Check when you have your wheels off. I'm wondering if this is prevelant or I'm just unlucky.

I was cleaning the OEM wheels for the winter last night when I found these. I assume they were done when the wheels were painted gunmetal, when they were being manufactured. All 4 wheels are like this to a greater or lesser extent.

 

That Sucks , I have had my fronts off and have not seen any prints on them , The are clean . looks like they should have let them dry a wee bit longer .


Whats the Deal GM ?

 

hhmm i didnt notice any when i painted my calipers...im rotating my tires tuesday, Ill take a closer look just to make sure.

 

why is this a sticky?

 

I'd like to know if its an endemic problem.

 

yeah i have the same thing

 

Get a pict if you can please.

 

WOW, this seems to weird beacuse i have the same thing on my car!!!!!!

 

Be glad it's not on the front of the rim. At least you can't see it when its on the car!

 

I am pretty sure that i had the same thing with my wheels when i took them off for the winter...


as soon as i can i will go out and check and take pictures...

 

thats quality. have them printed and send the guy a bill.

 

Same thing on my rims

GM really missed the boat on this car(Atleast for the first year). The more I have it the more dissapointed I am. Come summer I'm tradin up.

 

mines a 06. i agree. i wish something big would happen with these cars. seems all negative.

 

I met someone here in WNY and they mentioned the same thing to me, didn't really know what he was talking about but now I understand.

 

Topic pls.

 

Hmm...time for a look once I clean the brake dust off the inside of the rims stacked in the basement.

 

I can't remember how many of mine are like that, but I think I only had 2 wheels with prints on them. One of those 2 had them in 2 locations iirc. The finish still felt smooth, just looks funny.

 

I don't have those marks, but I do have a giant scratch on my hood under the clear coat that I recently noticed while washing my car..... GRRRRR

I also have a fingerprint under my clearcoat on part of my paint on my door

 

Yep, same on mine..

 

I don't see why the fingerprints on he wheels are a big deal, the only time you see them is when they are off. And if they are on then they're prob to dirty to see anyways. If the fingerprints are on the paint of the car then i would have it fixed but on the rims it just doesn't make sense.

 

isnt the inside of the wheel left the natural aluminum finish ?

i can understand being picky about the prints if the wheels were alot more open and you could see them from the out side

gm didnt build them to be show cars

 

i had mine off for rotation not too long ago and didn't see any prints. didn't really look though. Maybe next time

 

fingerprints huh ... can you just wash it off? scrub a dub dub

 

I said I was cleaning the wheels. So, no.

 

mmmmmmkay, hi.

The point is QUALITY. The Cobalt is targeted to be a vehicle that much better in fit and finish than the Cavalier. The point is not if you can see them or not, the point is that they are THERE.