NHTSA Complaint #10233389 — 2006 NISSAN 350Z

I HAVE A 2006 NISSAN 350Z CONVERTIBLE. I HAD THE 06 WHEELS AFTERMARKET POWERCOATED IN MAY 2007. ROUGHLY A MONTH LATER, I FOUND THAT ONE OF THE WHEELS HAD CRACKED. I BOUGHT A REPLACEMENT WHEEL, HAD THE WHEEL POWERCOATED TO MATCH THE OTHER THREE. ROUGHLY 4 MONTHS LATER, I DISCOVERED TWO MORE WHEELS HAD CRACKED. RESEARCHING THE CAUSE OF THE CRACKS LED ME TO THE COMPLAINTS FILED EARLIER ON THE SAME WHEEL BEING AFFECTED BY THE CHROMING PROCESS. MY BIGGEST FEAR IS AS WE ALTER THE WHEELS, WE ARE IN ESSENCE AGING THE WHEEL AND DISCOVERING IT TO BE OF SUBSTANDARD QUALITY TO BEGIN WITH. I KNOW OF THREE OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD ATLEAST ONE WHEEL CRACK AFTER POWDER COATING. 4/9 WHEELS LOCAL TO ME HAVE CRACKED AND 1/4 IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. *TR