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Rusty Wheel Bolts

Another optional extra from porsche[:D] Seems to me they all rust,best to buy 5 new studs Then just re-spray existing ones,wheel at a time Paul
 
Rusty wheel nuts - you were lucky !! I've had wheel weights fitted by OPC gone rusty after a few months, now that does look bad !! Anyone else had this by the way ??
 
ORIGINAL: unclewinks Another optional extra from porsche[:D] Seems to me they all rust,best to buy 5 new studs Then just re-spray existing ones,wheel at a time Paul
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Good idea, will be like one of those big bridges that are constantly being painted as soon as one end is finished the other end will need to be done again! Out of interest.... anyone who doesn't have this problem - what are you cleaning your wheels with?
 
I heard somewhere that lead was now banned in these weights ?? I think they might have just used cheap weights to be honest, the latest ones I had fitted fell off the wheel overnight in my garage.
 
I use Zymol Wheel Brite which is non-acidic. I've had my car for 3 years and no problems with rust to date. Any "natural" ingredient based cleaner *should* not create rust. Our BMW which is just over a year old has really rusty nuts, a result of taking it to too many eastern european hand car wash people at Homebase [:mad:]
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ORIGINAL: unclewinks Another optional extra from porsche[:D] Seems to me they all rust,best to buy 5 new studs Then just re-spray existing ones,wheel at a time Paul
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Good idea, will be like one of those big bridges that are constantly being painted as soon as one end is finished the other end will need to be done again! Out of interest.... anyone who doesn't have this problem - what are you cleaning your wheels with?
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ORIGINAL: dominique I've had my car since March and already all the wheel nuts are rusty. I've been dealing with Guildford OPC recently over a few things, one of which are the wheel nuts. They said its because of what I'm using to clean them with and haven't yet committed to whether they'll replace them under warranty. What do people clean their wheels with to ensure this doesn't happen? Still think its a bit of a rubbish excuse as I've used the same cleaning methods on all my previous cars and never had anything like this.
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I wouldn't have thought it would be your washing regime, unless you use salt water to wash your wheels and even then only if you didn't rinse it off afterwards. [:D] I know that a fair few of the off the shelf wheel cleaners are slightly acidic and if used frequently can corrode the laquer on the wheel but wouldn't have thought that it would have attacked the paint on the studs. I do know that it's a wide spread problem, maybe due to them being painted with unsealed water based paint rather than acrylic? I would think Stephen's approach above is the ultimate solution. Just make sure that they are completely dry (24 hours for Hammerite?) before putting them back on or you'll never get them off again as the paint will dry against the wheel [8|] I never use anything on my wheels but the same car shampoo I use on the bodywork (Maquires Gold at the moment) and have not really had any issue with brake dust build up. When I swop the wheels over for the winter wheels I clean the inside rims using gunk or similar well rinsed off and dried before putting them into the basement.
 
ORIGINAL: unclewinks I thought they were of lead content
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Lead was banned by the EU in 2005 for use as wheel weights. Something to do with folk licking their wheels clean, I believe, and getting lead poisoning.........[;)] Steel or zinc these days.
 
Thank you. I'm sort of hoping they'll replace them as they seem to have done for others, at least that way I can try looking after them with a better wheel cleaner and see what happens.
 
Good news, Guildford OPC replaced these for me free of charge when I was there for the clinic today. They were a bit reluctant to say the least but no complaints as at least they did the right thing in the end. Will try to look after these ones a bit better and see if they were right about the cleaning!
 
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