My 06 rims have gotten these marks on them that look like cracks and its on all four rims. The cracks are all over them. I think it may be the clear coat but im not sure if thats the case. One of them the paint seems to be cracking. Any one run into this problem before? any suggestions on how to get rid of them? thanks in advance

<a href="http://s545.photobucket.com/albums/hh375/Irmarubio2013/rubios%20album/?action=view&current=IMG_0689.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i545.photobucket.com/albums/hh375/Irmarubio2013/rubios%20album/IMG_0689.jpg" border="0" alt="06 z rim 3"></a>

<a href="http://s545.photobucket.com/albums/hh375/Irmarubio2013/rubios%20album/?action=view&current=IMG_0691.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i545.photobucket.com/albums/hh375/Irmarubio2013/rubios%20album/IMG_0691.jpg" border="0" alt="z rim 06"></a>

<a href="http://s545.photobucket.com/albums/hh375/Irmarubio2013/rubios%20album/?action=view&current=IMG_0687.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i545.photobucket.com/albums/hh375/Irmarubio2013/rubios%20album/IMG_0687.jpg" border="0" alt="06 z rim 5"></a>

 

Wow.. that is very odd. The first thing I thought of was if you had a thorn bush/rose bush by your driveway or something - rubbing the wheels..

But, the third pic looks as you described - 'cracking of the clear coat'.

Sorry I don't have an explanation or suggestion - maybe stop by a local body shop for them to look at and give you an opinion (probably in the form of a price quote ).

 

Do you visit an automatic car wash?

 

yeah asking a body shop or maybe a wheel shop seems like the way to go right now....i always hand wash the car

 

I've had no issue with mine so far "knock on wood" that really sucks though, I would bring it to the shop and see how much they would charge you...it might be worth it just to buy some new wheels.

 

That is a interesting pattern.

Looks like flex cracks. You experience flex crack in flexible components such as bumpers. Bumper flexes - paint does not - paint cracks. Assume this is superficial. Still have a wheel pro take a look.

 

Ive seen that happen to dumbfawks who use the wrong cleaner

 

do u use a wheel cleaner when u wash your car?do u wash your car after driving aound an the wheel/rim is hot?my guess would be thats from a acidic wheel cleaner.....not that hard to fix .($400)body shop or ($75-100)DIY ...sand....repaint..clearcoat

 

Cat trying to climb your wheels?

 

I do wash my the Z after I drive around a bit but I do not use a wheel cleaner. As for the diy What sand paper do I use? And I haven't been able to find the color code for the wheels

 

Same thing happened to mine on my 07.

paint is stripping off and cracking like so and its only a 22K mile car.

i've had to order aftermarket wheels