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saltywetman · 03-04-2022, 09:34 PM

since the gunmetal ones were never available in Canada, I may email toyota Canada this spring with pictures after 1 season on the replaced wheels how much they are flaking. I mean these wheels are tested in canada prior to having been greenlit for it's availability in our market so there's no excuse that the finish fails to stay on the pain in Canadian weather. It baffles me how toyota canada still denies this is a widespread issue and originally wanted to say it was caused by rock chips on the road. nope.

RS 2.0 had black wheels PTR2018160BK that came with the flimsy ass PVD finish to achieve that mirror black look

Gunmetals PTR2018160GR were gunmetal with regular clear coating. They came as a dealership option i believe along with the facelift first gens. These wheels were solid and did not have the same flaking issues as the black ones since they didn't use PVD

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saltywetman Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2019 Drives: 2020 Toyota 86 GT 6M Location: Edmonton, AB Posts: 413 Thanks: 298 Thanked 271 Times in 138 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	since the gunmetal ones were never available in Canada, I may email toyota Canada this spring with pictures after 1 season on the replaced wheels how much they are flaking. I mean these wheels are tested in canada prior to having been greenlit for it's availability in our market so there's no excuse that the finish fails to stay on the pain in Canadian weather. It baffles me how toyota canada still denies this is a widespread issue and originally wanted to say it was caused by rock chips on the road. nope. RS 2.0 had black wheels PTR2018160BK that came with the flimsy ass PVD finish to achieve that mirror black look Gunmetals PTR2018160GR were gunmetal with regular clear coating. They came as a dealership option i believe along with the facelift first gens. These wheels were solid and did not have the same flaking issues as the black ones since they didn't use PVD __________________ saltywetman's overnight parts from japan NA build Last edited by saltywetman; 03-13-2022 at 01:17 AM.