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Bukhouse


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Hi,

My son in law and wife have a Coromal silhouette 2006 and the mag wheels have crazing under the

coating on the surface of the mags it appears that it is common problem 

dose anyone know the cause ??

to fix he had to sand the mag back and repolish

cheers Ken



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Greg 1


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Probably moisture getting in under the clear coat finish. If he rubs them back he will need to respray them with clear coat otherwise the aluminium will oxidise quite quickly and go dull.

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Bukhouse


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Thanks for the reply I'll tell him to recoat with clear coat



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WAssa41


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My nephew had the same problem and they where replaced. He was told that there was a problem in manufacturing and the wheel was flexing which caused the problem. It may or may not be the same thing.

Wassa



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Aus-Kiwi


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If they wont replace ? Its not hard to repair clear coat . Or 2 pac paint them ?

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I've noticed the wheels on our 2012 van doing the same, including the spare which has never been on the road, so I doubt flexing is the cause. When it bothers me I'll rub the wheels back and re-coat them.

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Bukhouse


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Hi,
I contacted Coromal and its water getting under coating as Greg1 suggested
to fix is to paint strip coating sand rim and recoat

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