General Car Giving Shock's

[deanm1]

Hi Guy's

Unsure about this one but every time I drive the car after I stop and turn the engine off and get out as i get out of the car and touch the body work on the drivers side i get like a static shock but its every time could this be an electrical problem with the car.

And yes I know its a shocking problem ect LOL
Cheers

 

[Ffoxy]

Not a car problem but a shoe problem!! Hold the paintwork of the door as you put your foot on the ground & you wont get a shock. You are simply grounding the statically charged car body via your hand.

 

[gpactivesport]

i get this aswell
and because of the static, dirt and dust clings to my car

 

[martwho]

You could always get one of those things that hangs of the back of the car and grounds it? Mind you not seen one on a car for a long time

 

[DavisTjet]

same i always get this when im wearing my joggers, and holding the door then stepping it sorts it lol and dont even get me started with the dust....

 

[gpactivesport]

i hate the dust! it never goes
i was thinking of getting one of the strap things and putting it somewhere underneath so you cant see it :idea:

 

[DavisTjet]

hang it from the middle of the car lol

 

[flint]

i get this aswell
and because of the static, dirt and dust clings to my car

funny that, i got this on my motor after i polished it with srp, using a microfibre cloth. the static on the outside of the car afterwards was a nightmare. drove the car around the block and it was like it had been under a volcano, thus rendering 2 hours of cleaning pointless. never had this before with all the other polishes ive used.......
and around the exhaust end well, soot city ....

 

[Urbex]

Interesting, I've had the same issue, car cleaned and polished and the next day it is dusty, obviously it's very dry out at the moment, but it's quite annoying.

 

[dholmes2407]

you can get an anti-static spray wax... chemical guys do one. failing that an anti-static cloth or wash brush.


http://www.chemicalguysuk.com/QUICK_DETAILER_SYNTHETIC_DETAIL_SPRAY_p/synthe16.htm

spray wax is easily apllied and really does shine

 

[gpactivesport]

im gonna have to give that ago aswell the dust is really p***in' me off!

 

[jcwatrichmond]

This can also be caused by friction between your cotton clothes (jeans) and the plastic seat as you move about while driving, so it's you who have the static charge not the car. It then discharges to the car as soon as you touch some bare metal, or to a door knob nearby especially if you have thick rubber-soled shoes.
The strap under the car was an attempt to stop people getting car-sick, although this had no effect as static is not the cause.

JCW

 

[dholmes2407]

Drive naked?