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Avalonman · 03-05-2006, 06:04 PM

What causes scratches on teh wheels?

drunken_panda · 03-05-2006, 06:21 PM

Curb rash. Thats what happened to mine.

05lim · 03-05-2006, 06:22 PM

people dont know how to parallel park

Avalonman · 03-07-2006, 01:23 PM

^^O, so now you say I can't parallel park?

drunken_panda · 03-07-2006, 01:27 PM

I cant and you should see my wheels. My front passenger is red from when my roommate hit a red zone.

camryelaine · 03-07-2006, 01:34 PM

I have those on all my wheels

. Anybody in TN know DIY repair on the curb rushes

Fresco Bob · 03-07-2006, 01:35 PM

If the curb rash is on your rear wheels that means you took a corner to soon, and on the front wheels could be from backing out of a parking space next to a curb and cutting it to hard.

Gary_602Z · 03-07-2006, 04:11 PM

Gotta agree with FrescoBob! They are probably on your rear wheels. If you look on the tire(s) that it came off of you will probably see scuff marks in the same location. Watch out for them curbs!

Gary

Cyorke · 03-07-2006, 04:43 PM

CUrb rash, you cant drive!!!!!!! Jsut like the majority of us here. i would be willing to bet that 100% of us have some on at least one wheel. And taht includes the guys that swap out between winter and summer wheels.

Novice_cardude · 03-07-2006, 04:48 PM

What, mine don't have any curb rash...

If course they are alloy wheels so the tire takes the smaller blows ...

And I only bought the car a couple months ago so ... yeah.

Cyorke · 03-07-2006, 04:52 PM

^^^^You havent ben driving it long enough. It will happen.

Avalonman · 03-07-2006, 05:31 PM

I have never hit the curb in my life! Okay, maybe once. But that little rash you see in the pic is the wheel that has the most damage.

Cyorke · 03-07-2006, 05:51 PM

are you teh only person that drives the car.
do you do all service yourself, do you install your tires your self, do you do your own alignments etc etc.

Really I am not trying to be an ass I was jsut joking earlier about the not being able to drive. Maybe it is someone else that has done it to your car. Are you amrried do you ahve kids that might drive it.

I mean there is no two ways about it, taht is curb rash. I would be willing to bet it was on the right hand(passenger)side of the car. You can see how on the spoke jsu tot eh left of the top of the picture there is very little damage but it gets more and more like you were turning into the curb more as you drove. Or whoever it was that was driving the car when it happened.

Novice_cardude · 03-07-2006, 06:02 PM

My car is an 11 year old car so i'm dying to know how the previous owner kept the wheels so nice so long...

Anyway, like Cyorke said that is curb rash. With hubcaps like that you could graze a curb and not even feel it.

Avalonman · 03-07-2006, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cyorke

are you teh only person that drives the car.
do you do all service yourself, do you install your tires your self, do you do your own alignments etc etc.

Really I am not trying to be an ass I was jsut joking earlier about the not being able to drive. Maybe it is someone else that has done it to your car. Are you amrried do you ahve kids that might drive it.

I mean there is no two ways about it, taht is curb rash. I would be willing to bet it was on the right hand(passenger)side of the car. You can see how on the spoke jsu tot eh left of the top of the picture there is very little damage but it gets more and more like you were turning into the curb more as you drove. Or whoever it was that was driving the car when it happened.

Yes, I am the only one that drive it, I take the wheels off when I take it to Toyota