I bought my IS-F with 17,000 miles on it and this is what the wheels look like. Whatever this black stuff is I can't get it off. I tried Sonax Wheel Cleaner, IronX and machine polish with Meguiars polish and it did not get the black stuff off. Is the only option at this point sanding? Anyone else have this issue and how did you correct it?

 

My stockers did that on one wheel. I fixed it buy getting a new set of wheels lol

 

^^^^ he's right I'll your stock stained ones when you buy new wheels..

 

I would never let any wheel on any of my vehicles get that bad. In all probability that car ended up at a car wash where they sprayed some type of cleaner on the wheels when they were hot. What you are seeing is brake dust forever embedded in the wheel thanks to the causticity of the cleaner combined with the heat and brake dust.

If you like the wheels, have them powder coated at a quality powder coating shop. I have had probably 40-50 sets done over the years. Check out Prismatic for thousands of colors to choose from if you go that route.

 

Thanks, you don't think that it can be sanded and polished to remove it off?

 

My wheels had super hard caked on brake dust. I ended up just painting my wheels.

 

Probably not. In the majority of cases I have seen that severe the etching is too great and the result is not a good look.

 

this happened to my Rays grand touring wheels on my 350z. it was a reaction to an aggressive wheel cleaner that a local dealership had sprayed on. they reimbursed me but it was permanent damage ..kind of looked like spray paint if thats what yours look like in person.