Thread: GTP/GT cladding white residue?

I know many of you are particularly close to your GPs, but this is certainly not a situation created by myself, and an attraction to the car, sexually... That beings said, about 6 months ago, I had noticed some chalky whitish substance on the passenger side cladding of the garage queen sedan, looked somewhat like a compound or such left from a high speed angle polisher- Which let me assure you, that car has never seen. I knocked it off with a few products, and resealed it with Z2, and it seems cured. Last week, I noticed the same sh!t beginning on the '01 Coupe, which is in a different state, and sleeps outside. My question is, have any of you (assuming dark colored car) experienced a similar thing? I'm wondering is this mold(?) ?

Hmm I wonder.

My sisters car is black and I've notice white stuff near the cladding before but never thought much of it thinking that someone might have waxed it before she bought it. But that was well over 1.5 years ago and I havent looked since.

Maybe there is doubled sided tape in there that holds moisture or something???

Nope, this encompasses the entire lower cladding (doors only) on both the coupe, and the sedan. Were it not for their climate differences and distance, it would be easier to understand. I'll try to snap a pic of the '01 tomorrow.

Mine had that underneath the car on my green car i just thought it was from rock chips.

Nope, this is just a powdery residue... Wipes off with a finger... Hmmm.

Ex coke dealers car?

It's done that to the cladding on all 3 GP's i've owned. Light and powdery, inside or outside parked. My best guess was mold/mildew.

Must drive you crazy

Can you post up a few pics?

Originally Posted by lsxftw

Must drive you crazy

You know it does. LOL

Originally Posted by gtpeddie

Can you post up a few pics?

As you wish, good sir. Admittedly, this is the coupe, and needs a bath badly form the past weekend's rain, but here it is. It wipes off easily with fingers (Hence my salutation to Bio, Bloo, and Mattai) but damn is this some horse sh!t.

Dust from the road is my best guess.

Is not dust... Give me a little more credit than that.