Wheel Corrosion

[Shez]

Hi there, I have just bought a second hand IS 250 its in great condition except that around the Lexus badge on the rims there is a lot of pitting and corrosion. Has anybody else experienced this? I know it is quite common in the US and UK.

[ilv1004s]

wheel corrosion in the US is caued by salt on the road during winter

in australia

it's probably dodgy repaired wheels that was starting to rust and flake

[Steve]

salt is the culprit.

latest thing i have een seeing is vinyl wrapping wheels. Protects them until you come to sell the car

[Shez]

Thanks for the feed back. The wheels are new the car has only done around 40,000 km, and not from a costal area. The wheel vinyl wraping sounds interesting, have never heard of it. I have taken the car back to Lexus service centre and put a in warranty request, as Lexus have a 6 year corrosion warranty so we will wait and see what they have to say.