Nooooooooooooooooooo !!!!! Bird **** on my new black z, help
 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A BIRD SHITTED ON MY HOOD I WIPED IT OFF and theres a shadow of it, WHAT TO DO !!!!!! 2 month old black Z

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OK, don't panic! You need to get 3 seedless grapes, a Hoover vacuum cleaner hose, and a mule. Let us know when you have them. :stirthepot:

scratch x/claying/paste wax.

Or that. :tup:

Sue the bird for a new paint job.

Wash it???

Did you honestly "wipe" it off? That is probably one of the dumbest things you can do.

What's wrong with wiping it off? Maybe I'm not getting something.

I would definitely wipe it off with some liquid, not a dry cloth

I have "Invisible Glass" cleaner with me always, obviously not for paint but the times I got shat on, I sprayed that before wiping, it broke up the poop nicely

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you wipe your xss not bird crap off a black 370......

For starters it won't get the acidic properties off the paint so it can still eat the finish and on top of that it could put some nasty scratches in the paint... both from the properties of the bird sh*t itself and a dry cloth against anything less than pristine paint.

Better to let it sit for a few hours and re-wash the car than to wipe it off with a dry cloth.

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and 2 gallons of mayonnaise.

find the bird who did it and poop on his car

Any Detail spray works awesome! I keep a few micro fibre cloths rolled in the storage behind the passenger seat with the travel size bottle of detail spray
I got from Adams. I have that as well as a full gallon..........I also have another full size spray bottle of it I keep with my detail supplies.


Just like the Franks Red Hot Sauce commercials, "I put that sh!t on everything!"

Sorry to hear that man. But birds love to pick on black cars compare to others. It's almost like GPS guided. My friends liked to park their cars next to mine to avoid bird sh*t when I had a black car...

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you also forgot to mention that they like freshly washed cars as well, I had one sh1t on mine after I washed it and I didnt even make it around the block of my house yet......

I hear you man, bird sh1t is a pain in the a55 and causes permanent damage. I've also had bad experiences.

this is precisely why i have a car cover that i cover my car with when im out places. to avoid straight bird Sh*t on it, may take a little longer than just getting out of the car and locking it, but in the end its well worth it.

When I hear wipe, my detailing experience equates wiping to a microfiber cloth and some kind of detailing spray. Not actually just wiping it off.

Z11, I know exactly how u feel as I have a Black GTI. I've never just wiped off bird poop off unless it it just happened and have always washed or used detail spray to get it off, but it still leaves that shadow. And it will still leave that shadow, even if you polished the car the week before. Now someone else may never notice it even if looking for it, but I do.

I thoroughly wash my car and then use a small piece of clay bar on the affected area, then re-polish the affected area. Works good for me.

:tup: Exactly :iagree: 100% this is the bare minimum if you can't wash/don't have time and are out doing errands. Hence keeping the travel size bottle of spray and a couple micro fibre towels in the glove box or rear storage. Last thing you want to do is scratch and damage it more!

I feel for the OP. Last week I parked overnight next to a duck pond. I nearly had a white Z. I washed it and no problems.

i used a wet cloth, i made sure the poo got moist, then removed it, but the shadow is there, it looks less visible or maybe its because my car is dusty? i wash my car every week and the very next day theres always dust all over.. but ill try the detailing stuff and the polish.

thanks for the feedback fellaz and the funny ones.

thread is over, no need to add more comments

I keep quick detailer and a cloth, when i see bird crap i spray it heavily and wipe it off. Not many other options, cant suck it off can you?

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Hose/soap? It's not rock salt and diet coke. The car will last a few hours without damage. I'd rather do it the long/safe way.

:ugh2: both ways work, just make sure that sh!t comes off within 24 hours or you will have even more work to do(polishing) to get the marks out.

Awww...the woes of owning a black car. My last Z was black, and I told myself, never again. If you don't clean bird poop within a few hours, it burns the clear coat and it will never be the same. You can buff it out and make it less noticeable, but you know you will always see it :rofl2: I always kept a microfiber cloth in the glove box for this reason.

was about 2wks ago when i took the Fit to work instead of my G. birds didnt like my Fit and dropped a hugeganeous one on the roof. took 4-5 papertowels to remove. :eek:
yikes.

since then ive been driving my G to work. everything is safe again.

At least the birds have good taste in cars :tup:

How true! My fiancee' has a black Hyundai and every morning there's a new patch of bird "relief". My Chicane Yellow 370Z also has a wildlife problem. Bugs....especially Bees are very attracted to it. Maybe we should start a new poll...what kinds of wildlife are attracted to what color Z?....hmmmmm! A good polish and then wax should take care of it. Good luck!

Yellow would probably attract bugs, just because of the color.

So funny, my old HS friend had a Celica which he bought green, and had it painted yellow. And shortly after, he had more insect incidents than anyone we'd ever known. He even asked the painter and they said it might be the scent, but I always thought it was the color.

Now we know.

Have you tried Off!?:)

Turtle Wax makes a detailer exclusively for black cars. I use it almost everyday on my Magnetic Black because of bird droppings, pollen, bug guts, pine needles, grass clippings, leaves, tar, dirt, and rain and every f--king thing else that gets on my Z on a daily basis. The detailer is actually a black liquid and its supposed to help fill in tiny scratches etc.

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Was it anything like this? I went to the self car wash after this happened while parked downtown for 90 minutes.

http://thejungle.ath.cx/370z/2004Accord6MT/BirdBomb.jpg

I've tried that stuff and it works okay for about a week.. then you'll notice the scratches again. It's messy and does more damage than fixing the problem. Wash, clay, machine polish & a quality wax. I used the stuff from Adams to polish, but I'm getting results easier with the Meg's m105&m205 which polishes out bird crap pretty well on my Mag Black Z.