Was cleaning my wheels and noticed a scratch along the outer edge of the front passenger side rim about 10 inches long. Have washed my wheels many times and never noticed it. I will try to get a pic up tomorrow. Anyway, how could I miss something that big or is it new and what the hell caused it.? Deep enough to rough up your finger when you run it across it. Wonder if the dealer would be willing to do anything about it since I have not changed tires or done anything to cause it. Doubt it, Anyone else have cuts like this?

 

Bumped the kerb, Baby! Or the missus, did....

Gomez.

 

i curbed it once and got that... and you probably did the same thing but dont know how you wouldnt have noticed... maybe wife? gf? brother? but yah the dealer wouldnt do nething

 

Arrgh!! I will kill her! J/K. I don't think thats it though. Wasn't fair for me to ask without a pic so i will get one up tomorrow.

 

That's known in automotive circles as "Gutter rash".

Unfortunately there's no cure for it, only preventive measures can be taken (ie. don't let the missus drive the car and don't park too close to gutters).

Seriously, if it's a big as you say it is, maybe it's a good excuse to upgrade your wheels.

 

But when you get the new wheels, it then hurts twice as much wheen you do it again. :p And lets face it, that is very easy to do with a large amount of 'urban' driving. I'm actually holding off getting new wheels (a little), because I'm actually quite scared of this happening to them. 3 of my 4 OEM wheels actually have small scuffs on them now.

I was thinking that there must be a way of protecting rims tho.? What would be the issue/s of having a rim protector which is the same diameter as the rim, and held on by the tyre and hooked over the rims edge?? It could be of a composite plastic, and wouldn't weigh much, and needent look too crappy (hell, I think if somebody put some time into it, they could look O.K.). Making these things would be easy too. A small clear plastic pipe cut down the middle, and then applied over the rims edge might even succeed at doing this job??
This might be bad idea?? But it's not immediately obvious to me why??

Feel free to put me straight. :p

 

Rim protectors -- I always wondered about the same thing... seems like a good idea to me...

 

So, Rim Protectors. Are they a good idea, or a bad idea.

Come on people...