After a year of being almost perfect, finally caught a kurb going round a corner in a poorly lit road. You know it's going to happen one day, but you still try and deny it ever will.

*kerb. Feck sake. :P

Barely caught it !!

So it's not just me that does it then.

Take it to a place called "Speedys" if there is one near you 100% recommend them.

Was supposed to have a pic in that last post. O_o. But yeah, they are black so it sticks out.

Always a sickener.

 

Currently loving having my spare sacrificial winter alloys on at the minute.

 

Obviously still trying to look after them, but if the worst happened, I wouldn't give a stuff.

I managed about 4yr before I caught one that was hidden in snow.

 

If it's not bad then silver nail polish actually makes quite a good cover up and protects the metal through winter or until you get it fixed. I clobbered a rock when I was pushed to the side of the road by a van and took a decent chunk out of the wheel. It was fixed without any problems too.

They basically grazed the kerb. You'd probably hardly notice it if it was a plain alloy. Feels horrid to touch too.

http://www.alloygator.co.uk/

 

Seriously considering a set of these.....

feel your pain, although I've only ever grazed one alloy (touch wood) and that was when I was overtaking a car who then decided to over take a car in front of him forcing me onto a kerb. You can usually get them done for £50 a wheel so not too bad.

I love flange

 

Rim flange protection on a tyre that is. Has saved me from a few scrapes.

Current Goodyears don't have nearly as much as the cheaper Maxxis I had previously.

If it's any consolation I caught both my offside wheels on a high kerb last week while parking  

 

Horrible sound, made my stomach churn.  Entirely my own fault.  I could've cried.

 

Gaz 

It's heartbreaking.