If I curb my wheels one more ****ing time

[magriggs]

I AM GOING TO GET REALLY UPSET

[willr]

It might help to switch to a tyre like Michelin where the sidewall extends beyond the edge of your wheel.

[Muzaa]

or if you are total tw*t like me that wont help. More parking lessons.

[magriggs]

Aren't Pilot Sports a bit like putting axle grease on your wheels? Or is that Pilot Cups?

I've got Pirelli P-Zeros on at the moment.

[willr]

Michelin Pilot Sport 2's are the best standard road tyre I've tried - I guess you're thinking of the cups.

Pirelli Pzeros have no rim protection.

[magriggs]

Pilot Sport 2s it is, then.

I used to have a pair of trainers that were like Pilot Cups. Incredibly sticky in the dry (so sticky you could catch your feet on a flat pavement and fall over) and then more slippery than a bag of eels in the wet.

[willr]

Of course these are all summer tyres - which aren't exactly ideal in today's weather...

[BliarOut]

Don't forget to consider Conti Sports. My wheels have been much happier since I did

[Globulator]

I recently got a set of Toyo Proxies T1Rs which interestingly (unlike the older T1S) have an anti-kerb ring around them.



Looking at them fitted it does seem quite difficult to kerb your wheels. Alternately you might need to fit some kerb whiskers...

www.phatpimpclothing.com/hi/phatpimp/getcurbfeelers.html


>> Edited by Globulator on Tuesday 27th December 22:23

[egbert]

I know how you feel-my wheels were mint when I bought the TT a couple of months ago. I've kerbed all 4 since then.

[agent006]

willr said:

It might help to switch to a tyre like Michelin where the sidewall extends beyond the edge of your wheel.

If the tyre is the right size for hte wheel, then the sidewall should extend out past the wheel anyway. It's only when you try and stretch a thinner tyre onto a wider rim that it becomes a problem.

[mikeg996]

Nice link, Globulator. I'm particularly fond of this:

http://tinyurl.com/2at5h

Thought I might get it for my Dad's upcoming birthday.



>> Edited by mikeg996 on Wednesday 28th December 08:26

[willr]

agent006 said:

willr said: It might help to switch to a tyre like Michelin where the sidewall extends beyond the edge of your wheel. If the tyre is the right size for hte wheel, then the sidewall should extend out past the wheel anyway. It's only when you try and stretch a thinner tyre onto a wider rim that it becomes a problem.

Not my experience with Pzeros - they leave the rim quite exposed. The other manufacturers do this better...

[mikeg996]

I can confirm that the rim is left exposed with P-Zeros

[amare32]

I have only curbed a wheel once on my MINI Cooper a couple of years ago - didn't hit me head against the wall too hard as I was selling it anyway. Touch wood it won't happen again. Only 1 wheel curbing incident in my 10 years of driving aint too bad.

My advice is to always reverse into a space if your pararell parking, when you make a mistake you minimise the risk of curbing your wheels. Otherwise park 10 inches away from the curb as I did at times in my M3 as those 19" shiny wheels was a curb magnet.

[Globulator]

willr said:

Not my experience with Pzeros - they leave the rim quite exposed. The other manufacturers do this better...

Most tyres will have their sidewall sticking out more than the rim - but that is soft. On the T1Rs (and other tyres with anti-kerb rings the extra rubber is right next to the rim - you'd have to get the rubber scraped off or the tyres pushed off the bead to damage them.

[nonegreen]

magriggs said:

I AM GOING TO LEARN HOW TO SPELL KERB

:P

[mikeg996]

[nords]

agent006 said:

willr said: It might help to switch to a tyre like Michelin where the sidewall extends beyond the edge of your wheel. If the tyre is the right size for hte wheel, then the sidewall should extend out past the wheel anyway. It's only when you try and stretch a thinner tyre onto a wider rim that it becomes a problem.

Not completely true, it depends on the 'alloy' too. BM M3 with 18" or 19" rims and stock tyres are a nightmare for curbing. I'm sure the problem exists elsewhere with large rims....