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12-12-2016, 11:05 AM | #1 |
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Solve The Yaris Mystery!
My Yaris will be eight years old next April. For the first five years I kept the hubcaps on and the rust marks quickly developed where the vents holes were in the hubcaps. (see picture) I assumed that was because the metal was exposed to the elements. I also assumed the parts of the wheel that didint rust was because they were protected by the hubcaps.
When I left the caps off for good I figured oh well now the entire wheel will rust. But after three years that hasnt happened! Why?
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12-12-2016, 11:31 AM | #2 |
Ha, weird.
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12-12-2016, 12:08 PM | #3 |
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I guess the hubcaps are holding salty slush inside, against the wheel rim, rather than letting it fall away naturally.
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12-12-2016, 05:28 PM | #4 |
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I believe we have a winner!
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12-21-2016, 07:17 PM | #6 |
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actualy the answer is simple....IV..yes the sun killed the exposed paint...its more common than you think, now the rest of the wheel has 8 years of being protected advantage over the rest of the wheel....some paints are less capable of handling UV
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12-21-2016, 08:44 PM | #7 |
It's the illusion you see
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It's very common to see wheels with hub caps turn like this. Takes more than 3 years for them to rust
Though, I haven't had a hub cap in 13 years. Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk |
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