Kerbed Alloy/Lease advice

[Poached]

Like most people on here perhaps I think alloy kerbing is a sin.

I kept on reminding my wife to be very careful, on taking delivery of my current car, only to eat humble pie a few weeks later when I gouged one of them on those horrible 90 degree Granite kerbs.

Learnt both to avoid them like the plague and give future advice on the matter.

Granite kerbs and expensive wheels do not mix, ask me how I know this...

It can be helpful to turn the wheel further into the kerb so that the tyre nudges the kerb rather than the face of the alloy wheel before straightening up.

[Darlo]

Thanks for the posts, especially the wear & tear guide.

I've still not seen it, although she did come up with a suggestion when she rang me before that I take her car and she has mine whilst I sort it..... Not gonna happen!!

I am very concerned that I have to play it down as if I make a meal of it we all know that I will end up kerbing mine ha ha

[Darlo]

Well after the abuse I have the mrs.... Look what I did this morning. First time in ten years I've kerbed an alloy. Annoyed doesn't even cover it



Hoping for some group discount on the repair ha ha

[Gingernick]

talking abotu being annoyed

I kerbed mine in the first week I had my gti

after 18 months or so I did something about it, managed to avoid hitting anything that whole time...had it fixed, looked good as new, was happy as larry

10 days later, kerbed the same wheel worse than it was before and the rear one a bit as well...I could have cried!!