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Alright, so my mother and I traded cars on Friday because it was my last day of H.S. and I dind't want paint all over my Mystique  so I took her Explorer all painted up and such, and she took the Mystique to work Friday morning... BAD IDEA! Some jobbers tarring I-96 between brighton and Kensington used the WRONG TAR and it mixed with the morning's rain and got all over every car on the road! So now my poor Mystique is covered front to back with a nice thick film of tar... I called mDOT today and they said that they are going to reimburse everyone for the trouble caused. I took a lot of pictures, I'll post them soon, but what I want to know is how to get all this gunk off without using a ton of Bug and Tar remover.... Any ideas? I'll have pics later today, thanks guys! -Dave P.S. - all that just so I could have a painted car for school... It makes me laugh how stupid I am!
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- No serious mods yet
- Just got some blue LEDs for the switches, guages... Hope to get indiglow soon.
- Infinity Kappa C.M.M.D. speakers and a Alpine headunit. Amp and Subs coming soon.
- Looking for some good 17s (any reccomendations?). Also thinking about the BAT suspension pkg...
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Originally posted by 99MystiqueUSA: Alright, so my mother and I traded cars on Friday because it was my last day of H.S. and I dind't want paint all over my Mystique so I took her Explorer all painted up and such, and she took the Mystique to work Friday morning... BAD IDEA! Some jobbers tarring I-96 between brighton and Kensington used the WRONG TAR and it mixed with the morning's rain and got all over every car on the road! So now my poor Mystique is covered front to back with a nice thick film of tar... I called mDOT today and they said that they are going to reimburse everyone for the trouble caused. I took a lot of pictures, I'll post them soon, but what I want to know is how to get all this gunk off without using a ton of Bug and Tar remover.... Any ideas? I'll have pics later today, thanks guys!
-Dave
P.S. - all that just so I could have a painted car for school... It makes me laugh how stupid I am!My buddy at work had the same thing happen to him. But the bad thing is, he has a F-250 with a lift kit on it. I seen it this morning and it looked bad. He said it is going to take him hours to get it off. I feel for ya.
14.72@ 92.6 mph www.modularV8.com "CLUTCH KILLER" and also recently known as the DRIVETRAIN KILLER
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goo gone should work, not sure if it's safe on the paint tho.
Jim Hahn
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Mineral sprits will remove it, do it in sections and wash off with good detergent as you go....
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that happened to my grandmas sable. i used carb carb cleaner. i dont know if its good for the paint or not though lol
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Take it to a good detailer and let them deal with it!
Please take everything I post with an MDOT trucks worth of road salt!  Please help control the TROLL population by getting them spade or neutered! 2001 Blk/Blk Cobra Previous owner of a '99 Cobra, and '00 SVT Tour
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Originally posted by onestep:
Take it to a good detailer and let them deal with it! Classic Apreciation in Birmingham. I've honestly never seen cars any cleaner than what they leave that place looking like. However it also reflects in the their price somewhat.
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no no no.... listen to terry, same thing happened to a guy that works for me. spirits and elbow grease. finally a cheap mod you guys in high school can do to dress up your rides
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Hah, if you saw my car you wouldn't think it belongs to a "cheap highschooler" Anyways I just took Kingston lighter fluid to it (lol!) and the stuff came right off... About 100+ rags and eight hours later that is... Some Meguiars Deep Crystal Paint Cleaner took off any excess residue, then I used some #7 Show Car polish on it, and followed with a good Gold Class waxing today... Meguiars is alright but I'm planning on getting some Zaino soon I'm planning on repainting it soon though, dunno why I bothered putting so much time into the existing paint, guess I'm obsessed  -Dave
*** '99 Mystique LS ***
- No serious mods yet
- Just got some blue LEDs for the switches, guages... Hope to get indiglow soon.
- Infinity Kappa C.M.M.D. speakers and a Alpine headunit. Amp and Subs coming soon.
- Looking for some good 17s (any reccomendations?). Also thinking about the BAT suspension pkg...
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Originally posted by Rye Lou: Originally posted by onestep:
[b]Take it to a good detailer and let them deal with it! Hmmmm, I guess you've never seen the cars that come out of my driveway and no I'm not talking about mine I wonder what they charge to do a full detail and 3 step, I bet its more than $150.00 :rolleyes: As far as the road tar, I'd use Goo Gone or WD40, yes I said WD40, it works, trust me and WILL NOT hurt the cars finish. Just wash the car real good and apply a coat of wax and your all set
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