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Apr 11, 2005 | 04:15 PM

BostonSLK350

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2005 SLK350 Silver w/ Black; 2004 GMC Sierra 2500

Wheel Issues

I wanted to see if anyone else was experiencing the same issues that I am in regards to the stock alluminum 10 spoke wheels. I was washing my car this weekend and I went to pollish the wheels with Mothers Mag and Alluminum Wheel pollish. Before I did it i noticed that it looked like the finish on the wheels was coming off. It looked really bad upclose. Anyone else had this problem? anyone know if this would be something that could be warrantable?

Any comments are greatly appreciated. BTW this was the first time I was going to polish them so I can rule out that it was the polish that is causing the issue.

Thanks

Apr 11, 2005 | 04:17 PM

BostonSLK350

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I also forgot to mention that the bolts on the brake caliper and a little bit of the area near the brake disc seem to be starting to rust a little bit. Is this common or an issue? again warrentable?

thanks

Apr 11, 2005 | 07:37 PM

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Sounds like your car is fairly new, so it definitely is a warranty issue. My car is about five months old and I have the ten spoke wheels. The wheels look perfect. If they didn't MB would be replacing them. You can bet on that.

Apr 15, 2005 | 10:29 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BostonSLK350

I wanted to see if anyone else was experiencing the same issues that I am in regards to the stock alluminum 10 spoke wheels. I was washing my car this weekend and I went to pollish the wheels with Mothers Mag and Alluminum Wheel pollish. Before I did it i noticed that it looked like the finish on the wheels was coming off. It looked really bad upclose. Anyone else had this problem? anyone know if this would be something that could be warrantable?

Any comments are greatly appreciated. BTW this was the first time I was going to polish them so I can rule out that it was the polish that is causing the issue.

Thanks

I'm not sure you should be using this on clear coated wheels...are you?

Apr 15, 2005 | 11:37 PM

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The rust around the calipers is notmal. Nothing to worry about there, but if the rim is peeling you have an issue.

Apr 18, 2005 | 12:10 AM

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Sounds like you (or some place you took the car for a wash) are (is) using some corrosive wheel cleaner which is also finding its way onto the brake calipers.

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