Pitting Chrome Wheels

[drmiles]

Time to black powder coat

[drmiles]

Salt on roads where you live? Probably not warranty, however if your dealer is good you can usually get them to help.

[WHOSNEXT]

I have read that some dealers are replacing wheels that are pitting, where are they pitting? On the smooth surface or rough?

[genob]

i thought i was the only one having that problem. i bought my 2k7 h2 in feb. and the wheels are pitting like crazy.

since i'm in pittsburgh, we have all kinds of salt on the roads during the winter.

the winters here trashed my 300c's wheels!! they went from chrome to black.

anyway, i was going to call my dealer, but i figured they would give me the "salt on the roads" excuse...

[mikejr]

I am in Pittsburgh too....so salt on the roads is the norm in the winter.

They are only pitting on the rough/textured areas of the wheel and it seems like its more concentrated towards the inner portion where the holes are. With about an hour worth of work on each wheel i got the black oxidation off, but you can still see the pitting/bumps where its raised up the chrome. Nothing like making a $60K truck look shabby!

[mikejr]

Hey Genob....what dealer did you buy yours from? Wright or Cochran? I got mine over at Wright.

[genob]

hey mike,

I bought my hummer @ Wright in Wexford around Feb 2007.

I actually live closer to Cochran, but they kind of gave me the run-around, plus Wright had the truck I liked in the show room.

My wheels are pitting on the rough area of the wheel. In only 3 months, 2 of the wheels are starting to look bad. I'd say in a year it's going to be REALLY bad...

Do you see many Hummers around the burgh?? I see a TON of h3's everywhere. I frequently see 2 hummers around the east (monroeville, penn hills area) a lot.

It seems the ratio of H3 to H2 is like 50:1 here...