Folks, I've had my E86 for 6 months and just noticed fine cracks have appeared these past couple of weeks on the centres of just one of my Style 108's.
They're mostly on the spokes just beyond the wheel bolt hole, and right at the point of the spoke.
I've never seen wheels go like this. It looks like just a fault appearing in paint, but could it be pointing to a structural problem in the wheel?
It's an odd one, but I'm just putting it out there in case anyone has seen it before on these wheels.
TIA.
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Odd cracks in paint - Style 108
- Big Andra
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Odd cracks in paint - Style 108
That's exactly how it started on my 224's before it began flaking off.
2003 E85 3.0i titanium silver
Bilstein B4's & Eibach pro's
Poly bushes
Cruise control
Cup holders
Gaptech
Stubby
Bilstein B4's & Eibach pro's
Poly bushes
Cruise control
Cup holders
Gaptech
Stubby
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OnlineMikeyH
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Odd cracks in paint - Style 108
Oh my god, something else to start worrying about. Could it be incompatible paint to lacquer. I seem to remember reading on the silk forum that the red paint bubbles due to something similar.
Now, Sterling grey Z4 2.2 with cup holders, stubby aerial and sport seats. Roadsters ‘cause they’re great with the roof down.
Ford Anglia, Red Sprite, a few MG midgets, MGB Roadster and yellow Ford Capri, all gone many years now.
Ford Anglia, Red Sprite, a few MG midgets, MGB Roadster and yellow Ford Capri, all gone many years now.
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Odd cracks in paint - Style 108
The powder coater told me that he'd changed the powder he was using which resulted in many comebacks due to all of them flaking off. Buy cheap buy twice I suppose.
2003 E85 3.0i titanium silver
Bilstein B4's & Eibach pro's
Poly bushes
Cruise control
Cup holders
Gaptech
Stubby
Bilstein B4's & Eibach pro's
Poly bushes
Cruise control
Cup holders
Gaptech
Stubby
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OnlineMikeyH
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Odd cracks in paint - Style 108
Quite true.
Now, Sterling grey Z4 2.2 with cup holders, stubby aerial and sport seats. Roadsters ‘cause they’re great with the roof down.
Ford Anglia, Red Sprite, a few MG midgets, MGB Roadster and yellow Ford Capri, all gone many years now.
Ford Anglia, Red Sprite, a few MG midgets, MGB Roadster and yellow Ford Capri, all gone many years now.
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Odd cracks in paint - Style 108
Thanks for the info. This is pushing me to do what I always intended - paint the centres anthracite.