MY Door Trim Discoloration

[jeffpaz]

I have a 10 week old MY, and the black trim is starting to show rainbows and almost a rust in some places.
Assuming this is from chemicals in a touchless car wash.

Thoughts on restoring it, then protecting it?

 

[AZKoby]

I would just take it back for warranty and get them replaced. Ceramic coat the new ones.

 

[Ohelig]

I got this today also from a touchless car wash... noticing you're in MN, maybe we got it at the same car wash LOL. Holiday in Elk River. Glad to know it's only going to get worse.

 

[jeffpaz]

I got this today also from a touchless car wash... noticing you're in MN, maybe we got it at the same car wash LOL. Holiday in Elk River. Glad to know it's only going to get worse.

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It’s gotta be the tri color wash they do. I was able to remove it all with a microfiber cloth and then put ceramic clothing on it.

 

[AKTech.it]

+1 for the same issue here. Even tried Quick detailer right when I got home but wouldn't come off!

 

[jdjammer]

Same thing happened to our model Y through a touchless car wash.. Any solutions?

 

[Lozzy]

You could use meguiars hyper dressing, doesn’t exactly fix it but the trim will be black. I use that stuff on my tires and can be used for trim.

Meguiar's D170 Hyper Dressing, 32 oz. RTU

 

[Scrannel]

Have you tried "Back to Black"?

 

[AKTech.it]

Going to be addressing this with the service center come monday

 

[jdjammer]

Thank you for the suggestions! I will try a service appointment and also buy the hyper dressing and back to black.

 

[jdjammer]

 

[pudgewack]

This same thing happened to my Y as well. I sprayed a degreaser on a microfiber cloth and it wiped right off. Going to a different car wash today to see if this happens again.

 

[jdjammer]

This same thing happened to my Y as well. I sprayed a degreaser on a microfiber cloth and it wiped right off. Going to a different car wash today to see if this happens again.

Which degreaser did you use?

 

[pudgewack]

Orange degreaser from Chemical Guys. It is diluted, but can’t recall the ratio.

 

[jdjammer]

I wanted to send an update. So far I have tried the Orange degreaser from chemical guys and meguiars hyper dressing. Back to Black hasn't arrived yet. The orange degreaser helped, but the pattern was clearly still there. Maybe I needed to use more and rub harder. The Mequiars hyper dressing made it look much better, almost as good as before. I can still sort of see a little of the soap pattern, but it is very hard to see. I don't know how long it will last, but I will keep you updated.

Below image is after and before using the orange degreaser.

Below image is After and Before the Mequiars.

 

[Ohelig]

Is this something we just have to live with now? I've never heard of any other car's plastic getting affected like this from a car wash before.

 

[AKTech.it]

Taking it to tesla, definitely not something that should be happening on a 70k+ car

 

[Levelheadsteve]

Taking it to tesla, definitely not something that should be happening on a 70k+ car

Did this issue get resolved? This just happened to my car as well. Trying to fix it somehow.

 

[Ironman793]

Is this something we just have to live with now? I've never heard of any other car's plastic getting affected like this from a car wash before.

It's actually not plastic, it's black anodized aluminum. I used WD40 on a microfiber towel and it turned out pretty good. I'm going to wait a couple of days then apply 303 Aerospace Protectant. But I agree with everyone else that should not be happening to such an expensive car!

 

[Ohelig]

I had mobile service out today for a different issue and they said that the door trims being discolored like this are not a warranty item because it's from the high pH values in the chemicals in the car wash.