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Offline Snoopy

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Re: Could this be the start of Whiteworm?
« Reply #10 on: 15 August 2011, 17:51 »
 that looks more like curb rash on those 17s
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Offline am1w

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Re: Could this be the start of Whiteworm?
« Reply #11 on: 15 August 2011, 18:59 »
Quote from: Snoopy on 15 August 2011, 17:51
that looks more like curb rash on those 17s

Most surfaces are smooth to the touch.
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Re: Could this be the start of Whiteworm?
« Reply #12 on: 15 August 2011, 21:26 »

The car is going into the dealers tomorrow for a nice new wheel and 4 new alloy caps  :smiley:


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Re: Could this be the start of Whiteworm?
« Reply #13 on: 16 August 2011, 08:53 »
I worked in the aircraft industry and this type of corrosion is a b!tch to fix. evenmore so when you need a 'bare' aluminium looking surface after fixing it. here's a link to what was required to fix filiform corrosion.

http://www.airmod.com/articles/PDF/Corrosion%20Article%202.pdf
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Re: Could this be the start of Whiteworm?
« Reply #14 on: 16 August 2011, 10:40 »
Quote from: Snoopy on 15 August 2011, 17:51
that looks more like curb rash on those 17s

I agree.
Aren't the 17" Monzas painted anyway?
Whiteworm only applies to diamond cut and lacquered wheels doesn't it?

You do get corrosion under the paint of painted wheels but it generally doesn't appear in the same way as 'white worm'.
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Re: Could this be the start of Whiteworm?
« Reply #15 on: 16 August 2011, 12:14 »
Yes the 17s are painted. That 17 i have seen similar looking before at a dealer, the yellow swirls was due to curb rubbing
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Re: Could this be the start of Whiteworm?
« Reply #16 on: 17 August 2011, 23:35 »
How the hell can anyone have wheels like that?! It's like they drove onto and back down the frickin' kerb! I, as a great lover of the 4 rings and don't have standard equipment like you guys, lower my passenger mirror when parking next to a kerb to avoid this!!
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Re: Could this be the start of Whiteworm?
« Reply #17 on: 08 November 2011, 15:52 »
Took my car in for a service today and mentioned the 2 tiny spots on my Vancouver wheel. Told them it was Filiform corrosion (thought I'd hit them with the technical term). To be honest I thought they would chase me as there is only 10 months left on the warranty and it wasn't the main dealer I had bought the car from.  Couldn't believe when I went to pick the car up that they have ordered a new alloy for me!!

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Re: Could this be the start of Whiteworm?
« Reply #18 on: 08 November 2011, 21:25 »
Quote from: p3asa on 08 November 2011, 15:52
Took my car in for a service today and mentioned the 2 tiny spots on my Vancouver wheel. Told them it was Filiform corrosion (thought I'd hit them with the technical term). To be honest I thought they would chase me as there is only 10 months left on the warranty and it wasn't the main dealer I had bought the car from.  Couldn't believe when I went to pick the car up that they have ordered a new alloy for me!!

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I had the two passenger side ones replaced due to white worm no questions asked.  I hadn't damaged them at all.
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