AHH, my BBS 18's are peeling, what happened??

spdfrkaby · Apr 19, 2006

Hey peeps, what's going on here? The car hasn't been up for a winter yet so I know it's not from the weather and there isn't any salt laid down here so anyone know what's going on here. I just walked out of a store thought it had tar on it but it was the actual rim. The previous owner, which I know, bought the rims from tire rack and they're BBS RK rims. Supposed they're polished but as anyone can tell they're definately not. Anyone know why this happened? It's the only rim that's doing this. I could go for this new look though, black on black so if anyone knows how I can get the rest of the chrome cover stuff off all the rims please let me know. Thanks.

excuse the dirtiness, it was raining at the time.

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coffinator6 · Apr 20, 2006

I dont know what the problem is. I do however like the black wheel look. I was wondering why you have Panoz center caps? That kinda puts the stang down. Yes, granted Panoz makes some nice cars. I wouldn't have there center caps on my car. Have you ever pressure washed your wheels?

mike

zincyellow03 · Apr 21, 2006

I think the black looks pretty good. Maybe the reason he sold you the rims, was because he drove them around in the winter? :dontknow:

GREYFOX4INCH · Apr 21, 2006

you probably will never get all of the chrome plate off. i would say it is a manufacture defect. chrome is electroplated, and it seems strange to me that it has a nice black finish under the plating.
Also i think in order to plate chrome, the rim must be stripped to bare metal, treated with chemicals and plated with nickle, copper, zinc or a combo of other metals first before chrome can even be plated.
if someone knows more about this go ahead and correct me. IMO it is not due to any other variables like salt or thinners.
(I DECIDED TO DOUBLE CHECK THIS FOR YOU):
Decorative Chrome Plating

Decorative chrome plating is sometimes called nickel-chrome plating because it always involves electroplating nickel onto the object before plating the chrome (it sometimes involves electroplating copper on the object before the nickel, too). The nickel plating provides the smoothness, much of the corrosion resistance, and most of the reflectivity. The chrome plating is exceptionally thin, measured in millionths of an inch rather than in thousandths

When you look at a decorative chromium plated surface, such as a chrome plated wheel or truck bumper, most of what you are seeing is actually the effects of the nickel plating. The chrome adds a bluish cast (compared to the somewhat yellowish cast of nickel), protects the nickel against tarnish, minimizes scratching, and symbiotically contributes to corrosion resistance. But the point is, without the brilliant leveled nickel undercoating, you would not have a reflective, decorative surface.

By the way, there is no such thing as "decrotif chrome plating". That is just a misspelling of 'decorative' that took on a life of its own.
but that still doesnt tell you why .... I would find out what the black is..paint?

mach18604 · Apr 28, 2006

looks better under what is peeling off..unless the pic
is off...
Did you call bbs???

V_Eight · Apr 28, 2006

As I have told you before. All BBS RK Plasma wheels do this. That is why they were discontinued.

Plasma is NOT CHROME PLATING.

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