Has anyone else noticed a rash of Ford wheels with the paint / finish just peeling off? I see it all the time, from the Edge, to Fusions, to the Focus. I would be extremely unhappy if my new (few year old) car had wheels with peeling paint!
Originally Posted by gregk24
Has anyone else noticed a rash of Ford wheels with the paint / finish just peeling off? I see it all the time, from the Edge, to Fusions, to the Focus. I would be extremely unhappy if my new (few year old) car had wheels with peeling paint!
Originally Posted by tig1
Originally Posted by gregk24
Has anyone else noticed a rash of Ford wheels with the paint / finish just peeling off? I see it all the time, from the Edge, to Fusions, to the Focus. I would be extremely unhappy if my new (few year old) car had wheels with peeling paint!
Mine hasn't.
Good! I've noticed it mostly on dark finish and chrome plated wheels.
My 2010 Mustang had golf ball size chips peeling off on two of the wheels. The others absorbed brake dust that couldn't be cleaned off. The original color was silver w/clear. I had a body shop paint them gloss black.
I've seen it but just assumed it was due to the corrosive road salt here in New England. I've seen quite a few newer GM pickups with rust bubbles around the wheel arch already, which is sad considering how much those things cost.
The factory painted aluminum wheels that came on my 1996 Ford Contour and 2005 Explorer are just fine, no peeling of the finish at all. As time went on vehicle manufactures de contented features from existing models as they carried over into the new model years. Also they cheapened the quality of newer models. The interior fit and finish and over feel of quality is better on our 2005 Explorer than our 2017 Explorer. Though the 2017 is perfectly comfortable, even for hours and hours of driving, the over all quality of the interior is not as nice as the 2005.
Completely depends on the wheel. I've driven a ton of Fords for work and personal use, and the only alloy wheels I've had trouble with have been the ones on my 2007 Explorer. They are 17" wheels and the coating on them has not held up great. Granted, they are now 12 years old, but they haven't seen winter in 6 years and are still having problems...
My Fords, parents Fords and brother too have had no wheel issues. All f150's and one Fusion. I will say in the last ten years 3 GM vehicles have had wheel issues. Two suburbans and my previous Cobalt had very bad clear coat problems, the clear coat began to peel allowing moisture underneath to grow black mold or mildew. I can also attest to multiple bulb changes in the GM's, not the Fords.
The alloy wheels on the 99 Accord looked terrible after living in the salt. Meanwhile the wheels on my dad's 01 Camry looked great and nothing was ever done to them.