Pretty Poor Wheel Finish - Page 1 - Boxster/Cayman - PistonHeads UK

After some months of Ownership from new and almost 7000 miles covered I conclude the finish on my Black Cayman GTS wheels pretty abysmal . For the main driven at sensible speeds I have an almost continuous cacophony of gravel pinging which has resulted in markings to all of the wheels . Faced with the prospect of refurbishing on an almost new car barely six months old , I am wondering if I would be simply wasting my time ? A stunning car otherwise and with the PPF fitted from new still in first class condition apart from those wheels . I am really genuinely upset and would have expected better from the brand .

I believe it’s quite a common issue and a combination of soft paint on Porsche wheels and the s te state of our roads that’s are littered with loose stones, especially if you have sticky tyres that pick up them up easily. My 987.2 had the 19” Spyder/R wheels on with Cup 2s on and they all chipped badly in a short time too. It might be worth getting the wheels refurbed and seeing if the place that does them can use a finish that looks OEM but is more hardwearing. Either that or treat it as a yearly task to keep the car looking good and suck up the cost

reddiesel said: After some months of Ownership from new and almost 7000 miles covered I conclude the finish on my Black Cayman GTS wheels pretty abysmal . For the main driven at sensible speeds I have an almost continuous cacophony of gravel pinging which has resulted in markings to all of the wheels . Faced with the prospect of refurbishing on an almost new car barely six months old , I am wondering if I would be simply wasting my time ? A stunning car otherwise and with the PPF fitted from new still in first class condition apart from those wheels . I am really genuinely upset and would have expected better from the brand . Get a life mate, have you seen the state of our roads

Micro pitting. Ask PGB for a contribution toward getting them refurbished if it worries you. They gave me £300.

Bullitt 1 said: Get a life mate, have you seen the state of our roads What do you mean get a life , do you own one of these Cars and if so what's your experience ? Clearly the roads don't help matters but in comparison to other Porsche , Astons and F Types I have recently owned the finish on these seem particularly poor . I am happy to refurbish them and Supreme Wheels here in Milton Keynes will easily match the finish , its just I wonder how durable that finish will be and if I will simply be replacing like for like and ultimately need them doing again .

Agree. Mine are 'ok' and only noticeable when up close (13500 miles on the clock). I'll get the refurbed when it gets to the stage where I can't stand it any longer.

My Macan with black wheels has c3k miles and already has lots of chips in the paint, especially the rear wheels. Really annoying as it’s so noticeable as it’s silver on black. Looks terrible. My 2017 911 GTS has black wheels and 30k miles on them and there’s no silver coloured chips at all. Let’s see what Porsche have to say…

Not sure the ‘Get a life’ was really warranted. For my part, when I bought my used GTS with 2300 miles on the clock, the only deal I got was to have the black wheels repainted in platinum (I don’t like black wheels). This was done by a local refurb company, so I’ll be keeping an eye on them to see if a) the refurb paint finish is more resilient than the OEM finish, and b) if any chips that I do get are less noticeable against the dark grey/silver paint. I’ve only done about 200 miles since purchase, so too new to tell yet. Maybe you could consider a colour change when you do need to get them refurbed?

I think they should contribute something it is not usual wear and tear for such low mileage. Lots of cars on the road with black wheels and not chips like you describe. Can be done. Poor quality perhaps to cut costs??

Might this be the real problem: "driven at sensible speeds I have an almost continuous cacophony of gravel pinging"? So a design, rather than a paint issue? Or the state of our roads..

CrgT16 said: I think they should contribute something it is not usual wear and tear for such low mileage. Lots of cars on the road with black wheels and not chips like you describe. Can be done. Poor quality perhaps to cut costs?? I have heard that the more environmentally friendly paints are generally softer than the previous high solvent types. I’m not an expert though. The gravel is being fired by the front tyres but mud flaps might be a bit 1980! Edited by Simon_GH on Saturday 23 March 10:25

Yes it could the type of paint but surely the technology exists to make this more hard wearing. Like I said lots of cars with black wheels perfectly fine from other manufacturers. I had a cheap Honda and driven on gravel roads many times, in 80k miles it didn’t suffer from any of this. Maybe it’s related to wheel size and tyre compound? Softer paints probably too blame too.