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Jul 23, 2004 17:16:13 GMT
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Kind of inevitable that alloys are gonna get scratched / kerbed / otherwise buggered up, but it doesn't make it any less irritating when it happens. And the only person I can blame for it is me and my careless parking!  Right, well I'm glad I got that off my chest. Right then, what other part of my car can I fook up this weekend... |
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Jul 23, 2004 19:08:39 GMT
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I'm dreading the day I do mine...I'm surprised I've lasted this long!
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Jul 23, 2004 21:06:23 GMT
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Bad luck! I once managed to wreck a wheel with over use of the handbrake, and a kerb. Four inch long slice of wheel left behind......
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Peugeot 307sw - Suzuki SV650S - MX5.
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Davenger
Club Retro Rides Member
It's only metal
Posts: 7,272
Club RR Member Number: 140
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Jul 23, 2004 23:52:57 GMT
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Haven't kerbed the alloys on the astra yet.
Just as well really, not my car ;D
Hi mum, borrowed your car, Buggered the wheels up, but at least I didn't prang it
Soggy suspended peice of curse word.
So much body roll I get sea sick
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GrumpyOldMan
Part of things
Addicted to unreliable cars ?!
Posts: 182
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Jul 24, 2004 17:04:50 GMT
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Well... The A112 is the first car I've had that has alloys... And the've been seriously kerbed... I have to find the time (and courage) to repair them with some filler, primer and paint... All my previous cars had nice, kerb-proof, steels... But I did manage to crack two Lada wheels [not my fault, they're made of very thin metal] and bend two 106R wheels [not my fault, the huge pothole was right on the apex of the turn]  |
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Jul 24, 2004 17:52:13 GMT
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That's why I use nice thick 7x13 Weller steels. I don't trust myself. Besides, standard Imp steels are poxy thin tiny things, and Wellers look mental!
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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Just changed a flat tyre on my brothers Wolseley Hornet and have just discovered 2 of the Mamba alloys destroyed by some curse word in a tyre fitters who smashed lumps of them by hammering on lead weights on the inside of the rim GRRR!!!
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OOOH CENSORSHIP... THINGY wasn't the word I used!!
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Jul 25, 2004 13:11:47 GMT
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I want to get mine professionally refurbed when I get enough free cash (a long wait I think...) I did mine myself with plenty of NitroMors and elbow grease! Not perfect, but it makes it all the more irritating when I mess up my own hard work!! Never mind, one day they'll be all sparkly-nice, and I'll buy a set of kerb feelers! |
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