Clear coat peeling

[ArthurK]

While I was detailing my car this weekend I noticed one of my rims, Carrera 5 Spokes, was loosing its clear coat in some parts. At the same time I noticed one other was deveoping hair line cracks in the clear coat

The rims have never been hit and nor do they have any curb rash. Anyone ever experienced this before and I assume this is easily rectifiable.

[JimPDX]

While I was detailing my car this weekend I noticed one of my rims, Carrera 5 Spokes, was loosing its clear coat in some parts. At the same time I noticed one other was deveoping hair line cracks in the clear coat

The rims have never been hit and nor do they have any curb rash. Anyone ever experienced this before and I assume this is easily rectifiable.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Similar situation happened on my car...I got hit by a rock or some other piece of road debris and it put an small chip into the side of the rim. After a few months I noticed that the clear coat was chipping away around the initial chip. I really couldn't justify having the wheel repainted for such a small chip but I was concerned about it getting worse.

I essentially abraded the chip with a very fine wet sandpaper 000 grit wrapped around a lead pencil rubber eraser. I extended the sanding about 5mm around the original chip. Bought some touch up paint and applied a small dab of it to the area. Then took some very mild rubbing coumpound (Blue Coral) and the applied it to the area and with the edge of a credit card. With the edge of the credit card I rubbed the rubbing compound out till the dab of paint was smooth to the touch and even with the other painted surface. I then applied a small dab of clear coat and let it dry in the sun for about an hour and 1/2...then did the rubbing compound credit card thing again.

Looks fine. You have to get right on top of the wheel to see where the chip was...

Jim

[Costa]

Arthur,

I would get an expert opinion from an expert paintshop etc...

It could be that the clearcoat has been affected by a chemical process eg. if you purchased your wheels/vehicle second-hand, the previous owner may have utilised a wheel cleaner that may have affected the clear coat over time.