Alloy wheel rim protectors
Discussion
Monkeez said:
Are these any good.
The Mrs keeps kerbing her alloys with the latest being her brand new CHR diamond cuts.
Looking at possibly getting her some black ones to blend in with the tyres.
Cheers
I believe they fit by wedging in between the tyre and the upright part of the rim.The Mrs keeps kerbing her alloys with the latest being her brand new CHR diamond cuts.
Looking at possibly getting her some black ones to blend in with the tyres.
Cheers
That must mean the tyres are then not seating 'properly'.
It would very much be a no from me.
Where I live, d
heads don't understand how close they are to parked cars, so parallel parking, for me anyways, dictates I have to park within an inch of the kerb. When you have low-profiled tyres, which offer no lip, you're asking for trouble. Dropping the kerb side mirror as far as it goes helps, but sometimes you'll inevitably drive away some mornings you'll turn the wheel and feel the grind.
I just suffer it now and pay to get them done once a year.
Although I hear rim insurance is a good purchase.
heads don't understand how close they are to parked cars, so parallel parking, for me anyways, dictates I have to park within an inch of the kerb. When you have low-profiled tyres, which offer no lip, you're asking for trouble. Dropping the kerb side mirror as far as it goes helps, but sometimes you'll inevitably drive away some mornings you'll turn the wheel and feel the grind.I just suffer it now and pay to get them done once a year.
Although I hear rim insurance is a good purchase.
Monkeez said:
Easy said than done mate.
I couldn't live with a kerbed alloy and she's pissed off with herself as the car is a brand new GR Sport.
Basically she'll never learn
It really isn’t. Every time she sees it she will remember the cause. Far less infuriating than constant trips to the refurb shop and associated cost/time. I couldn't live with a kerbed alloy and she's pissed off with herself as the car is a brand new GR Sport.
Basically she'll never learn
Monkeez said:
Common sense doesn't apply here mate.
She thought it was only one week until I checked the others,
I can see. Stop paying for it to be done and stop taking it to be repaired. If she can’t handle looking at some wheels she can pay for them to get fixed and take the time to do it. She thought it was only one week until I checked the others,
Monkeez said:
Are these any good.
The Mrs keeps kerbing her alloys with the latest being her brand new CHR diamond cuts.
Looking at possibly getting her some black ones to blend in with the tyres.
Cheers
I doubt they'll do much to help anything other than the lightest graze, which would itself probably be fine with a chunkier tyre or one with some built in rim protection.The Mrs keeps kerbing her alloys with the latest being her brand new CHR diamond cuts.
Looking at possibly getting her some black ones to blend in with the tyres.
Cheers
If it's her car, your best option is probably to let her wreck them. She either doesn't care, or needs to learn for herself not to do it.
Its daft aspect ratios the cause here, doesn't matter how good a driver you are sooner or later you'll catch a kerb or a deep pot hole will either damage the edge or buckle the wheel entirely, someone i know has ditched his original Honda TypeR wheels made of cheese and gone down one size to allow the next size up aspect ratio after having several of his previous wheels straightened after pot hole damage, no damage since and better ride to boot.
The 16 and 19 year old original alloys on our cars are (touch wood) still damage free, not because we're driving gods far from it, but because there's 55 (60 in winter) and 65 aspect ratios involved, i would not want anything lower than 55 aspect again seeing the ever deteriorating state of the roads.
OP, serious suggestion here, have you considered buying a good set of used alloys from the lower spec version or from another model from the same car make that fits of more sensible sizes and put the OE set in a dark cool place? You could have all season tyres fitted to them and see how these perform during the winter, never know wifey may not want the summer wheels refitting at all when she experiences the better ride and hopefully non existant damage rate.
The 16 and 19 year old original alloys on our cars are (touch wood) still damage free, not because we're driving gods far from it, but because there's 55 (60 in winter) and 65 aspect ratios involved, i would not want anything lower than 55 aspect again seeing the ever deteriorating state of the roads.
OP, serious suggestion here, have you considered buying a good set of used alloys from the lower spec version or from another model from the same car make that fits of more sensible sizes and put the OE set in a dark cool place? You could have all season tyres fitted to them and see how these perform during the winter, never know wifey may not want the summer wheels refitting at all when she experiences the better ride and hopefully non existant damage rate.
Decky_Q said:
I had quite expensive adhesive ones on mine and one came free on the motorway whipping the painted wing till it came off, theres still glue stains on the wheels ffs.
A mate had them on her driving school car and that happened. Ended up with steelies and ebay hub caps replaced every few months. Probably not an option for the OP though 
Red9zero said:
Decky_Q said:
I had quite expensive adhesive ones on mine and one came free on the motorway whipping the painted wing till it came off, theres still glue stains on the wheels ffs.
A mate had them on her driving school car and that happened. Ended up with steelies and ebay hub caps replaced every few months. Probably not an option for the OP though Then when you do actually kerb them, as noted above, you run the risk of them breaking at high speed with centrifugal force and whipping the hell out of the wheel arch, alloy and bodywork.
There are rim protecting tyres with a protruding lip, a quick google shows these-
https://www.rimstyle.com/tyres/tyres-with-rim-prot...
https://www.rimstyle.com/tyres/tyres-with-rim-prot...
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