Fraser Young
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Registered: 26th Dec 02
Location: Dundee City Drives: 58 Impreza WRX
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How about some of these... would invent them but i cannot be arsed...
Jus kerbed one, and Chloe (my car) is sad,
I am also sad, I want to go home., yet I already am.
Piss.
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Tim
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Registered: 21st Apr 00
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Um, get tyres with rim guards? 
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Munchie
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Registered: 17th Jul 01
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yeh TSW have made rims that u can change the rim thingie if u kerb dem!
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Munchie
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Registered: 17th Jul 01
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do they actually work tim? ive just ordeded sum tyres for me new wheels which have rim protection...
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DanielJ
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Registered: 21st Nov 01
Location: gwent, south wales
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they work in sum situations
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kerzo
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Registered: 10th Nov 02
Location: Norn Iron
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DanielJ do u ever get probs with your alloys? My neighbour had them on for about 3 or 4 months and thought they were the worst alloys he ever had on a car and went back to his momo's. i looked at the wheels and the chrome was starting to peel and a few chips out of them but no curbing
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Icy
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Registered: 31st Jan 01
Location: Edinburgh Drives: Mk3 Golf Gti
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quote:
Originally posted by Munchie
yeh TSW have made rims that u can change the rim thingie if u kerb dem!
u mean OZ
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Hintz
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Registered: 8th Aug 02
Location: Surrey Nr.Guildford Car: Astra Gsi (rep)
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I found that with tyres that are wider than the rim, the car slides a lot more than usual
Don't feel safe with 'em TBH.
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Joff
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Registered: 17th Oct 00
Location: Cambridgeshire
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You could always adopt a radical new driving style from Germany where you don't drive into kerbs.
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GT4Brody
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Registered: 26th Sep 01
Location: south
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Yeah the rim protecters do work, to an extent, obviously if u r a really shite driver/parker and are constantly spanking your wheels int to curbs, then the rim protector isnt gonna work every time but they do help if you occasionally brush the curb with ur wheel!!
Oh and Hintz the tyres are not that much wider, it is only a rim around the sidewall that sticks out so shouldnt cause any kind of roll, i have Avon zz3,s these have protectors and are great tyres
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Phil Hall
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Registered: 28th Sep 01
Location: Belfast
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I had a set of Avons that had a lip that sat over the edge of the rim, they were class tyres. Protected the rim, lasted for ages and were brill in the wet.
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3CorsaMeal
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Registered: 11th Apr 02
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my old mans tyres have a buldge that sits above the rim, but sticks out further than the alloy.
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GT4Brody
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Registered: 26th Sep 01
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Agreed Phil, a couple of peolpe have said to me that Avons are crap in the wet due to hard compound of rubber, thats cack in my experience! Had yoks b4 and they WERE crap in thw wet!!
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DanielJ
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Registered: 21st Nov 01
Location: gwent, south wales
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no probs with my wheels m8 all paint intact, i got bf goodrich low profilers an they got the rim gaurd
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Patrick
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Registered: 25th Apr 02
Location: SE London
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I'm with Joff here. The best form of rim protection is to drive carefully and not into kerbs! 
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