Paint on wheels cracking???

Astone22 · 11-11-2018, 01:27 PM

Bmw sportline wheels. Looks as if the clear coat is cracking. Has anyone ever seen this? Is this covered under warranty?

Astone22 · 11-11-2018, 04:23 PM

2015 428 sportline purchased as a cpo. Original in service date was March 2015.

Billfitz · 11-11-2018, 04:48 PM

That looks like curb rash.

tuco44 · 11-11-2018, 04:54 PM

Agree, looks like curb rash painted over. Doesn't look like cracking paint IMO.

Astone22 · 11-11-2018, 04:56 PM

The wheel is perfectly smooth no rash

BrettKA7 · 11-11-2018, 05:01 PM

Don't these wheels have a machined faces from factory? A shoddy repaint would explain it.

Edit: if it's sportline then these definitely have machined faces from the factory as far as I've seen.

IK6SPEED · 11-11-2018, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Astone22

2015 428 sportline purchased as a cpo. Original in service date was March 2015.

If under 50,000 miles (you did not disclose), take it to the Dealer and ask them to look at. If a true factory flaw, it would be covered.

If it is over 50,000 miles or the wheel that has been repaired, you have no claim under warranty. But I would certainly make a stink that it wasn’t disclosed with the CPO. Of course, they could claim you had damaged repaired.

Noelified · 11-11-2018, 08:56 PM

Sorry, but looks like bad wheel repair starting to show aging to me. They also don't look like sportline machined surface wheels to me.

Billfitz · 11-11-2018, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Astone22

The wheel is perfectly smooth no rash

That tells me that tuco44 is correct, the curb rash was painted over, badly, as part of the reconditioning after it was traded in, and subsequent to that it got new rubber.

Astone22 · 11-11-2018, 09:08 PM

I think after looking more closely they must have been repainted. I'll ask the dealer I guess

Sea-Tac · 11-11-2018, 09:44 PM

Possible the dealer or previous owner did a poor job of repainting. If that was the case that might account for the cracking.

Astone22 · 11-18-2018, 04:23 PM

Update: wheels were previously powered coated by the dealer. Taking them in tomorrow to get redone. Should I get dark grey or black?

Astone22 · 11-20-2018, 05:35 PM

Wheels are all done! Gloss black

vooonoo · 11-20-2018, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Astone22

Wheels are all done! Gloss black

how much did that cost?!?!?! I like them black

Astone22 · 11-20-2018, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by vooonoo

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Originally Posted by Astone22

Wheels are all done! Gloss black

how much did that cost?!?!?! I like them black

Full powder coat was roughly 125 a wheel

Billfitz · 11-21-2018, 07:18 AM

Much cheaper:

https://www.amazon.com/VHT-SP183-Sat...223452937&th=1

Painting wheels isn't at all difficult if you have any experience with spray painting. Like any painting preparation is 90% of the work. The biggest part of the job is sanding out any scratches, like those in the OPs first picture. Whoever first repainted the wheels didn't do that, giving that bad result. Sanding the inside faces of the spokes is a PITA if they need it, but curb rash seldom gets in there, so it's rare that you'd have to do much sanding of hard to reach spots.

Astone22 · 11-21-2018, 11:24 AM

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Much cheaper:
[img]https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....L._SL1500_.jpg[/img]
https://www.amazon.com/VHT-SP183-Sat...52937&th=1

Painting wheels isn't at all difficult if you have any experience with spray painting. Like any painting preparation is 90% of the work. The biggest part of the job is sanding out any scratches, like those in the OPs first picture. Whoever first repainted the wheels didn't do that, giving that bad result. Sanding the inside faces of the spokes is a PITA if they need it, but curb rash seldom gets in there, so it's rare that you'd have to do much sanding of hard to reach spots.

Spray painting your wheels is not the same thing as powder coating them....

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Astone22 First Lieutenant 78 Rep 388 Posts Drives: F30 320 xdrive, f32 428 Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Stl iTrader: (1)	I think after looking more closely they must have been repainted. I'll ask the dealer I guess
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Astone22 First Lieutenant 78 Rep 388 Posts Drives: F30 320 xdrive, f32 428 Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Stl iTrader: (1)	Update: wheels were previously powered coated by the dealer. Taking them in tomorrow to get redone. Should I get dark grey or black?
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Billfitz Lieutenant General 8243 Rep 16,079 Posts Drives: '15 328iX GT Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: New Hampshire iTrader: (0)	Much cheaper: https://www.amazon.com/VHT-SP183-Sat...223452937&th=1 Painting wheels isn't at all difficult if you have any experience with spray painting. Like any painting preparation is 90% of the work. The biggest part of the job is sanding out any scratches, like those in the OPs first picture. Whoever first repainted the wheels didn't do that, giving that bad result. Sanding the inside faces of the spokes is a PITA if they need it, but curb rash seldom gets in there, so it's rare that you'd have to do much sanding of hard to reach spots.
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