I have a 2010 SS with the Midnight Silver painted wheels. The right front wheel has large paint flaking on the side of the spokes. The other 3 wheels are fine, except for a few rock chips.
Since it is only flaking on one wheel, I would suspect that it is a defective paint job from the factory. The large flakes are down to bare metal that is brown and almost rust color. This makes me think it is a surface preparation issue.
My SS is 5 years old in December and this happened about 6 months ago. One day it was fine and the next day it wasn't.
If you are still under the bumper to bumper warranty, then I would take it to the dealer and claim it is a factory defect.
If that doesn't work, then you now have the perfect excuse to get new aftermarket wheels.
