I'm serious. That should be replaced under warranty. I had one like that, it was replaced.Looks like I’ll be sending mine off to Spyder this winter. 700 miles on the car. Was driving on a clean paved road - no idea where the rock came from. Pulled the wheel and sprayed it with a small electric pressure washer. The ceramic coating easily peels away from the wheel, just like removing the shell from a hard boiled egg.
For track use I would say yes there would be an issue. I don’t think they get hot enough during normal street driving to worry about. Just my opinion.
I’m taking it in next week for the dealer to have a look but have zero expectations. I’ll let you know the outcome.
Don't take no for an answer. They might use road debris excuse, but you stand firm that the reason it happened is because the ceramic is not adhering to the carbon fiber.
Thats an interesting take..... my other wheel was warrantied for the adhearing as you speak of (small areas) , they said that was clearly debris on mine. The funny thing is I would argue a rock should not be able to take something off that easily.
This is correct, unless you are running it to near failure or on the track, its a non issue.
Exactly. Mine showed a hairline crack around the circumference of the whole wheel. If you tapped on it, it sounded hollow and would slightly move. Delamination.
yes, let us know the outcome.... @Tomster how hard did you have to push on this for the peeling? My guess is the argument they will make is because there are markings that look like something rotating around the wheel, it was likely debris....
Heat is epoxy's worst enemy. All epoxies at a certain temperature beging to soften. The epoxy that CR uses is a closely guarded secret. It is UV resistant, very high heat tolerant, but only to a point. If a wheel was run hard, like I run them at Daytona, and the ceramic was missing or damaged, it would damage the wheel because the epoxy can't withstand that kind of heat in such proximity.
And my argument would be that under no circumstance the ceramic that remains on the wheel should be loose. If what's left on the wheel is not firmly stuck to the carbon wheel, it is delamination. If the ceramic was not adhering correctly to begin with, that would cause the ceramic to fall off with little effort. It could be argued that there might not have been any damage at all if the ceramic was adhering properly.
It sounds like inspecting our CF wheels ceramic on a fairly regular basis isn't a bad idea....regardless of warranty coverage. No need to risk this kind of failure.
check into AL wheel repair before you say that. it's really damn impressive what kind of repairs can be done to AL wheels. I've seen AL wheels that were folded/torn almost in half and still be repaired. sometimes it's just cheaper to replace. until you have wheels that can't be.
why not?