rroy

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My front, driver-side wheel is starting to ripple and when you touch the ripples it pops like a snapple bottle cap. The wheels are iForged Imola 2pc in high polish. I noticed this the other day and it seems to slowly be getting worse. Ive attached some photos--has anyone ever seen this? What's going on?
I bought the wheels May 2007; and spent 3k to avoid stuff like this

morris

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my guess is that those are not high polish and they are chromed, the chrome is starting to bubble.

A second possibillity but it doesnt look like it from the photos is that it is clear coat starting to bubble up.

Johnny

Bulging chrome or cracking paint marks on any wheel acts as a good tell-tale warning indicator of metallurgical over-stress. IOW, there's some flexing going on that is either caused by a weak crystalline structure in the metal (poor chemistry) at that location, or overloading beyond the wheel's ability to withstand it. If it only happening on one wheel, then it is most likely the former and it is defective. You need to get that wheel off ASAP...

morris

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He said it was high polished, from Iforged. Hi polished wheels dont have chrome.

so I figure either 1 it isnt hi polished, the next question is whether or not it really is a genuine Iforged wheel. Did you buy it from a dealer or did you buy it second hand and may have been flim flammmed, it could be a chromed knock off?

rroy

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I bought from a dealer in the boston area... I plan to show them as well.

mitsuguy

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To be brutally honest, even if it is a real Iforged wheel, I wouldn't be too surprised to see this... their quality control really kinda sucks, and have seen numerous finish issues with their wheels...

as mentioned before, it appears chrome, and it appears the chrome is separating from the base metal - as mentioned earlier, it could be because the metal is weak and flexing, or, it could just be that the wheel was not cleaned and prepped properly prior to chroming...

ISF_GG

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I have had not one problem with my IForged rims. Not one.

It does appear that it is chrome coating that is deteriorating. Get that looked at by a wheel shop asap.

DriftGirl

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It happens... I posted last month about my 20" TrafficStar / MAYA rims that had the chrome flaking off.

Its in the process...sum chrome companies are better than others, is all I can say. Mine failed because of a cleaning solution left on sum cheap chrome....

sucks because the rim has to be taken apart, sand blast remaining chrome and have a REAL triple chrome plated process done to them.

I contacted Maya about my problem, but never heard back. All I wanted to do was BUY new rim barrels or send mine in to be replaced at my expense...

Maybe Iforged will help u out.

ChronoJ1

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Stay away from i-forgery. I've seen so many QC issues... IN PERSON... and it's ridiculous how they survive as a business.

SoCalSC4

Bad chrome, pure and simple. It can be fixed, but will require chemical stripping and re-chroming. Typically, the chroming will carry a one year warranty.

Also, the assembly bolts look corroded, which is a bit scary.

One HoT

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I'm sure they have some type of warranty against detects like this one..Contact they vendor you got it from or iforged directly..