Laquer peeling on Alloys

[Cupra R]

Noticed this a little on one of my alloys on Friday, the laquer has just started to peel off around the centre cap.

Anyone else had or possibly seen this? Anyone managed to get a warranty claim for it possibly?

 

[beezertart]

think Alx_chung managed to get his done under warranty,might be worth a pm

 

[Cupra R]

think Alx_chung managed to get his done under warranty,might be worth a pm

Nice one, thanks for the heads up. I'll get in touch with him.

Thank you

 

[lc_allan]

Welcome to Leon ownership. Some have had some luck with the warranty, others have been turned down.
Excuse to get them powder coated

 

[Cupra R]

cheers mate. I have to take it back in shortly for some replacement parts fitting so will enquire then. If not, like you say, maybe time for a refurb.

 

[begbie]

Noticed this a little on one of my alloys on Friday, the laquer has just started to peel off around the centre cap.

Anyone else had or possibly seen this? Anyone managed to get a warranty claim for it possibly?

I just noticed this last night too, when washing my car by hand - which is the first time in quite few months. Have you got an answer from Alx_chung yet? I'm due to take my Ref Sport in for a service and replacement parts so having some ammo would be handy.

 

[webhype]

Yeah same here noticed on a few wheels that they have started to flake a little. Got a mk2 cupra, 11000 miles.

 

[Cupra R]

Yes, Alex did manage to get replacment even with then being two years old, but there were otherwise in mint condition ie no kerbing. @ webhype, mines a mk2 cupra too, two years old with the same mileage and live not too far away from you either lol. Hope yours aint white too.

 

[webhype]

LOL. Nah mate mines black. There still pretty rare. Iv geniunly only seen one other cupra and it was yellow parked at asda, and if only seen that once. That's why I bought the cupra coz I crnt stand driving a car that everybody has. Ala golf gti.

Plenty of FRs around. Love meeting them on the road though, you can see genuine disappointment when you overtake them LOL.

 

[Cupra R]

lol yer i havent seen any other cupras either except for on the local motorway a couple of times.

 

[Al]

Mine did it, and because the wheel had a small ding, there was no chance it could have been done under warranty - SEAT are piss poor with this.

Contrast that to a lad at my work with a CRV who had (badly) kerbed all his wheels and had all 4 replaced based on lacquer peeling on 2 and a bit of rust on the 3rd one.

 

[bizzaboy]

Cupra R, can I please ask, do you jetwash your car?

I once had this happen to me on a different car with a nice new set of Alloys.
With that car, Jet Washing ruined the laquer on the alloys, the water got in and made them go a milky color underneath.

Been reliably informed the high pressure of the jet wash will / can ruin the lacquer on the surface of the Alloy.

I only ever wash my car(s) now by hand, including the Alloy wheels.
Best of luck in getting yours fixed under warranty

(saying this now, you'll probably state you only ever hand wash them anyway).

 

[Cupra R]

oh dear. I do indeed use a jet wash. I must admit their not majorly bad. But now its started it can only get worse. I can only ask when i take it back i suppose. As ive said, other than this there are no marks on then at all.

 

[Cupra R]

Mine did it, and because the wheel had a small ding, there was no chance it could have been done under warranty - SEAT are piss poor with this. Contrast that to a lad at my work with a CRV who had (badly) kerbed all his wheels and had all 4 replaced based on lacquer peeling on 2 and a bit of rust on the 3rd one.

Cheers mate. I will give it a whirl when i take it back in.

 

[SSimpson3]

Join the club, 2 of my alloys have serious corrosion around the edges and 3 of them have lost there laquer finish, Seat would not replace mine under warrenty as they say they were kerbed but it must of been a majic kerbing that only Seat can see as loads of other people looked at them and could not see anything

 

[phil3012]

LOL. Nah mate mines black. There still pretty rare. Iv geniunly only seen one other cupra and it was yellow parked at asda, and if only seen that once. That's why I bought the cupra coz I crnt stand driving a car that everybody has. Ala golf gti.

Plenty of FRs around. Love meeting them on the road though, you can see genuine disappointment when you overtake them LOL.

Strange since I live not a million miles from you and Cupra R I've seen a fair few Cupra's in the area.

What year is yours webhype?

There is a red one parked quite often at a retail park just off the M62, I had a black one and have seen 3 or 4 other black ones at least in the area. I have seen loads of others on my travels. Loads of K1's about as well most in white. There has been one at my gym a few times.

On the wheels issue I would push SEAT on it. I had a Celica before the Cupra and Toyota replaced the wheels every year due to corrosion.

 

[Cupra R]

Join the club, 2 of my alloys have serious corrosion around the edges and 3 of them have lost there laquer finish, Seat would not replace mine under warrenty as they say they were kerbed but it must of been a majic kerbing that only Seat can see as loads of other people looked at them and could not see anything

I'm getting an increasing feeling that seat may fob me off. But if i dont ask id never know eh.