Oh noes! Black RPF1 fading...
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Oh noes! Black RPF1 fading...
So past few times I have washed my car I starting to notice that the spokes in the middle are fading from black to like orangish silver. Anyone else that has the black rpf1s notice this as well. Theres not that many of you out there so I dont think ill get totally enough feedback. EDIT You cant see the fading unless you are like looking at the wheel via within 3ft. Its on the forward and aft side of the spoke.
I stepped on my camera at the lake so getting a good picture will be aids to get.
I believe the cause for fading is...
1. Fading is due to massive heat from the brakes. I do drive it like I stole it, even to the mini mart for a Red Bull.
2. Fading is due to a color defect.
Either way im pretty bummed ill soon have stripped wheels.
I stepped on my camera at the lake so getting a good picture will be aids to get.
I believe the cause for fading is...
1. Fading is due to massive heat from the brakes. I do drive it like I stole it, even to the mini mart for a Red Bull.
2. Fading is due to a color defect.
Either way im pretty bummed ill soon have stripped wheels.
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Do you think it's fading... or rather, that it's the first time you've noticed it from thin paint coverage?
I have owned a few sets of painted and powder-coated wheels... had never experienced a "fading" problem before. My '06 M Coupe painted wheels didn't fade after 2 track days, where temps get way higher than any street driving.
However, I have seen thin paint coverage on the sides of the spokes, as the painter didn't shoot his gun sideways enough on the spokes. Check your other wheels/spokes, and see what you come up with...
I have owned a few sets of painted and powder-coated wheels... had never experienced a "fading" problem before. My '06 M Coupe painted wheels didn't fade after 2 track days, where temps get way higher than any street driving.
However, I have seen thin paint coverage on the sides of the spokes, as the painter didn't shoot his gun sideways enough on the spokes. Check your other wheels/spokes, and see what you come up with...
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damn it dan, stop beating me to the punch.
+1 on the what are you using to clean your wheels question.
I used wheel cleaner on my OEM wheels but I'm scared to death to use it on my Silver Advans.
+1 on the what are you using to clean your wheels question.
I used wheel cleaner on my OEM wheels but I'm scared to death to use it on my Silver Advans.
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another black owner here.. nothing major here ive had them for a couple of months even drove em in part of the winter. but then again i just use soap and water never used the wheel cleaner
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Do you think it's fading... or rather, that it's the first time you've noticed it from thin paint coverage?
What are you cleaning them with? ...some wheel cleaners are strong acid...and they raise hell with the paint after a while
You only notice it when you are washing it, possibly the water makes it look like its fading?
My '06 M Coupe painted wheels didn't fade after 2 track days, where temps get way higher than any street driving.
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If you would do work in the first place at work instead of postwhoring you could have seen a Dick's.
Its a bit hard to try to figure out the close up settings of the camera with the LCD screen is broken I guess thats karma for talking to some girls in bikinis at Greenlake. Than stepping on my camera as I shifted my weight.
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that's good that you drive it but you should wash it too...
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that definitely doesn't look normal, how long have you had them? I'm not sure since I don't own these wheels bit is there a warranty?
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that definitely doesn't look normal, how long have you had them? I'm not sure since I don't own these wheels bit is there a warranty?
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Actually those wheels have only been on the front for a month and a half since I installed my struts. The rears look the same. So thats the fade from just about a month of hard driving.
But I have had the wheels for about 5-6 months+/-
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I haven't had any problems with fading. I get a coating of nasty brake dust from the track pads that I run all the time and I did 4 track weekends with mine. Maybe you just got a flawed set. The coating is a little rougher on the sides of the spokes, but mine has been like that from the beginning. I've found the same thing with my gold ones.