Clear Coat on Wheel Cracking
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Clear Coat on Wheel Cracking
Hi Everyone,
I was in my driveway the other day and noticed my one wheel had serious chipping and cracking in the clear coat. They look like stress cracks to me but it is only on one wheel.
Has anybody seen this before? Car is a 2017 with 36k miles on it.
I was in my driveway the other day and noticed my one wheel had serious chipping and cracking in the clear coat. They look like stress cracks to me but it is only on one wheel.
Has anybody seen this before? Car is a 2017 with 36k miles on it.
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Wow. That doesn't look right. I have the AMG Multi-spoke 18s and I've never seen anything like that.
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Car wash chemicals have been known to do that. You'll need to have the whole wheel stripped and clear coat reapplied.
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They guy at my dealership that does all of their paint and rim corrections after they get new vehicles brought in told me to never run a Mercedes through a car wash
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The only car wash I've taken it to is a hand wash that specializes in very high end cars (months ago). The dealership is the last place where it was washed a few weeks ago. Also, it's only on one wheel which I thought was interesting. I have to bring my other car for a service this week so I will show my service advisor the pictures when I am there. Someone said to me that it could have been previously repaired poorly. This wouldn't surprise me since my car was a loaner before I leased it.
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The only car wash I've taken it to is a hand wash that specializes in very high end cars (months ago). The dealership is the last place where it was washed a few weeks ago. Also, it's only on one wheel which I thought was interesting. I have to bring my other car for a service this week so I will show my service advisor the pictures when I am there. Someone said to me that it could have been previously repaired poorly. This wouldn't surprise me since my car was a loaner before I leased it.
Last edited by Brittnie Jane; 06-11-2019 at 02:48 PM.
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Sorry to revive an old thread but ironically I just noticed this on my ML too. I have an W166 ML63 with the 21” wheels and have never noticed this until today.
I have started driving it a lot more in the winter this year and unfortunately have been taking it through “reputable” washes in the area to rid it of road salt.
It’s on the both driver side wheels - with the front driver having it worse. At first I thought it was curbed by the car wash track but the cracks cannot be felt when you run your fingers across them. I thought it could have been due to stress cracking from me having to drive over some deep rumble sticks, but idk.
I’ll eventually have it repaired but might wait to see what happens with the other wheels.
OP, what did you end up doing?
I have started driving it a lot more in the winter this year and unfortunately have been taking it through “reputable” washes in the area to rid it of road salt.
It’s on the both driver side wheels - with the front driver having it worse. At first I thought it was curbed by the car wash track but the cracks cannot be felt when you run your fingers across them. I thought it could have been due to stress cracking from me having to drive over some deep rumble sticks, but idk.
I’ll eventually have it repaired but might wait to see what happens with the other wheels.
OP, what did you end up doing?
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Sorry to revive an old thread but ironically I just noticed this on my ML too. I have an W166 ML63 with the 21” wheels and have never noticed this until today.
I have started driving it a lot more in the winter this year and unfortunately have been taking it through “reputable” washes in the area to rid it of road salt.
It’s on the both driver side wheels - with the front driver having it worse. At first I thought it was curbed by the car wash track but the cracks cannot be felt when you run your fingers across them. I thought it could have been due to stress cracking from me having to drive over some deep rumble sticks, but idk.
I’ll eventually have it repaired but might wait to see what happens with the other wheels.
OP, what did you end up doing?
I have started driving it a lot more in the winter this year and unfortunately have been taking it through “reputable” washes in the area to rid it of road salt.
It’s on the both driver side wheels - with the front driver having it worse. At first I thought it was curbed by the car wash track but the cracks cannot be felt when you run your fingers across them. I thought it could have been due to stress cracking from me having to drive over some deep rumble sticks, but idk.
I’ll eventually have it repaired but might wait to see what happens with the other wheels.
OP, what did you end up doing?
the dealership repaired it for free since I had the wheel and tire package which also covered cosmetic issues. Sorry this might not be of much help to you
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That’s good to hear! I’ll probably ask my SA for their vendors contact info that does the refinishing on damaged wheels. Thanks for the response.