PantherGTBlack

Well, gave them a good wash today and it helped some, at least got the hard-water taken care of. Still have some discoloration in the wheels, used a little bit of Mother's polish and that helped but still have the "stripes". We'll see what the dealer does, I won't let them wash it! LOL If I'm not happy I've got my mind made up on these wheels for a replacement. I'll get pics of the car once it quits raining, I'm lucky to have a wash bay in the garage. Here are the wheels: http://www.tirerack.com/upgrade_garage/BigPic.jsp?wheelMake=ASA&wheelModel=GT1&wheelFinish=Bright+Silver+Paint

One favor to ask of ya, could you change the spelling of my member name to "PantherGTBlack"? Without the quotes of course, I misspelled in my fit of anger.

I had my car in for a small repair on the rear bumper cover. My dad had pulled out my car this winter and didn't pull it in far enough and when he shut the garage door, the hinge went down the back of my bumper! Anywho, that is fixed now, but now I have another problem... I currently have these wheels on my car: http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/Wheel...All&sort=Brand As you have noticed they have a stainless steel lip. The Body Shop was being courteous and happened to wash my car for me. I wasn't too happy when I found this out, but that happens. The end of my story goes to this, whatever the hell they used on my wheels has tarnished stainless steel. All 4 wheels have a stained lip on them with hard-water etching that almost rips your fingernail off when run them over it. It's got a zebra stripe appearance to them from where the water ran down the lip of the wheels. I believe it's a combination of the tire shine they used and sitting out in the sun with out being properly rinsed or the overspray from the tire shine got baked on by the sun. AHHH! End Rant. Going to give the body shop a chance to fix it, but if I'm not satisfied I'm going to tell them tough luck, you got insurance for a reason. Fix the problem you caused. Worst part about it, the wheels I have are now discontinued in that offset, so that puts out the ideas of an identical replacement. I'll get some pictures posted up tomorrow for reference.

Gotcha Bill, thanks for the heads up on that. I'll clean it up and re-post, just really grinds my gears.

Hey guys and gals, heard about this from some of the guys over on the Grrrr8 forum. Had a recent issue with the stainless steel lip on my wheels and a body shop fudging them up. That's what brings me here, glad to be here but unfortunately for a bad reason.