark after rubbing it with black all around it! ha Might be a long night...

 

[EllowViper]

I rub mine off every wash. I use McGuires clear coat polish (or something like that) with a washing mitt so I get a lot of wash water with it...cuts the grit and lubricates the goo. Basically you need a light petrolium distillate to cut the soot. Trick is to not actually ********* the clear coat and just loosen up the soot. Bug and tar remover works too.

 

[Ricketts]

I spent almost a hour a week or so ago with Meguiars paint cleaner cleaning up my rear bumper.

 

[dave6666]

I rub mine off every wash.

Damn near poser talk there...


Of course if your car was RED - the fastest Viper color ever made - you'd have even more time to do detailing because you'd get home twice as fast!

 

[2001 GTS]

Meguiars paint cleaner or a good wax works really good for my dirty ass.

 

[slaughterj]

I rub mine off every wash.

WAY too much information!