ok yeah alloys fact of life u cant help but curb them even a little! its fact! now if they r just minor rubs is there a way of covering them up? or even repairing them slighty, yes i have curb my alloy a little just one and just a bit ne ideas?:devil:

Why is it a fact of life? They can be repaired, someone like chipsaway or dent devils can carry out minor repairs fairly cheaply.

if you dont smash into curbs then you wont curb then learn to park before spending money on allys

cut up on a roundabout and slammed on the brakes and just nipped it

get loads of marks and get em refurbed

Fit Bridgestone Potenza RE720 tyres and never curb a alloy again! In fact plenty of tyres these days have rim protection. Potenzas are particularly good.

Getting wheels re-furbed will cost about £30 a wheel for a full strip down, bead blast, fill and smooth, prime and powder coat and lacquer.

Or do like the Bling-Alloy owners crew down here do..

Park 1 foot away from the kerb and simply tuck your mirrors in. That will stop you kurbing your wheels and your car will be safe from someone smashing into it while you're gone

Hellcat said:

Fit Bridgestone Potenza RE720 tyres and never curb a alloy again! In fact plenty of tyres these days have rim protection. Potenzas are particularly good.

Getting wheels re-furbed will cost about £30 a wheel for a full strip down, bead blast, fill and smooth, prime and powder coat and lacquer.

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Good solution, dont know how much per tyre they are but know they work

well, my clio had alloys for over a year and i never curbed them once. within a month in the stilo and some tw.at in a 40ft artic decided to change lanes into me, I had to swerve dramatically and put my foot down, ended up smashing the central reservation: 2 wheels really badly chipped, and one really buckled... oh and those rim protectors are good, so long as you don't hit too hard. (my firestones have the rim protectors on)

Don't I just know it! Like Trancendental says I park a foot from the kerb and fold drivers door mirror in... after buying 6 16vt Coupe wheels to get 4 serviceable ones had no money left for Protenzas However the Accelera Alphas (formerley know as Tornados) I bought instead do have reinforced sidewalls and rim protctors...

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Don't I just know it! Like Trancendental says I park a foot from the kerb and fold drivers door mirror in... after buying 6 16vt Coupe wheels to get 4 serviceable ones had no money left for Protenzas However the Accelera Alphas (formerley know as Tornados) I bought instead do have reinforced sidewalls and rim protctors...

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I'm never sure about folding the wing mirrors in.... i'd rather they whipped my mirrors off than ran their car down the full length of my motor.

Not worried about cars... there is a bus stop 3 doors down from our house

thats why i wont buy alloys because after a week they will look abit like my hub caps

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Good solution, dont know how much per tyre they are but know they work

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You suggesting I bounce mine off curbs?

Potenzas in 195/50R15 are about £33.90 a corner delivered. Can't get them for 16" in Bravo/a sizes. Might be able to get them larger for Stilo etc.

you say its a fact of life, but it doesn't have to be!! buy tyres that fit the wheel well and have though's cool beads that cover the edge, our older audi (now sold) was 10years old this year and not a scratch, well the only scratch was on the centre cap from asshole tyre fitters with no respect


you can buy kits that help you 'restore' them, but TBH wait until they are really bad then send it off for resto:slayer:

Have to admit that since I refurbed mine I think more when parking next to curbs.
Alloys have to be about the easiest thing to refurb, most expensive bit, if you do it, is getting the tyres taken off and refitted.
But if you do it with the tyres still on it's really cheap and easy.

Dave

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Have to admit that since I refurbed mine I think more when parking next to curbs.
Alloys have to be about the easiest thing to refurb, most expensive bit, if you do it, is getting the tyres taken off and refitted.
But if you do it with the tyres still on it's really cheap and easy.

Dave

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I don't see how you can get a proper quality refurb with the tyre still on. The place I've been talking to charge £5 to refit and balance tyres. They charge nothing to take them off because they need to do this to strip, repair and repaint the wheel correctly.

Im refurbing my own alloys, with tyres still on. Guide is coming soon

I'm not saying it can't be done because I know it can but I think if you want the best job the tyre needs to come off. By the way I'd be interested in the guide because I'll probably refurb my own wheels. The cost of refurb outweighs the value of the car!

Best way to do them with the tyres still on is to completely deflate them.

Dave