White Worm on your Alloys

[MikeGTI]

Hi guys, read a lot on here about people discovering white worm on their alloys, but no pics of what it actually looks like.

Have discovered a couple of marks on one of my alloys and as they appear to sit underneath the surface think I may now be suffering it.

Knowing what dealers are like though I'd like to be confident of what I have before approaching them about the issue.

So I'm asking if anyone has anyone could post pics of their wheels with whiteworm for me to compare?

Many Thanks

[182_blue]

as the name suggests they look like little white worms under the lacquer, but sorry i dont have pics

[182_blue]

*edit* i just searched the site and found this

[Greenouse]

I think it's pretty easy to see why that wheel has gone the way it has. Brail parking 

[The Wheel Man]

My GTI is coming upto 3 years old so will soon be out of warranty.  Can i take mine back to ANY dealer and get a warranty replacement?

[182_blue]

My GTI is coming upto 3 years old so will soon be out of warranty.  Can i take mine back to ANY dealer and get a warranty replacement?

any dealer can do a warranty claim, not sure on what period wheels are though

[MikeGTI]

Well the marks look nothing like that. Though now that they've been meticulously cleaned I can feel that they're couple of very tiny scratches.

Not surprisingly the damage coincides with a recent trip to the dealers 

Though I've been to slow in reporting it for it to stand up to argument. 

[MikeGTI]

Thanks for the pic though 182, satisfied my curiosity.

[182_blue]

put up pics of yours ?

[martininwillerby]

Hi... My local dealer (VW Priory Pk) JCT600 delt with mine very swiftly. One of them only had the tiniest of dots on it. But it was enough to claim a change.
Ended up with four new ones, all put away for when I sell or trade the car next....


martininwillerby