Originally Posted by TTurboPimp

Actually none of my current wheels are clearcoated......inners, outers, or face. On my old set, I had the polished inners and the face clearcoated, but the outer lip was not. On those wheels, the inners were easy to take care of, everything pretty much wiped off. On the new ones I chose to not clear any of it for a few reasons. First, and most important, the clear will start to peel slightly around the lug holes. I never had an issue with it spreading to a wider area of peel, but it actually came from HRE with a little bit of it peeling off. Not really noticeable, but it bothered me...and I always was afraid of it spreading. Secondly, the clear coat dulls the polish up slightly. With the current car, Im not driving it in any bad weather anyhow, so iM not pressed about it. Even if I was, its no big deal, you just gotta stay up on them. On my blakc GS, I took the wheels off the car every 2 weeks to clean them thouroughly. It was a PITA, but they always looked new.