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Originally Posted by MPREZIV
My understanding is PC is bad for wheels not so much due to the heat, but the idea that the PC can mask stress cracks. It's been said that the factory coatings aren't as thick, which would allow for the sighting of cracks much easier, but the PC has a harder surface and is thicker than most factory coatings (which I can attest to, after mounting tires on my own PC'd wheels) and won't allow for the cracks in the wheel structure to be seen through it.
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I read this in one of Carrol Smith's great books 'Engineer to Win.' Not sure how much weight it holds, as the info could be a bit out of date.