wheel pitting?
Driver School Candidate
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I had severe pitting on my ISF.
The dealer replaced all four wheels as "one time deal".
I wash and wax regularly and I ncan't for the life of me understand why Lexus would design a wheel that would pit.
I have posted before and let the flaming begin, But this is my 6th lexus with no previos issues.
I also have a Z06 that is subjected to much more abuse that I track occasionally (with similar milage) and no issues.
I expect more from Lexus than I do from GM.
Thanks
The dealer replaced all four wheels as "one time deal".
I wash and wax regularly and I ncan't for the life of me understand why Lexus would design a wheel that would pit.
I have posted before and let the flaming begin, But this is my 6th lexus with no previos issues.
I also have a Z06 that is subjected to much more abuse that I track occasionally (with similar milage) and no issues.
I expect more from Lexus than I do from GM.
Thanks
Lexus Test Driver
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From: Palm Harbor ,Fl
Hi everyone. I have a qucik question about the IS-F wheels pitting. I can't say that I know what this is and I haven't been able to locate any pictures of wheels pitting. Can someone describe to me in a little more detail of what exactly this is and maybe post some pixs if you have some?
Hopefully an IS-F will be in out future and I sure would like to know how often I'll need to wash the wheels to not have this problem. Thanks in advance.
Hopefully an IS-F will be in out future and I sure would like to know how often I'll need to wash the wheels to not have this problem. Thanks in advance.
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We had a customer with pitting complaints on the IS-F OE wheels. We asked to keep the car for a day and work on it. Upon close inspection, what appeared to be pits in the corner angle where the spoke meets the wheel was actually built up brake dust. After washing the wheels and then spending time with some claybar, we were successful in removing all traces of "pitting". It will take a little time and some elbow grease but the results for us were "wheels that look like new again". Claybar was the answer in this case. We then waxed the wheels with wax, nothing special, and suggested to the customer that he have the wheels waxed when the car is waxed twice a year. I am at a Lexus dealer in Ohio. I can't be to detailed as to what dealer as I am not a vendor here. I spend most time at the sister site LexusF.com.
Doug
Doug
try a wax called rejex.....works for me and i'm very picky about what i use on my car....follow the directions to a tee, i did 2 coats the first time but you must let the car sit for about 18hrs in the shade so the wax can bond correctly to the wheels after that brake dust slips off with a quick spray of a hose! use it regularly you'll be happy
google it online for purchase.
google it online for purchase.
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Thats interesting that the brake dust would cause that it just doesn't seem plausible. Brake dust corroding rims I can see getting caught in the pits. Unless it burns so hot and comes off and burns the paint on the wheels then yes that sounds good to me. Wax takes that off I might have to look into that with a pitted rim when I can get my hands on one. If possible can someone post pics of a before and after with this kind of condition?
Hawk Blues are known for flying bits of hot metal burning through whatever coating is on the wheel. The pads we have don't have anywhere near that much metal in them and the speeds we typically drive don't lend themselves to the wholesale hot metal bits sticking to the rim coating like the blues do. Anyone familiar with Blue pads will tell you to clean the wheels as soon as possible after exiting the track (they're a track only pad anyway) to get as much of the metal off as you can.
I don't see any of what I would call pitting. I do see a couple of tiny rock chips, but if I don't clean the wheels daily, they get covered with brake dust so they're not visible anyway.
I can imagine a dealer doing their best to keep a customer happy, but you can't expect them to replace wheels for minor issues. Wheels get beat up by the road. There's no escaping it.
If you like, you can let my wife drive the car. Then you'll have something to really complain about. You'll have endless curb damage on all four corners in short order. Thankfully she drives her Scion and I drive the F.
I don't see any of what I would call pitting. I do see a couple of tiny rock chips, but if I don't clean the wheels daily, they get covered with brake dust so they're not visible anyway.
I can imagine a dealer doing their best to keep a customer happy, but you can't expect them to replace wheels for minor issues. Wheels get beat up by the road. There's no escaping it.
If you like, you can let my wife drive the car. Then you'll have something to really complain about. You'll have endless curb damage on all four corners in short order. Thankfully she drives her Scion and I drive the F.
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Thats interesting that the brake dust would cause that it just doesn't seem plausible. Brake dust corroding rims I can see getting caught in the pits. Unless it burns so hot and comes off and burns the paint on the wheels then yes that sounds good to me. Wax takes that off I might have to look into that with a pitted rim when I can get my hands on one. If possible can someone post pics of a before and after with this kind of condition?
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Yep, that's what I was referring to. The build up of brake dust in the corners where the spoke meets the wheel was significant enough to appear as pitting. That claybar did the trick in our case.
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If you look close enough on the IS-F wheel brake dust, there are many times where I can see it sorta glitter...
There are little tiny metal particles just sitting on the wheel finish..
(on the really dirty ones that is)
Joe Z
There are little tiny metal particles just sitting on the wheel finish..
(on the really dirty ones that is)
Joe Z
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