Repeated Kirbing of 18" alloys

PunkRoquefort

Am I alone, or are others here repeat offenders?

TadleyBaggie

My previous car (2 series BMW) had low profile tyres and the nearside alloys were a mess, it was a lease car and I had get the alloys refurbished before sending it back. Current car (Qashqai) has no such issues, guess they are higher profile.

photome

there is a reason why some people keep kerbing their wheels

flaneurs_lobster

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82014637#Comment_82014637

Is that a question (with a typo) or a statement lacking a conclusion?

Iceweasel

It doesn't matter what diameter the wheels are, or what profile the tyres are.

If you haven't mastered parking - then you're going to damage them

Having said that some tyres have an extra 'rib' to give some extra protectection to the wheels.

subjecttocontract

I go out of my way not to kerb my alloys. Some of the damage I see would mean I wouldnt want to buy the car. I try not to park next to a kerb but in a car park or on a drive. There are some local car parks I won't use because it's very difficult to get around without damaging wheels.

EssexExile

Low profile tyres are not suitable for use on our roads at the moment. Or our roads are not suitable for using low profile tyres on, one or the other. I have no trouble with my big fat tyres.

Frozen_up_north

Drive a proper 4x4, fit BF Goodrich Mud Terrain tyres which have chunky sidewalls, problem solved.

Alternatively, park with 2 wheels on the pavement like many who in doing so, advertise their inability to park correctly.

Bigwheels1111

My car is fine 215/50/17, I try too miss curbs.

The buses I drive are not so lucky, they have extra thick and high sidewalls.

They rub along curbs and roundabouts just fine.

We all look at new tyres and bet how long they take to get scuffed.

First driver normally rubs the shine off them.

Goudy

I've had one or two hits on our street. There are some speed humps that taper to a gap before they meet the kerb.

Once or twice I've felt the steering drag me into that gap when parking if I'm not all the ball with a firm grip on the wheel, causing a scrape. I try to avoid parking near them, but it's not always possible.

The first time I did it I was fuming. I had a choice of option when I bought the car. A highway pack (a self steer cruise system that works at all speeds) or an automated parking system and I choose the wrong one.

It might help if you adjust the nearside mirror a little downwards when reversing into a space against the kerb.

Not all the way down, just enough so if you move your head up a little, you can see the kerb and wheel getting closer or hopefully not, coming together.

Some higher end cars will drip the mirror themselves when reverse is selected for this very reason.

But yes, generally cars with higher sidewall tyres tend to suffer less wheel curbing, though you can still scrub or nip the tyre sidewall badly.

My other half's car doesn't kerb easily as the sidewalls are too high, but she's replaced a few nearside tyres with chunks out of them because they tend to nip and she tends to park using feel rather than sight!

Bigphil1474

My rear offside wheel has some terrible scrapes and marks from after we moved house. Took me a while to master the approach to reversing into my new drive unfortunately. Not a roadside kerb, but the kerbing around the grass verge between the road and the pavement which I have to pass close to to get in to my drive at the right angle.