My 19" extreme wheels are scuffed to hell,I know one was done by me avoiding the yummy mummy (see thread), as for the other two I don't know where they got done, never heard or felt anything.

TBQH I don't like them much and don't rate them for durability or wear either, nor do I like the rubbish Pirelli P Zeros that came with the car as they have no real protection for the alloys unlike the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 or 3s.

Edited 6 June, 201610 yr by TheWanderer

@ savvy5.

 

Awesome looking motor, the red/black combo looks stunning, needs a Gloss black spoiler to finish it off though

Thanks Auric, roger that on the spoiler will match the newish gloss black rear diffuser nicely.

Anyone Plasti-Dipped wheels ?

I've seen it done on youtube. Presumably if you kerb one you can strip the dip off and coat again?

I haven't, and I've never seen any done "in real life". However, I have been researching Plasti-dip for other applications.

As far as wheels go, you'll need to have perfect or only gently scuffed wheels to begin with. Big damage will show.

Same goes for kerbing when dipped - gentle scuffs would let you rip the dip off and do it again, big damage will still damage the rim.

Not much help, I know, but my 2p's worth!

Its not worth getting an alloy refurbed for minor curbing. Yep if you've really gouged out a lot then yes.

 

Its really easy to mask the area off, then with a bit of wet and dry paper, just gently sand the damage down, and then touch up with silver and grey touch up paint. Bit of lacquer over the top.

 

Standing a normal distance from the car, you wont really notice it, and as others have said its probably going to happen again anyway.

 

Plenty of how to on you tube:

 

Edited 7 June, 201610 yr by glosrich

^^ this.   I've damaged 2 of mine, slightly less than aldouk in depth, and only over about 30-40mm, and I did very acceptable repairs.  Started with aluminium oxide paper to smooth it, then rough wet and dry, fine wet and dry then t-cut.  This gets a good finish and if you are careful it won't look bad.  I then rattle can lacquered it.  Total time spent was about half an hour.

All alloys get kerbed, no matter how careful the owners are. IMO it is best just to ignore the dinks and scrapes. After the first few it won't hurt so much.

 

Sorry but that is so wrong on so many levels,

short of swerving to avoid an accident, if you curb a wheel then it’s purely down to carelessness.

 

Next you will be telling us the curbs are there to par up against (like a neighbor told me   ) 

Agreed, I think its more kerbing is a hard lesson you learn at your own risk.

Once you do it, and particularly if you repair it yourself, you make sure to try and not do it again.

 

But it is very very easy to do without much carelessness to be honest ( very narrow gaps combined with very tight curves, for instance we have on a supermarket road near to us, for some odd reason ).

 

I could shop somewhere else however its also the closest place to us, I just take infinite care now ( to the risk of even stopping and *******s to the more carefree person behind me that wonders why I'm so slow, its a supermarket road not a pit straight).

Got a quote from the local wheel guy I normally use. £40+VAT So not too bad. I'll get it done next month [emoji106]

Sorry but that is so wrong on so many levels,

short of swerving to avoid an accident, if you curb a wheel then it’s purely down to carelessness.

 

Next you will be telling us the curbs are there to par up against (like a neighbor told me   )

They are only wheels and it is not the end of the world when one takes a few dinks. If you drive in-town where the streets are narrow, the kerbs are high and there is lots of other traffic, you get used to the odd scuff. I also have a missus who uses the grinding sound that metal on concrete makes for indication when she is close to the kerb. To be completely honest I would rather scrape a wheel than take out a wing mirror. Then again my car is just a means of transport and not my prize possession.

 nor do I like the rubbish Pirelli P Zeros that came with the car as they have no real protection for the alloys 

 

I'm assuming my 230Vrs will come with Pirelli P Zeros, " what are they like for Grip, any good, wet and dry."

 

Is the Rim protection really bad ?

 

Thanks 

AG

I'm assuming my 230Vrs will come with Pirelli P Zeros, " what are they like for Grip, any good, wet and dry."

 

Is the Rim protection really bad ?

 

Thanks 

AG

 

There's no rim protection on them as such, nothing like the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 or 3s

 

Grip on corners is reasonable, wet I'd say they're OK, in the dry they lose traction quite readily when pulling away with any moderate acceleration and it's not at all difficult to get a squeal on a plain (non chipped) asphalt road surface.

 

You'd be better off taking them off replacing them with the Goodyears and selling them on to someone who thinks (rather unwisely) that they're a good tyre.

There's no rim protection on them as such, nothing like the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 or 3s

 

Grip on corners is reasonable, wet I'd say they're OK, in the dry they lose traction quite readily when pulling away with any moderate acceleration and it's not at all difficult to get a squeal on a plain (non chipped) asphalt road surface.

 

You'd be better off taking them off replacing them with the Goodyears and selling them on to someone who thinks (rather unwisely) that they're a good tyre.

 

Thanks for that, tyres off when car arrives.......

Thanks for that, tyres off when car arrives.......

 

Have a look at pictures of the tyres and you should see that the P-Zeros don't have a deep rim protection wall that the Goodyears do, I only managed to do the wheels on the last one by doing a couple of avoiding actions of wayward taxis & pedestrians.

The 230 comes with 225/35/19 tyres, I've heard some people are fitting 235/35/19 tyres as it makes the speedo more accurate and offer slightly more rim protection.

The 230 comes with 225/35/19 tyres, I've heard some people are fitting 235/35/19 tyres as it makes the speedo more accurate and offer slightly more rim protection.

How's that then?? How does increasing the width affect the speedo reading??

Height and therefore overall rolling wheel radius, yes, but width??

How's that then?? How does increasing the width affect the speedo reading??

Height and therefore overall rolling wheel radius, yes, but width??

Here is your answer   Don`t ask me why, because I don`t know either

 

http://www.willtheyfit.com/index.php?width=225&aspect=35&diameter=19&wheelwidth=7.5&offset=51&width2=235&aspect2=35&diameter2=19&wheelwidth2=7.5&offset2=51&Submit=Calculate#content

How's that then?? How does increasing the width affect the speedo reading??

Height and therefore overall rolling wheel radius, yes, but width??

 

Increasing the width with the same profile ratio gives a different overall radius...

Increasing the width with the same profile ratio gives a different overall radius...

Indeed, the 35 means the profile height is 35% of the width, so if the width increases by 10 mm the profile will increase by 3.5 mm.

Indeed, the 35 means the profile height is 35% of the width, so if the width increases by 10 mm the profile will increase by 3.5 mm.

Well, you learn something new every day!

I assumed the profile height was a measurement in the same way the width is.

are these any good http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AlloyGator-Alloy-Wheel-Protection-System-Blue-All-Condition-Protect/181584916576?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20150313114020%26meid%3D28f36718d18a4d7cb4f1069cf98af263%26pid%3D100338%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D30%26sd%3D181584916387&_trksid=p2141725.c100338.m3726 availabe in different colours

 

Edited 15 September, 20178 yr by savman

No they don't offer very much protection & worst still, look really ****