Kissed the curb pretty good about 4 months into ownership avoiding a car that almost struck me in a jam packed parking lot during the holidays. It hurts but it also gives you the motivation to go get some new wheels.
Kissed the curb pretty good about 4 months into ownership avoiding a car that almost struck me in a jam packed parking lot during the holidays. It hurts but it also gives you the motivation to go get some new wheels.
It was the thread I started when I found the forum.
I don't remember clearly how far into ownership my first "kiss" with a curb was. Probably less than two months. The first damage to my wheels came unnoticed at the time, and had to be something that flipped up from the road and put a slight dent in one spoke: I saw it when gassing up and was pretty ticked. I did not know that soon after that I would start "learning" where the wheels are. I use that thread to chronicle each one.
That was the part that got me! I was like..."how the heck did you not warn me about this?" but what it was was a super-low curb (like 3" tall) that was below the heigh of all of the trim. So the car was like "you're fine. No issues. Park as you will" and I was turning sharply into the space. So the front-edge of the wheel I guess shaved the rounded corner of the curb. It was a perfect storm.
It was the thread I started when I found the forum.
I don't remember clearly how far into ownership my first "kiss" with a curb was. Probably less than two months. The first damage to my wheels came unnoticed at the time, and had to be something that flipped up from the road and put a slight dent in one spoke: I saw it when gassing up and was pretty ticked. I did not know that soon after that I would start "learning" where the wheels are. I use that thread to chronicle each one.
So @MerlintheMad 's thread was fascinating. I'm wondering what the 'best' solution for grinding this out is (that won't also demolish the tire sidewall in the process... ). Wet sanding perhaps? (And just taking care not to hit the tire...)
^^^I described elsewhere how I knocked back the rash. First I used 200 grit, then a medium grit (not sure what number: the sandpaper I have doesn't have a number on it) to smooth out the 200 grit lines: the 2000 grit wet/dry with lots of water finishes up and polishes the aggrieved area. I found that stepping back five to six feet, you couldn't see the damage unless you knew it was there. I did the walk by test, five to six feet away, to see if the wheel attracted my attention because of flaws, and found that I did not have my eyes drawn to the repaired damage. (I only abandoned this method when the wheel suffered complete rash all the way around in the car wash, as I described earlier in my thread: that was when I threw in the towel and got my wheels powder coated gloss black: should the rash of the future be on the same scale as that, I would simply get the wheel powder coated again: anything smaller, I can touchup with a gloss black kit.)
