Alloys Turning Yellow!!!!!

Hi people..... I need some advice before I go to the garage tomorrow!

I had some alloys refurbished about 3 weeks ago & today noticed they are getting yellow patches! I've tired wahing them but no joy! It looks like it's the actually laquer or paint turning yellow?

What could cause this?

Here is a pic, the yellow isn't really shown well - you can just about see some of it:



Any ideas?

Looks to me like they've had some form of acid based product used to clean them, you haven't or haven't taken it to a valeters to have the wagen washed have you?

Dubsy wrote:

Looks to me like they've had some form of acid based product used to clean them, you haven't or haven't taken it to a valeters to have the wagen washed have you?

I cleaned them a week ago, just using water!?

If there has been no acidic based product touched them then I would speak to the place who ferb'd them....

Harsh breaking can discolour/bake the laquer. Go back anyway.

Just an update - I took the wheels back to BVJ & they are redoing them for me!!

Cool

Bit off topic but who are BVJ?? Seen them mentioned on here with regards wheels

They do wheel refurbs, based on venus hill in Bovingdon

They do good repairs to!

http://www.wheelrefurbishing.com/

I'm planning on using them when I finally get round to sorting out my Brabus reps for the Touran

Well I got the alloys back on Sat - all fresh looking.......... come monday & all are going yellow again.... WTF!?

This is not funny anymore!

Did they say why they've gone yellow?

Monza_Stu wrote:

Did they say why they've gone yellow?

They said in the lacquer there is UV protecting stuff, which they believe the powercoat people have cut back on (saving cost) thus why mine have turned yellow in the sun!?

Could be bull, but I've picked them up after 3rd refurbishment - been on a day, so fingers crossed!?

Getting mine done in black chrome next week so hope they'll be ok!

Monza_Stu wrote:

Getting mine done in black chrome next week so hope they'll be ok!

Interested to see how they turn out.. been thinking of that for the TH's... maybe..

When I went up they we're fitting a set of BMW wheels in black chrome and I was sold!

black chrome is nice!

except you cant have it if you have plastic centercaps!

whys that dude??

So far so good......... no sign of the yellow!

sorry, badly written!

if you want your center caps painted aswell, cant powdercoat plastic, and unless they have found a match recently its hard to get same colour with paint for the plastic cap

are your brakes in good order ? looks to me where they are going yellow could be heat from brakes . just my opinion i know nothing

3peice wrote:

are your brakes in good order ? looks to me where they are going yellow could be heat from brakes . just my opinion i know nothing

The rears have had new discs & pads about 6months ago! The fronts need replacing, but all 4 alloys were going yellow!

Wildchild wrote:

sorry, badly written!

if you want your center caps painted aswell, cant powdercoat plastic, and unless they have found a match recently its hard to get same colour with paint for the plastic cap

All ready got that in hand