My Wheels are the same as yours Jason. Basically I think our stock wheels are a lost cause and I just try to keep them looking as clean as I can, but I try not to spend much time on them.

 

get them re-finshed

the new clear coat is about 5* thicker and they a gauranteed for life from the company that re-finished them !!

 

I have 10,500 miles on my MY2002. I have one chip on my left rear wheel (inner spokes like your pic) where it looks like a rock got in there somehow during driving. Other than that, the other wheels are clean. My car is a daily driver.

Your wheels look pretty bad.

 

Mine have pitted as well but I dont like the chances of getting a claim esp since Im out of warranty.

Check these threads out and also do a search on the UK forum. They seemed to have got warranty on theirs.

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?...threadid=105087

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?...?threadid=42350

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?...?threadid=47385

 

if you get new wheels, you are my hero!

 

Are you 100% sure they are chips? Have you tried to claybar your rims? I have something similar and mine always claybar out...

 

Yes already clayed, and they are CHIPS that you can feel with your finger nail.

 

I just cleaned my wheels earlier, and couldn't find any chips on any wheels.

MY00 with 6K

 

Sorry, thought I would try ...

 

Hey Austblue,

Us S2ker's in Australia and the UK get different rims.

Up until 2002 ours were painted a dull grey colour, after that we got the same rims as the US. i.e. Shiny machined finish.

I believe for unexplained reasons that the painted rims were more susceptible to corrosion than the machined finish ones.

Also the US spec and later Aus spec rims are a slightly different shape to the early Aus and UK rims.

Dom