Window, door stains from acid q?

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Guys I am just very upset right now. Someone vandalized my 1 year old 2013 RAV4. It seems like some kinda acidic was thrown on the driver side rear passenger windows, door panel, gas door and also on the rear wheel and stained these body parts.

At first, I thought that the stains came from parking under a tree where I park but after washing the car, they would not come off. I applied DP high performance glass restorer with a sponge but it could not remove any of it. For the body, I used Megs D151 with a mf but that did not help. As for the rear wheel, the stains were on the lug nuts as you can see in the pic.

My first option was to I was to try and buy a Griots 6" and using Ceriglass for the windows and then clay and polish the door panels but I'm afraid that I cannot get this done since the drip marks that the acid have made is either coming from the bottom rubber moulding, door's side moulding and gas door using the DA polisher.

Second option is of course let my insurance take car of it and you all know how that goes.

Any advice and also which parts that I can use to fix these problems would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

rear driver side window
http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr147/rbadviento/20140701_201808.jpg

stationary rear driver side window
http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr147/rbadviento/20140701_201720.jpg

rear quarter panel driver side window
http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr147/rbadviento/20140701_201720.jpg

stain dripping on rear door handle
http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr147/rbadviento/20140701_202953.jpg

stain dripping on side door moulding
http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr147/rbadviento/20140701_203002.jpg

stain drip coming from gas cap area
http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr147/rbadviento/20140805_171747.jpg
 
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I'd take it to a body shop & go through insurance instead of tackling it myself. What if you make it worse?
 
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Belair said:
I'd take it to a body shop & go through insurance instead of tackling it myself. What if you make it worse?
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You have a point there Belair. It would be lesser headache in the long run. Thanks.
 
Sorry to hear I would make a claim. Is that your supra I had an 88 with the same wing I love those cars other then I blew the head gasket a few times. I will rebuild one some day
 
I am guessing that the "drips" are unrelated to the larger damage on the other panels.

Good Luck

Please post the After pics and what it turned out to be
 
Actually, I did not notice anywhere dripping in any part of the car before this whole thing happened and besides, the dripping is only on this side.

Robbiek, yeah, that's my supras. An '89 and '90 both turbos. Can't wait to sell them to a good home.
 
I understand you are concerned about your car--but are you sure it was acid? Glass is pretty acid resistant, except to hydrofluoric acid, and it would be pretty unusual for someone to be driving around flinging wheel cleaner onto other people's cars.

I'm just suggesting maybe you should take a breath and this isn't maybe as bad as you think.

Let's embed the pics and get some other opinions:

rear driver side window
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stationary rear driver side window
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stain dripping on rear door handle
20140701_202953.jpg


stain dripping on side door moulding
20140701_203002.jpg


stain drip coming from gas cap area
20140805_171747.jpg


I can't seem to get to the lug nut pic now.
 
rear wheel lug nuts
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Setec, I also read about the resistance of car glass when it comes to acid but what could a normal household bleach do this kind of damage?

Man, I park my car in a public garage next to my pt job last year and my rear quarter panel got dinged up not to mention that one day when I approached only to find someone had spit on it.
 
Honestly, those lug nut stains don't look like they are from someone vandalizing the car.

20140805_171733.jpg
 
I've not seen those stains before and I clean the car wheels once every 7-10 days with CG Diablo & speed master wheel brush, clean the tires with TUF Shine then dry them both using a lawn blower.

Yesterday, I tried using some megs wheel cleaner to get rid of those stains but would not come off. What do you think those stains are?
 
Are you talking about the drops on the lug nuts or the damage in the lug nut hole? The stuff in the hole could be rub marks from the impact socket at the dealer/tire place.

Have you tried any solvent on the marks on the window? IPA, mineral spirits, Tarminator?
 
The drops on the lug nuts are more of like a calcium build-up and definitely not scratches when putting on/off the lug nuts.

What dilution would you use for the IPA? Thanks.
 
Are mineral spirits okay to apply on windows and car panels?
 
To me they look like hard water run offs that were left. You will find water that may run out of all those areas on the paint.

The glass could be the same thing.
 
Evan.J said:
To me they look like hard water run offs that were left. You will find water that may run out of all those areas on the paint.

The glass could be the same thing.
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Hmmm. Im not saying that those could not be hard water stains that have run off but how come it's only on one side. There are also splatter stains that I did not take the picture that is spread out on the same window that rolls down.
 
Chard said:
What dilution would you use for the IPA? Thanks.
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I use it full strength (whatever it comes in at the store), but a lot of people will say that's crazy.

Chard said:
Are mineral spirits okay to apply on windows and car panels?
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Yes.

You mentioned parking at one point in a parking garage; those are notorious for mineral runoff when it rains.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
I use it full strength (whatever it comes in at the store), but a lot of people will say that's crazy.



Yes.

You mentioned parking at one point in a parking garage; those are notorious for mineral runoff when it rains.
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I am looking for Mike's article on the IPA. Would you also use the mineral spirits straight-up with a mf?
 
Thanks Setec. I'll try the IPA first with the 70% isopropyl alcohol without water.
 
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