Is 350 rims ruined by bodyshop
05-24-16, 01:47 PM
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Is 350 rims ruined by bodyshop
OK, this is not the 1st time I've seen this happen. But since now it has happened to my 15' IS 350, I'm furious. Please anyone with any advise, comments, suggestions on what to do. Or if anyone has this problem to please post your picture in this thread. I need some more artillery to come back with to the dealership or body shop. Thanks!!!!
05-28-16, 01:38 PM
#3
I would take it back and make them fix it. if that means scrubbing with clay bar (usually works) thats great, if it means all new wheels thats fine by me. One time a shop messed up all 4 black 03 cobra wheels on my mustang. they tried handing me the keys with it touched up and i put my hands up and told them I'm gonna need a rental until they make this right.
05-29-16, 11:24 AM
#4
Nothing is going to fix that. Clay bar won't do jack sht.
They washed your wheels when the car/brakes were still hot and most likely let the cleaner/chemical dry out and leave those streaks. I've seen hundreds of Lexus wheels with that issue, and almost always with that same finish which is like a semi-gloss black chrome.
Nothing short of a full stripping and re-powdercoating of the wheels is fixing that.
Could have been 100% avoided if wheels were properly cleaned.
They washed your wheels when the car/brakes were still hot and most likely let the cleaner/chemical dry out and leave those streaks. I've seen hundreds of Lexus wheels with that issue, and almost always with that same finish which is like a semi-gloss black chrome.
Nothing short of a full stripping and re-powdercoating of the wheels is fixing that.
Could have been 100% avoided if wheels were properly cleaned.
05-29-16, 11:28 AM
#5
You want some artillery?
Google these exact words "lexus wheels stained"
9/10 of the pictures show Lexus wheels in that exact finish with the same issue you have. Click on the pictures and most of them lead to some forum thread where people were faced with a similar problem, almost always leading back to the wheels being cleaned while hot and not rinsed in time. Even if they never washed your wheels, they could have sprayed something on or around your car and the overspray of the chemicals when left to dry on the surface will create those marks.
Google these exact words "lexus wheels stained"
9/10 of the pictures show Lexus wheels in that exact finish with the same issue you have. Click on the pictures and most of them lead to some forum thread where people were faced with a similar problem, almost always leading back to the wheels being cleaned while hot and not rinsed in time. Even if they never washed your wheels, they could have sprayed something on or around your car and the overspray of the chemicals when left to dry on the surface will create those marks.
05-29-16, 11:34 AM
#6
Don't let that place "polish" or "buff" the wheels. They might try to tel weasel their way out of a full replacement. You cannot polish or buff that finish because it's not a gloss clearcoated wheel. Any polishing or buffing will completely change the finish and that's not what you want.
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09-23-16, 10:13 AM
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This is primarily caused by aggressive and caustic chemicals - because shops, dealers, and car washes are too lazy to actually wash a wheel.
They think there is a simple answer to clean wheels that involves chemicals. It's okay for chrome wheels, but terrible for painted or coated wheels.
It is NOT a Lexus defect, rather an operator/detailer error..
If they took five extra minutes, they'd find that the stock wheels are easily cleaned with car wash soap and a decent wash mitt.
The only way to fix it is to replace the wheels - I don't know anybody in North America that can reproduce the finish on the OE IS wheels.
You could have them powdercoated or painted, but the finish will not look exactly like the stock finish.
I always tell people "never spray anything on your wheels that you would not spray on the hood of your car."
They think there is a simple answer to clean wheels that involves chemicals. It's okay for chrome wheels, but terrible for painted or coated wheels.
It is NOT a Lexus defect, rather an operator/detailer error..
If they took five extra minutes, they'd find that the stock wheels are easily cleaned with car wash soap and a decent wash mitt.
The only way to fix it is to replace the wheels - I don't know anybody in North America that can reproduce the finish on the OE IS wheels.
You could have them powdercoated or painted, but the finish will not look exactly like the stock finish.
I always tell people "never spray anything on your wheels that you would not spray on the hood of your car."
Last edited by SoCalSC4; 09-23-16 at 10:17 AM.
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