Kharizma

iTrader: (6)

I washed my car after this ENTIRE week of crazy thunderstorms and crazy rain... so after I washed the car I looked at my wheel and it looks like a small patch of the rim is shinier and brighter than the rest of the rim.. is this bad? should i just peel the rest of this film type stuff off and make the wheel match? i don't know what to do.. is there a fix? can i just use polish on it and it'll kind of blend together better?

thanks in advance.

V8_Aristo

Sounds like the clearcoat is peeling off. This hasn't happend to me before, but it sure sound like it.

Kharizma

iTrader: (6)

is that bad? can i fix it?

V8_Aristo

Only fix would be to have it stripped, repolised and recleared.

bluelex

It does sound like clear coat peeling off. If so I think the only thing you can do is get them stripped and reclearcoated.

HI98GS

for the most part if the clearcoat is coming off, that is bad. the only fix for this is to remove the rest of the clearcoat. The problem with that is that the metal will likely get tarnished and will need more frequent cleaning/polishing. The other thing is that the metal will be more susceptible to becoming stained since the clearcoat helps to prevent staining. You could try to have someone re-clearcoat the rim, but I don't think many places will do this since the clearcoat for the rim is apparently different from clearcoat for the car. I may be wrong, but that is what I was told when this happened to one of my sets of rims. If it is small, I wouldn't mess with it.

Kharizma

iTrader: (6)

damn.. this sucks.. hopefully it doesn't get any bigger lol i'm gonna try to get pictures up later.. when this rain goes away lol thanks everyone

bluelex

Right, cleacoat for wheels are different from clearcoat for paint finishes. if its small leave it alone for now until you can find a shop that clearcoats wheels than have them strip the clearcoat and relear it.

bluelex

Sadly with clearcoat once it starts to peel it will continue to peel. some times a lot and sometimes little by little. How old are the wheels? maybe they have warranty?

Kharizma

iTrader: (6)

the wheels are about a year old now.. they are the HP Racing EVO's..don't know about a warranty? anyone know?

DASHOCKER

iTrader: (2)

I had the clearcoat removed on the lips of my wheels. Had it sanded off and high polished. Could not be happier. Clear coat is a form of paint, thus it will pit and peel in time. Just have a body shop remove the clear coat on all the wheels, and polish the lips with mothers wheel polish

V8_Aristo

Just a year old? I had SSR wheels in excellent shape (including clear coat) for 3 years before I sold them. I'm sorry to say, but I guess you really do get what you pay for.