Persona 17' wheels chipping

Do you drive on gravel roads? The finish is painted on and clear coated, so it is prone to chipping if things like stones or gravel impact the wheels, especially while they are rotating.

You can see how the chipped areas on the spokes could have been the leading edge of the rotating wheel.

 

Not much you can do to prevent further chipping. You can try to find a touch up paint that matches the color of your Persona wheels and fill in the chipped areas.

 

I was gonna say the silver body color is a perfect match, you can touch up pens in that color. That's what I use on our Touring model's 17" rims, it's a perfect match. I just use the color end: the clear coat end just seems to mess it up.

But, are the Persona rims slightly darker?

 

Yes, the Persona wheels are darker, not plain silver.

 

are you out of warranty?

 

I recently bought a used 2013 Persona with 50K on it but haven't seen any rim chips like those you've posted. The former owner put a lot of highway miles on her, including a significant amount of winter driving. Here in PA the salt can be really tough on the exterior, which left lots of tiny pock marks on the hood and bumper. But by some miracle the rims are *pristine* -they might not stay that way under my watch though =P

 

Wheels could have been repainted by original owner and sold without disclosing it.