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curb fail :(



@rt

  Veccy 1.9 cdti
curbed my nearside front alloy tonight trying to move out the way so a car could squeeze past on a narrow road, gutted tbh, all my alloys are mint, in graphite, and now my front one has a silver curb mark about 4-5 inches long on the rim :(, also got a nice chunk out my tyre, was going to get new alloys soon anyway, but just means its going to look a mess for a while :dapprove:, may try and touch it up at the weekend, pop down a paint place and try and get a colour match

probably doesn't warrent a thread but it's a s**t feeling :dapprove:
 
  Za**** & Xr250R
Horrid curbing of the alloy it's the worste ever imo apart from a crash i nearly done my the other day when a ambulance was trying to pass !!!
 
I know that feeling mate. I did it in one of my previous cars.

My mate crashed his car in front of me and the only way I could avoid smashing in to him was bouncing up the curb, well and truely ruined an alloy.

Unless it really bad no one will notice it while you're driving anyway.
 
  Ph1.2 / VW Polo
did mine the other day too.
half asleep / still bit drunk, sunday morning.

reversing back along a kerb, steering wheel was straight but the wheels were on an angle.
didnt relise then i heard, kkkhhhuuurrrrrcchhhhhhhh.
black wheels too, so visable!
 

@rt

  Veccy 1.9 cdti
Yeah the noise was the worst! I was relieved tbh though, cause as my car is pretty low, I thought it was the front bumper/splitter, and was absolutly shitting it, so was abit vexed when I couldn't see anything...untill I looked at the wheel,lol

it is really visable due to the colour of the wheel, such a shame :(

last time I'm nice and try and do anything for anyone,lol.
 

RDH

ClioSport Club Member
Atleast there is one advantage to having standard 15's with massive profile.

Can say I've geniuinly never hit a curb since I got my car. I'd be pissed off if it was somebody elses fault though.
 
  Barge
Yeah the noise was the worst!

Curb outside our house is leathal. On Saturday's (I live on a Front Street near shops) I can hear the dulcet tones of at least 5 curbing occurances each week. When I got in from work tonight some woman had managed to curb her wheel so badly she'd got stuck. FLOL. It usually tears tyres too so she was lucky!

Be reet, how badly did you do it? Just a smidge or full on chunks out?
 

@rt

  Veccy 1.9 cdti
Curb outside our house is leathal. On Saturday's (I live on a Front Street near shops) I can hear the dulcet tones of at least 5 curbing occurances each week. When I got in from work tonight some woman had managed to curb her wheel so badly she'd got stuck. FLOL. It usually tears tyres too so she was lucky!

Be reet, how badly did you do it? Just a smidge or full on chunks out?

Crikey! sounds nice! lol how on earth did she manage to get stuck?! hahaha!

ermmm, its not overly bad, not a little scuff or anything but I've seen worse! hoping if I touch it up with something roughly the same colour you wont really notice it!, left a nice mark on the curb though so I can remember it every time I go past now! lol
 
  Barge
Crikey! sounds nice! lol how on earth did she manage to get stuck?! hahaha!

ermmm, its not overly bad, not a little scuff or anything but I've seen worse! hoping if I touch it up with something roughly the same colour you wont really notice it!, left a nice mark on the curb though so I can remember it every time I go past now! lol

She'd gone in a space at a ridiculous angle tbqfh. n00b. Some fella had to direct her off the curb, I think she'd had a breakdown!
 

Alastair.

ClioSport Club Member
  986'S 172ph1+182FF
my mrs curbed my spanking turinis wen i lent her my clio for the day, i proper flipped at her and all she could say is its only a stupid wheel.
 
  E92 M3
when ur lass curbs your wheels is the wurst she know what was coming as soon as she done it lol

i hadnt even said anything and it was sorry sorry lol
 
  RS Clio 182
Man!!! I did that few months back so I`m feeling your pain lol and took it to an alloy wheel repair place and they did an ace job. Cost me £80 but felt good again after as my other wheels are spotless
 
  RS Clio 182
Defo the last time I`ll do that, was in a bloody rush to get to train station and misjudged gap inbetween the car in the middle of the road and kerb
 
  Clio 182FF
If those are the graphite 182 wheels, Norwich renault dealers had a mint one in stock which they ordered wrong. I got two cheap!
 


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