
Originally Posted by
JohnZ3MC
It's interesting that two of your wheels was affected, not four. I'm thinking the two wheels affected were on the same side of the vehicle right? And I notice most of the damage is on the outward facing flat surfaces with just a bit on a side surface here and there. Mostly on the outward facing surfaces.
The two tires are a mess too, really dirty and I bet that dirt was picked up in the shop. I doubt you'd let those tires get that dirty under your watch.
So, it begs the question - how did those two tires get so dirty and how did the two wheels get so scratched up on the outward facing surfaces? I'm suggesting the dirt and the scratching are related. The shop says they've never seen anything like it before. I'm saying they're being naive.
Something was sprayed in the shop. Some sort of pressure cleaning like soda or sand or some other medium. They were cleaning the paint off a car right next to yours and the power cleaner operator didn't mask of your car and we see the result.
If it did that to the wheels, inspect your paint on the lower portions of the same side. Wash the lower parts with a stripper like Dawn to reveal similar damage. The shop may have filled the paint damage with wax hoping you wouldn't notice until weeks later. Filling the paint damage with wax would show prior knowledge indicate an attempt to deceive. Maybe your paint will be ok though. If they're stripping the paint off the wheels of the car next to yours, maybe only the wheel areas were affected. Inspect the paint around the wheels anyway.
The damage happened in their shop so they should handle the repair on those good looking wheels, and maybe paint damage if the you find any.
An intriguing mystery for sure. Keep us in the loop.
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