Steelie Wheels Rust

[Roaming]

I’ve got about 1110 miles on them. I understand steel rust. But is this normal? Every wheel has it.

 

[Jean Mercier]

The day I got my car, May 4 2023, I noticed the same!

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• Jean Mercier
• May 4, 2023

Not nice at all, no drama!

 

[Zimm]

1) steel corrodes.

2) that’s not the wheel. That’s the hub.

 

[JHIG1]

That’s the hub, actually normal, touch up as needed

 

[C-Mack]

Rust is coming from the hub not the wheels. The wheels center on the hub boss with a very light interference fit. If you are taking your wheels off and on a lot that area of the hub will get scuffed often and easily rust where the paint has been scraped off.

If you are the picky type you can remove the wheels, clean up the hub, put a dash of paint on them but you’ll have to touch up any scuffs after you put the wheels back on or it’ll rust again. A light smear of grease or anti-seize paste can also help but can quickly become a mess if too much is used.

Alloy wheels with center caps cover the hub so you don’t see the rust but it is still a good idea to use a little anti-seize or equivalent to keep the wheel bore from corroding to the hub.

 

[Roaming]

1) steel corrodes.

2) that’s not the wheel. That’s the hub.

never owned a vehicle without hub caps haha! Feel like a noob.

 

[Roaming]

Rust is coming from the hub not the wheels. The wheels center on the hub boss with a very light interference fit. If you are taking your wheels off and on a lot that area of the hub will get scuffed often and easily rust where the paint has been scraped off.

If you are the picky type you can remove the wheels, clean up the hub, put a dash of paint on them but you’ll have to touch up any scuffs after you put the wheels back on or it’ll rust again. A light smear of grease or anti-seize paste can also help but can quickly become a mess if too much is used.

Alloy wheels with center caps cover the hub so you don’t see the rust but it is still a good idea to use a little anti-seize or equivalent to keep the wheel bore from corroding to the hub.

Great to know! Thank you sir!

 

[MrMike]

never owned a vehicle without hub caps haha! Feel like a noob.

Wait until your rock sliders cop a bit of gravel rash (if you have them)

 

[grnamin]

It's patina.

 

[vtgrenadier]

I'm embarrassed to admit this in public, but my very first photograph of a Grenadier was of... corrosion. It was like deja vu all over again... reminding me of Fall 1992 at the Foreign Motors West dealership parking lot, somewhat astonished at how a brand new, undelivered car could be "rusty." I'm talking, of course, about the NAS110, which we all learned had the singular ability to through-rust while still under warranty (raise your hand if LRNA replaced your doors free of charge!)... and now with 25 or so Series and Defenders under my belt, I know what rusty really means. I've refined my language to include the term, "corrosion," as it's at a whole different level well below "rust" (just like I've conditioned myself not to say, "need," when in fact, I should say: "want").

I am reminded of the Crocodile Dundee quote: "that's not rust... THIS is rust!