11-12-2012, 05:14 PM | #71 |
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When my car was delivered to the dealer, part of their "check" is making sure the lug nuts are torqued. I know first hand that a thin wall socket has to be used on our cars because of the tight space. Maybe and I am spit balling here, but maybe the tech used a regular socket causing the socket to burn off or rub off the clear coat. That exact problem happened to me with my Tahoe. Just a thought.
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11-12-2012, 07:07 PM | #73 |
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After some persistance on my part on my 2013 #1310 chevy is going to replace all 4 of my black wheels for the thin paint issue. The dealer told me the black ones are on national backorder so it may take a couple of weeks.
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11-12-2012, 10:17 PM | #75 |
I've got black wheels and the paint is very bad. In some places you can see aluminum with spatter. I noticed it during my first wash job but figured the battle with GM wouldn't be worth it....
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11-12-2012, 11:03 PM | #76 | |
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It is not worth my time trying to take the car in and mess with other people work on the car. The car is not that much of a exotic car, it was built on a assembly line. |
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11-12-2012, 11:16 PM | #78 |
11-13-2012, 05:55 AM | #79 |
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Well I had 3 of my wheels replaced by the dealer because of this problem. My service manager called me when they came in. When I got there and looked at them,they were better, but still not 100% perfect. There were still little places around the lug nut holes. Not near as many or as bad. I just said, "screw it",put em on!! This car is not going to be perfect nor is it going to stay perfect. If you drive it, sh1t happens!! My local dealer has 5 ZL1s right now. Two of them have the silver wheels and both of them have these same little places around the lug nut holes. Just thin paint from the wheel factory,Plain and Simple. So if some of you want to keep fighting the good fight until your cars are 100% perfect....I salute you!!!! But for me,mine is close enuff!!! Im going to enjoy it instead of spending all my time at the dealer.
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11-13-2012, 07:12 PM | #80 | |
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I rather drive and work on my car myself. If given new wheels, then the tires have to be taken on and off, that is just more chances of some other thing to go wrong. |
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11-19-2015, 09:16 AM | #81 |
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Brandon, are you on here?
I have the same problem with my wheels on my 2012 ZL1 that has 6k miles. The car has never been driven in the rain let alone snow. It is a fair weather weekend ride. In fact the car is about to go into winter storage. The only cleaner I use is the car wash soap.
On Oct 30th I took my car back to the dealership to report the wheel problem (all four are affected). The service manager came out and took a look. He went into the shop and came back with wheel cleaner. When he used the cleaner on the wheel it actually made it worse. He then took pictures and said he would be contacting Chevy. I have not heard another thing about this issue. How long does this process take? I bought the extended warranty with the car and had no issues with the car. My thoughts are if the wheels look this poorly at 6k, what will they look like at 12k? The wheels are clearly defective. This has not happened to any of my other cars.
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11-23-2015, 08:35 PM | #82 |
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Please let me know when you hear back from Chevy. I have the same issue with my wheels, but my dealer wouldn't even bring the issue up with them.
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11-26-2015, 06:40 PM | #83 |
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Hard Water Deposits/Staining
The problem I have encountered with my ZL1 wheels is that when driving through rain or after washing the car, water tends to stay in the lug nut holes unless you use a paper towel to wick/absorb it out. If left in the holes, the water evaporates, leaving a hard layer of mineralization, brake dust and staining. This discolors the silver paint in the hole around the lug nut and is very hard to clean. I just live with it.
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12-30-2015, 02:26 PM | #84 |
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My wheels are the same around the lugs, but also on each spoke its pitting. its pitting really bad on the inside lip of the rim (that cant be seen very well). I asked GM, and they took pics and forward to Chevy, but they said it was just road debris causing the damage.
I'm to the point of getting them powder coated black now. I have the optional white/chrome (whatever color they are) wheels.
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