Wheel caps corrosion

[TopCat]

The centre wheel caps on my car have started to corrode, the car is less than two years old.

I was wondering if anybody else was having this problem, I appreciate it’s a minor issue but irritating.

Thanks.

[cj10jeeper]

Pretty standard problem on cars
Same happened on my XF every 2 years. My Evoque is the same after 15 months.
On previous Z4 I went eBay aftermarket gel and they lasted forever

[TopCat]

Thanks for the feedback.

Irritating if they need to be replaced every couple of years., you would think by now the manufacturers would have a solution for it.

[SWC]

Same thing happened to the wheel centres on my old XK's and on 2 Aston Martin Vantages. Over time I have collected 2 spare sets. The F-Type is only a week old so hope not to have to replace before 2020!

In short they are just cheap, plastic and cr@p!

[chicb]

Should be replaced under warranty. My Range Rover has Brembo brakes (red calipers) & I have had the rears replaced twice under warranty as the rear paint is totally different to the fronts & its c***. No problem having them changed

[scm]

In short they are just cheap, plastic and cr@p!

If you've ever replaced them, you'll know they're not cheap!

[SWC]

Yep I know - they are made from cheap materials and for what they are they are certainly not cheap to buy!

[TopCat]

I am going to ask them to replace under warranty.

I assume both the growler and the Union Jack caps are affected the same, if the growler was likely to be less of a problem I’d switch to them.

[SWC]

Hi TopCat,
Tried the red ones, green ones and Union Jack as well as the AM ones - all to the same quality I'm afraid.

[TopCat]

Hi TopCat,
Tried the red ones, green ones and Union Jack as well as the AM ones - all to the same quality I'm afraid.

Thanks, probably stay with the UJ’s, it’s crazy that they can’t produce a centre cap that doesn’t corrode, I also have a 2006 c class, same centre caps from new and no sign of corrosion.