Notices
95.5-2004 Tacomas & 96-2002 4Runners 4th gen pickups and 3rd gen 4Runners

Help me clean this off!!

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 07-29-2005, 06:47 AM
  #1  
Registered User
Thread Starter
 
kpooch75's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Atlanta, Ga.
Posts: 369
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Help me clean this off!!

So there's been a lot of construction stuff going on around campus, and apparently I drove through semi-wet concrete or something and flung it up on my truck. It's not on the actual body panel, but the plastic part on front side of the rear wheel well (where they used to run into the running boards). Really coarse and hard, can't really scrape it off, can't soften it up. What should I do?

Similarly, my truck was parked under a tree the other day and I've got little dots of what I can only call sap. It's not exactly, but it's sticky and won't just rub off. Any help here?
Attached Thumbnails Help me clean this off!!-junk.jpg  

Last edited by kpooch75; 07-29-2005 at 06:55 AM.
Old 07-29-2005, 07:52 AM
  #2  
Contributing Member
 
Silver_Truck's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: B'ham, WA
Posts: 1,817
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
I dunno about the concrete maybe hit it lightly with a hammer and chiesel...for the sap you could probably use Turtle Wax bug/tar remover
Old 07-29-2005, 07:57 AM
  #3  
Contributing Member
 
geneius's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Thornton, CO
Posts: 196
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
I got the sap and bug carcass off my rig using a pressure washer.

As for the concrete stuff, do what Silver_Truck said. I just painted mine over and said, "It's Rhino Lining!"
Old 07-29-2005, 10:07 AM
  #4  
Contributing Member
 
89macrunner's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Tempe, AZ
Posts: 2,057
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
id contact your local government and make them pay for it.

tax dollars at work!
Old 07-29-2005, 11:35 AM
  #5  
Registered User
 
87TurboYota's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Yorktown, VA
Posts: 449
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
I'd use the turtle wax bug and tar remover or some 3M Rubbing compound. I can't really tell from the picture how bad it is though.
Old 07-29-2005, 11:56 AM
  #6  
Contributing Member
 
Lt. Dan's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Harrisburg, Oregon, U.S.A.
Posts: 939
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
WD-40.....Give it a try, couldn't hurt.
Old 07-31-2005, 01:40 AM
  #7  
Contributing Member
 
Tacoma Dude's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Orange County, CA
Posts: 8,345
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Maybe you should try a claybar treatment?
Old 07-31-2005, 04:11 AM
  #8  
Banned
iTrader: (-1)
 
waskillywabbit's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 3
Received 19 Likes on 9 Posts
Jackhammer...

Claybar should do it...

Old 07-31-2005, 09:36 AM
  #9  
Contributing Member
 
gohawks's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 1,206
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
I got overspary on my truck several years ago when EIU was repainting their stadium. Got a fat insurance check and had a guy clay bar it for a lot less than my insurance check was and my truck looked like new.

I would try that first.
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Blamalam
86-95 Trucks & 4Runners
22
03-12-2022 07:34 AM
jasonty
Pre 84 Trucks (Build-Up Section)
41
12-23-2018 01:00 PM
87toy pickup
86-95 Trucks & 4Runners
24
09-07-2015 06:42 PM
djohnson13
95.5-2004 Tacomas & 96-2002 4Runners
8
09-04-2015 12:35 PM
GreatLakesGuy
The Classifieds GraveYard
8
09-04-2015 09:27 AM



Quick Reply: Help me clean this off!!



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 07:33 AM.