Kerbed FR 18's - whos done it
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My FR came with Bridgestones on and they seem to have a reasonable rim protecter on them..........
hi mrruss,
have you hit a kerb with that wheel or are you hoping you'll be ok if you do?
it looks surprisingly good if you have.
there's no protection there, so 1st chance i get its new tires with rim protection.going to see if i can get them fixed up too.
The only problem there though is the tyre fitters damaging the wheels ive also had a punture on my car and when i took it in (and stood over the blokes doing it) they had a hell of a job getting the tyre off the rim though thankfully did no damage because they put a cloth over the rim as they levered the tyre off i don't think we can win here...
here's the damage
Halfrauds do alloy refurb now, they think they might be able to colour match.
*sob sob*
Mine look worse than yours....... I kerbed my alloys the day after I got my new FR...... was rushing to park and backed into the kerb!
I think I'll get my alloys refurbed after a year or so!
One thing I've noticed is that theres a very high chance of getting your rim damaged when having a new tyre on.
This worries me a bit, becuase if they do get damaged then it's just another thing to get sorted in a busy life.
I mentioned earlier in the thread that the dealer scraped my wheel - well after 2 replacements coming which apparently were in worse condition that the one they scraped they finally told me to collect the car.
It was only when I got home that I noticed a scrape round the rim created when the tyre was put on. But I really can't be bothered to take it back again as it's not really that bad (although I appreciate that's not really the point).
When I had 4 new tyres on my civic a couple of years ago they scraped all 4 of the wheels! Is this the price we pay for having low profile tyres?
This worries me a bit, becuase if they do get damaged then it's just another thing to get sorted in a busy life.
I mentioned earlier in the thread that the dealer scraped my wheel - well after 2 replacements coming which apparently were in worse condition that the one they scraped they finally told me to collect the car.
It was only when I got home that I noticed a scrape round the rim created when the tyre was put on. But I really can't be bothered to take it back again as it's not really that bad (although I appreciate that's not really the point).
When I had 4 new tyres on my civic a couple of years ago they scraped all 4 of the wheels! Is this the price we pay for having low profile tyres?
I dont it should happen, its just them being careless IMO.
mytyres - bridgestone potenza 225/40/18 delivered £100 each
mytyres - bridgestone potenza 225/40/18 delivered £100 each
