19-03-2012, 04:09pm
First the background. I collected my car on 23rd Dec and not long after put a set of winter wheels and tyres on the car. The original wheels had done about 700 miles when they were removed and I put them straight into my garage without a second thought.
Now that the temperature is improving I dug out my original wheels to give them a good clean and some polish before going back on the car for summer. The wheels are Shadow Chrome.
On inspection during the clean and polish I've noticed that every spoke on every wheel has bubbles in the paint finish. There are also one or two bubbles of paint on the rim on the back of the wheel. The front of the wheels are good but there are one or two bubbles across all the wheels on the front face. These bubbles are tiny, maybe 2-3mm max but I can see these failing and causing the paint to peel over a short period of time. In fact one or two bubbles have come off while cleaning and so the primer underneath is now visible.
Is this something I should take back to the dealership or am I being too fussy? Has anyone else who like me has removed their wheels noticed similar? Is this a problem just with the Shadow Chrome.
Example of the problem:-
Now that the temperature is improving I dug out my original wheels to give them a good clean and some polish before going back on the car for summer. The wheels are Shadow Chrome.
On inspection during the clean and polish I've noticed that every spoke on every wheel has bubbles in the paint finish. There are also one or two bubbles of paint on the rim on the back of the wheel. The front of the wheels are good but there are one or two bubbles across all the wheels on the front face. These bubbles are tiny, maybe 2-3mm max but I can see these failing and causing the paint to peel over a short period of time. In fact one or two bubbles have come off while cleaning and so the primer underneath is now visible.
Is this something I should take back to the dealership or am I being too fussy? Has anyone else who like me has removed their wheels noticed similar? Is this a problem just with the Shadow Chrome.
Example of the problem:-