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Tyres with good rim protection
Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2017 1:38 pm
by luzinit
Hi all,
Did a search but couldn't find anything useful - what tyres have you guys used that offer both good performance and good rim protection? Wife keeps driving into kerbs... lol, me ranting isn't doing anything so I'll need to look into some preventative measures.
cheers,
Tony
Re: Tyres with good rim protection
Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2017 3:17 pm
by ralt
Hi.
You can buy tape or alloy rim protectors on ebay.
Re: Tyres with good rim protection
Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2017 3:18 pm
by Magpie
Re: Tyres with good rim protection
Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2017 5:46 pm
by rascal
luzinit wrote:Hi all,
Did a search but couldn't find anything useful - what tyres have you guys used that offer both good performance and good rim protection? Wife keeps driving into kerbs... lol, me ranting isn't doing anything so I'll need to look into some preventative measures.
cheers,
Tony
The size of the tyres can affect how much the rim sticks out too, even with the same tyres. eg a 205 on a 6" rim has much better rim protection than the exact same 205 tyre on a 8" rim cos the rim edge is 25mm further away from the tyre wall.
Re: Tyres with good rim protection
Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2017 7:46 pm
by bear2230
AD08r's have a nice protruding rubber flange that has saved my rims more than once.
They are 205 x 50's on 7" rims
Richard
Re: Tyres with good rim protection
Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2017 7:54 pm
by hks_kansei
Buy some 14in steelies from a Mazda 323.
She can curb them for days on end then.