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Title: Rim protectors
Post by: Llew on August 05, 2013, 06:33:13 pm: Does anyone use them,are they any good, are they good for tyre changes , need to know as I don't wanna waste money, cheers
Title: Re: Rim protectors
Post by: cmdrfire on August 05, 2013, 07:54:04 pm: Yes, yes, & yes.
Title: Re: Rim protectors
Post by: Llew on August 05, 2013, 08:17:28 pm: Say no more :happy2:
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Post by: chowgar on August 05, 2013, 09:13:56 pm: must admit I dont understand how a few mm of plastic will protect a rim from 1tonne of kerb???
Title: Re: Rim protectors
Post by: Scaff on August 06, 2013, 12:49:48 am: Any links to these rim protectors you speak of?

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Title: Re: Rim protectors
Post by: mvb12 on August 06, 2013, 08:56:42 am: http://www.alloygator.co.uk/

They come in a variety of colours :happy2:
Title: Re: Rim protectors
Post by: berg on August 06, 2013, 09:06:44 am: I have some unused silver ones for sale if anyone interested.

Bought as a gift by my father in law but i cant be assed fitting them..
Title: Re: Rim protectors
Post by: cmdrfire on August 06, 2013, 06:36:39 pm: Quote from: Llew on August 05, 2013, 08:17:28 pm
Say no more :happy2:
:happy2:

Quote from: chowgar on August 05, 2013, 09:13:56 pm
must admit I dont understand how a few mm of plastic will protect a rim from 1tonne of kerb???

Er my rim protectors are metal, they're the BBS stainless steel ones. They do work quite well against glances/grazes but because they're polished stainless it's a one-hit deal (and they're not cheap to replace, so I'm still super paranoid about kerbs; but, it's comforting to know it's the rim protector that will take the damage and not my horrendously expensive CH-Rs...)
Title: Re: Rim protectors
Post by: OSB on August 07, 2013, 07:45:14 am: Quote from: berg on August 06, 2013, 09:06:44 am
I have some unused silver ones for sale if anyone interested.

Bought as a gift by my father in law but i cant be assed fitting them..

I could be interested. Need some 18" for the wife's car!
What size? How much? PM me
Cheers
Title: Re: Rim protectors
Post by: cjchapman on August 07, 2013, 09:40:02 pm: Anyone got any pictures of them on the car? i have some 18inch monza 2s that definitely need protecting!
Title: Re: Rim protectors
Post by: ROH ECHT on August 08, 2013, 08:27:44 am: Quote from: Llew on August 05, 2013, 06:33:13 pm
Does anyone use them,are they any good, are they good for tyre changes , need to know as I don't wanna waste money, cheers
How about these classics? ;p
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1205.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fbb434%2Frohecht%2Ffeelers.jpg&hash=9245184367da13a29c9c5c6e3e6d4ab946adbdf0) (http://s1205.photobucket.com/user/rohecht/media/feelers.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Rim protectors
Post by: pitsirikas on August 09, 2013, 07:03:57 am: I prefer these (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MNxmqYxjfk'') or these (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB1s7U8aX4U'')..!
Title: Re: Rim protectors
Post by: chowgar on August 09, 2013, 12:31:29 pm: Is it really that hard to not park too close to the kerb? only bumped the kerb once since having the car in 3/4 years...