Mud flaps help, but not 100%.

 

not even 50% :crying:

 

I've found that pretty much anything you put on the paint as a protectant (wax, spray wax, quick detailer, etc.) attracts it twice as fast as when you just wash & dry it. I have a fresh coat of wax & Rain-X on my car right now and I can't drive around the block without looking like I've been in a rally.

 

This ^^^^ :disappointed:

 

We can all do our part to reduce pollution in general. Acid Rain is bad-M~kay?

 

My TB gets dusty before it even leaves the garage. I generally use a California Duster and that takes care of it.

 

Back bumpers like a shelf. Just collects everything.

 

Yes, yes it is.

I put clear bra over my rear bumper so it helps to protect the finish from dust / dirt / scratches and the loading of cargo from time to time.

 

Iv all but given up hope on keeping my TB clean...

Wash car. pull it into garage. Already dirty. SMH

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Same here with my PB.

 

This is a problem inherent to hatch backs in general. This air swirls around behind the car and makes it attractive to dust and what not to settle.

 

Time to get us some of these...

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I'd have to quit my job if I bought a black car & stand next to it with a California Duster in my hand. I love my car to look clean for at least a day after I labor over it for hours. That doesn't happen with black cars unless you put them in a vacuum chamber right after the wash.

 

I think it has to do with a combination of it being a hatchback and center exhaust. I feel like the exhaust pushes up more dust....

 

I bought some microfiber cloths to wipe down the hatch area after using an automatic wash

 

I have 12 microfiber cloths for various applications in / out of the car and sure. Its clean and dry then you drive down the road and all the **** in the cracks run down the back of the car and boom. dirty. Nothing keeps TB clean. Nothing.

Its all a hopeless endevour :-(

Time to invest in full body tear offs.

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Welcome to the curse of the dust bum. Notorious on hatchbacks

 

I live in a dusty area, down a dirt/gravel road. And it is so annoying to wash my car, drive it home, and when I get there...covered in dust. And all of it on the hatch and back bumper. Unless it has rained in the last two days, then the dust will stay on the road. My car is clean only while I am in town. Once I go home, dirty car.

 

I washed my car and it was magically dirty withi mins along the rear. Just embrace the dirt.


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hand washed my car for the 1st time this year, nice and clean. 2 hours later storms..... why bother.

 

I get black spots that require bug and tar remover all over the backside of my TS. I wonder if brake dust is the cause.

 

The DI motors like ours blow mad black soot over the back of the car when you "get on it". My buddy's silver speed3 does it real bad. Plus the center exit exhaust as mentioned above doesn't help haha


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a lot of the dust is definitely due to all the pollen, can't wait for this season to be over.
I clean the car. Look back at it. It's already dirty. Sadness

 

My little electric power washer takes care of a couple days of hatch dust very quickly. Coming from 2001 golf and 2012 focus hatch to the ST, being prepared for rear dust build up is an understatement.