Hi everyone,

I have a 2010 FL VRS estate which I bought from new. It has recently suffered some very minor kerb damage on the front nearside alloy. This is very minor damage to the outer rim.

It seems this slight impact has caused a chunck of the surface of the alloy to come away. It is about 2.5cm in diameter and roughly round in shape, a bit bigger than a ten pence piece.

What concerns me is that even to the naked eye there are at least five or six layers of paint clearly visible between the surface of the wheel and what I would refer to as the untreated wheel. The damage is similar looking to the cut surface of a tree where each concentric circle is visible. The missing chunck was obviously made up of paint alone.

Does Skoda seriously apply 5 or 6 layers of paint to each alloy it fits or is there some other more sinister explanation?. Can anyone confirm if this might be the case or come up with any ideas.

I have been trying for ages to attach some photos but I'm afraid my IT skills are not up to the task. Each photo is about 4mb which appears to be to large or I'm not doing it right.

Thanks

Although I don't know much about alloy wheels I wouldn't be surprised if there are that many layers on the wheel as aluminium alloy is naturally a dull metal and to get the wheels looking shiny they would have to have layers of paint and then laquer applied in order to give the required surface finish.

Ian

I have a small chip in one of my alloys, probably from a stone, I have not noticed this on other cars I have had with Alloys before

Edited 2 September, 201015 yr by lozparry

hello there should be three layers of paint primer , colour and clear coat i am a car paint sprayer any more than this on a wheel id say your wheel has been resprayed new cars do get damaged in transport i work in a new car distribution center i respray new cars in my job everyday

hello there should be three layers of paint primer , colour and clear coat i am a car paint sprayer any more than this on a wheel id say your wheel has been resprayed new cars do get damaged in transport i work in a new car distribution center i respray new cars in my job everyday

Sorry for the confusion but is that 3 layers of primer, one of paint and one of clear coat, making five in total?

Thanks

No, one layer of primer - i.e. three layers in all.

What you are describing sounds a bit odd. There is not a layer of corrosion under there, is there? Or filler material?