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Offline VWKev

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Re: Anyone seen these rim protectors before?
« Reply #10 on: 15 March 2010, 22:38 »
Silver is a good choice, you got Monza's ?


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Re: Anyone seen these rim protectors before?
« Reply #11 on: 15 March 2010, 22:41 »
Silver is a good choice, you got Monza's ?

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Re: Anyone seen these rim protectors before?
« Reply #12 on: 15 March 2010, 22:45 »
Same as these....
http://www.rimskins.com/
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Re: Anyone seen these rim protectors before?
« Reply #13 on: 15 March 2010, 22:48 »
Silver is a good choice, you got Monza's ?

18" Monza Shadows. :smiley:

I hope they work ok with them, I think they may not work.  :undecided:


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Re: Anyone seen these rim protectors before?
« Reply #14 on: 15 March 2010, 22:50 »
Same as these....
http://www.rimskins.com/

These cost a bit more than the gaitors. I wonder if there is any difference.
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Re: Anyone seen these rim protectors before?
« Reply #15 on: 15 March 2010, 22:54 »
Silver is a good choice, you got Monza's ?
18" Monza Shadows. :smiley:
I hope they work ok with them, I think they may not work.  :undecided:

You may be right as there is lack of a lip on the Monza Shadows. Damn!
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Re: Anyone seen these rim protectors before?
« Reply #16 on: 15 March 2010, 23:43 »
Hate to dampen your spirits guys but a friend of mine got a similar product for his car a while back. It was basically a plastic ring which clipped round your wheel and was held on by the tyre. He was heading down a motorway and hit something with his wheel. The rim protector snapped clean in half and his wheel instantly went flat.

a) it was very cold so it could have been more fragile

b) it was probably only because he hit the debris with his wheel (or whatever it was)

c) they may have been improved since then.

I am personally not keen on putting anything between my tyre rim and my wheel rim... especially if I'm on the motorway or using the performance of my car. I wonder how they hold going round a corner quickly?

From the vid it looks like this product is a material which is pressed on. Personally I have my doubts that something which can be so easily pressed on and shaped will be so strong against damage. But at least it's safer than sticking a rim between your tyre and alloy.

I do reckon though that being more careful would be a better plan
« Last Edit: 15 March 2010, 23:48 by PenguinGTI »

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Re: Anyone seen these rim protectors before?
« Reply #17 on: 16 March 2010, 07:51 »
From the threads in here of late. I think quite a few of us may need rim protection. :sick:

I'd say so, prob better asking Steve too, he uses condoms to protect his rim.

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Re: Anyone seen these rim protectors before?
« Reply #18 on: 16 March 2010, 08:40 »
That video of the car kerbing at least 5 times looks a con.
The kerb for a start is slanted so it is only the tyre that is rubbing against it.
The rim afterwards is hardly marked if at all.
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Re: Anyone seen these rim protectors before?
« Reply #19 on: 16 March 2010, 10:30 »
funny comment yesterday, Snoopy, about the need for rim protection :laugh: