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Originally Posted by Budarooski
Just giving everyone a heads up...
The NAPA Tire & Wheel cleaner, NAPA AUTO PARTS, damaged my custom rims.
After several uses on my black powder coated rims it ate right through the finish and etched my wheels to where it looked like someone poured milk on the rims and let it run down. There was no fix and I had to have my rims re-powder coated.
I wrote to NAPA but seriously doubt they'll even write back (if they do, it'll most likely be "Gee, we're sorry. Thanks for shopping at NAPA").
From now on, it's car soap and water ONLY on my newly powder coated rims. |
Sorry to dig this up, but I was reading your post and wanted to chime in.
What most likely happened was the result of a reaction between the alkaline and the anodized finish on your rims.
Lots of custom wheels like Work and SSR and Fuchs use clear anodizing instead of regular clear coat paint.
I used Poorboy's Wheel Cleaner as it said it was safe for aftermarket alloy wheels and it did pretty much exactly what you're describing to my brand new 3-piece SSR 20's....
There are some cleaners that say they are safe for anodized wheels. Meguiars has one I'm pretty sure. But it's safest to just do as you are doing now, and stick to warm water and soap.
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