stains around wheels
 

I've never seen this on any of my cars but there is this brown stain around my wheels and on my splash guard and it looks like oil residue. I can't seem to get rid of it, anyone have any suggestions?

pics below

it's brake dust, buy some rim cleaners...and it will clean it.

rim cleaner can stain the driveway though

rim cleaners for the car body /splash guard paint?

rim cleaner is only for rims, never on the body paint

It will **** up your paint!

yea thats what i thought, I'll post pic tomorrow of what was left behind. I'm guessing I'll have to clay it out since its not coming out with soap/water. i dont' think its brake dust; when i wiped it off, it was like a mix of tar and oil, very greasy and thick like paste.

weird, post pics

Here are the pics of the stain

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/8...c03153o.th.jpg

and

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/938...3152yoo.th.jpg

any advice?

looks like the typical road grime you get when it's been raining. A combination of diesel fuel and tar that gets picked up by your wheel onto the body. I found that a paint cleaner gets this off without any problems.

just make sure you wax afterwards if you use the paint cleaner

Do not use a paint cleaner it will soften the pain! Instead wash the car w/ a diswhasher liquid, clay bar the area/car, and then wax the car.

do not wash the whole car with diswhasher liquid, it's pretty bad to use.

No, just spot treat...though, you can use it (dillute it) if you want to strip off old wax and start over w/ claybar/polish/wax. :)

Dish soap will strip the wax off your car but its not "bad". There are rumours of it drying out your paint over time but periodic use is fine. I use it before I wax my car. Normal car wash soap first to lift the dirt and prevent scratching then dish soap to get the wax and more stuborn stuff off.

Please treat the affected area only!