I was giving my new S2K a thorough waxing the other day and noticed a gritty feeling all over the front bumper, so I hit it with a claybar (which solved the problem). The surface of the claybar was reddish-brown after each pass so I kept folding it over to expose new clay. Was this the infamous rail dust I have heard about? Interestingly, it was only on the front bumper (plastic) and headlights. For whatever reason, the rest of the car was fine. I imagine this might have something to do with where the protective film was placed on the car, and how the car was loaded for transport.

 

yup,sounds exactly like rail dust...

and clay is the right treatment

be sure to give it a good waxing (i prefer synthetics topped by wax)-
and post up pics!!

 

 

Yes yes yes! I had it all over my GPW even when we bought it with 4 miles on the ODO. Looks like a red flake in the paint!