Alloygator...has any one used this stuff?

sam1970

I ma looking for a way to protect my car's alloy wheels from damage and came across this site http://www.alloygator.co.uk. Has any one used their product before? and how good is it? apparantly I can get it fitted for all wheels for around £80 which is the price to refurbish one wheel!!

s_b

link says tested by mira
i cant find anything

Strider590

Or you could just drive properly

scotsbob

It would appear that even a Skoda driver doesn't like them. Surely that says it all

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/222471-alloygator/

sam1970

Strider590 wrote: »

Or you could just drive properly

Even the most careful drivers can never avoid scuffs and other damage to their alloys..for example the entrance to the multistory car park at my work place is very tight to the extent that you either hit the kerb or scratch the passenger door against the wall (unless you are driving a mini car)..most of the staff who drive bigger cars park on the street as they can not access the car park..and you know what..I have been driving for 25 years without a single accident and I ahve a clean license so please do not give me a lecture on driving

Notmyrealname

sam1970 wrote: »

I have been driving for 25 years without a single accident and I ahve a clean license so please do not give me a lecture on driving

I've done the equivalent of 150 years worth of average mileage with a clean and accident free history.

If the entrance is an inch wider than your vehicle and the approach to it wide enough so that you can turn into it and be straight on to it, even if it means going over the other side of the road then you can go into it without hitting the kerb or scratching the the passenger door against the wall.

As people seem to be able to get their cars in, then its poor driving that has caused the damage.

s_b

we all make mistakes with alloy wheels occasionally
those that don't obviously have their halos super glued on

bungle4by4

looks like a bit of channel, either ally or plastic fitted onto the very edge of the wheel, they will deflate the tyre and fit that, so it becomes sacrificial instead of damaging the wheel..

i can't imagine it will be either thick, or hard (ooooerrr missus) as it need to be fitted to the wheel without looking out of place, or kinking. so at best i'd expect only a one shot protection. and dont forget, if you hit the protector strip, that will look damaged. and if in contrasting colour, stand out like a sore thumb.

I can see some merits in the idea, if your considering the imapct on resale, i doubt you'd get your money back, as you may need someone to remove the strips to show the wheel underneath. If this costs say half, total investment would be 120 quid.. doubtful light scuffing on wheels (which is all i think they will protect you from) will affect resale by this much money.

If your very very attached to your shiney wheels, then maybe. Personally i'd fit alloy protecting tyres (the ones with a lip on the tyre protuding above the bead) and forget about these.

If you do have them fitted, im curious to know what you thought of them.

sam1970

going back to the main subject of the question..has any one tried this product apart from the skoda driver on that thread who clearly did a missy job fitting them himself..I am looking to have them fitted by one of their official installer

Strider590

sam1970 wrote: »

I have been driving for 25 years without a single accident and I ahve a clean license so please do not give me a lecture on driving

No accident doesn't mean you can drive (and I wasn't aiming anything at you, rather at people who need such a product). But strictly speaking, any bump or scrape is an accident....... So people who hit kerbs, or hit cars in car parks and then drive off, later proclaiming "40 years without an accident", they're not being entirely truthful.

This car park, do you hit your wheels every single time? if not then your inconsistency is to blame, If so then it's badly designed and don't park there.

We have a narrow entrance to our works carpark, to stop large trucks parking there overnight, 3 people have hit there cars on the entrance (Mini, Fiat Punto, Fiat 500), but I somehow manage to get my Vectra (at 1.8m wide) through consistently, at 20+mph, come rain, shine, snow, fog or darkness.



25 years? I know someone who can beat that....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7347339.stm

76 years, no accident, then lands upside down on top of two Porsches, doing 60k+ worth of damage.

bungle4by4

i cant find any link to the results of them being tested by mira... im pretty sure i could send them a fruit cake, they would 'test' that as well.