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Tyres with rim protectors
« on: February 18, 2012, 07:17:18 am »
I'm about to bite the Lepsons refurb bullet, but reckon I need some new tyres with rim protectors before I do it. My front passenger 18" Monza 2 is so badly mashed that I nearly cry every time my Mrs reports the latest 'incident'  :ashamed:

I don't want to spend all this money on getting them done only for it to happen again.

I put new Pirelli P Zero Rosso's on the front 3,000 miles ago, and they have been brilliant, but I reckon the 'Zero' in the name refers to rim protection!

The Vreds Settantas that I still have on the back have a decent looking rim protector. Is this one of the main reasons people with these wheels fgo for Vreds?

If so, do Pirelli, Continental or Michelin do a good allround tyre with a decent rim protector?
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Re: Tyres with rim protectors
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2012, 07:32:57 am »
If the wife wants to caress the curb with your new shiney wheels I doubt any tyre rim protector will offer total protection.

Telling her to take the bus is a good method though.  :laugh:
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Re: Tyres with rim protectors
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2012, 07:35:26 am »
Quote from: parks on February 18, 2012, 07:32:57 am
If the wife wants to caress the curb with your new shiney wheels I doubt any tyre rim protector will offer total protection.

Telling her to take the bus is a good method though.  :laugh:

Caress? More like grind to a halt using the curb as the brakes!
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Re: Tyres with rim protectors
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2012, 07:58:11 am »
I put on a full set of the Goodyear eagle F1 assyms 2 about two weeks ago.

The best tyre with rim protection I've used so far  :happy2:

Better than the vreds I had on before

When it comes to the missus, to quote a famous phrase from I think it was "VC"

"one damaged rim deserves another"  :evilgrin:
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Re: Tyres with rim protectors
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2012, 08:32:45 am »
Most rim protectors are as much use as an ash tray on a motorbike.
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Re: Tyres with rim protectors
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2012, 09:39:14 am »
There were some gator wheel protectors for sale in the for sale section the other day, they weren't to expensive and it looked like you can get them in various colours on the website so that could be a great way to protect them? They're a hard plastic rim the goes round the whole outside and appear to be removable when ever you want!
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Re: Tyres with rim protectors
« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2012, 09:41:37 am »
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Re: Tyres with rim protectors
« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2012, 10:01:36 am »
Quote from: Aweful_Truth on February 18, 2012, 09:41:37 am
http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,42569.0.html

http://www.alloygator.com/

Nice one, cheers for that. Just watched the install vid, and I reckon that'll give me the protection I need until we can get her safely tucked into a VW Up!
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Re: Tyres with rim protectors
« Reply #8 on: February 18, 2012, 10:27:36 am »
Ian, i used those alloygators for about 8 months

I had problems with them as they would push out from time to time, and i would have to deflate the tyre and hammer back in every month or so.

I think if the sidewalls of your tyres are any way soft these will push out

They certainly helped from kerbing, but when i removed them they left a scar around the rim where they were seated

Kind of defeated the purpose really

Just sharing my experience with this product, somebody else might have different views  :happy2:
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Re: Tyres with rim protectors
« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2012, 01:14:27 am »
Quote from: Gene Hunt on February 18, 2012, 08:32:45 am
Most rim protectors are as much use as an ash tray on a motorbike.

this  :happy2:

Best advice is to avoid getting anywhere near the curb if you can. Obviously when faced with the choice of an accident or curbing a wheel... well it all depends on whether the insurance will be paid out by the other driver  :grin: that's a joke of course  :rolleye:.

seriously i have the vreds and have curbed the passenger front wheel twice and i'm ultra careful (and bordering paranoid) about curbing, just a shame i've been downright clumsy on two occasions which completely undoes the carefulness side of things  :scared:
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Re: Tyres with rim protectors
« Reply #10 on: February 20, 2012, 09:51:27 am »
Bridgestone potenzas have rim protectors, and they do make a difference at low-speed (parallel parking) manouvres
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Re: Tyres with rim protectors
« Reply #11 on: February 20, 2012, 12:38:09 pm »
Why not just teach her to drive better?

"Prevention is better than the cure"
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Re: Tyres with rim protectors
« Reply #12 on: February 20, 2012, 01:38:15 pm »
Quote from: Frenzy on February 20, 2012, 01:14:27 am
Quote from: Gene Hunt on February 18, 2012, 08:32:45 am
Most rim protectors are as much use as an ash tray on a motorbike.

this  :happy2:

Best advice is to avoid getting anywhere near the curb if you can. Obviously when faced with the choice of an accident or curbing a wheel... well it all depends on whether the insurance will be paid out by the other driver  :grin: that's a joke of course  :rolleye:.

seriously i have the vreds and have curbed the passenger front wheel twice and i'm ultra careful (and bordering paranoid) about curbing, just a shame i've been downright clumsy on two occasions which completely undoes the carefulness side of things  :scared:
...........same tyres(now changed)  the same thing.Just touched a curb when parking & put a mark on my front left.Thing was i was hardley moving but the so called rim protectors were crap.
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Re: Tyres with rim protectors
« Reply #13 on: February 20, 2012, 03:11:51 pm »
Best rim protection is to avoid narrow tyrers on wide rims and to teach your wife.  :wink:
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Re: Tyres with rim protectors
« Reply #14 on: February 20, 2012, 09:56:36 pm »
I'm trying to teach her, but I might as well be speaking in Hebrew.
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