Kerb Damaged - Tyre Choice

Post by **ROY** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:08 pm

Had my car now for 3 months and the kerbs are like magnets i cant seem to avoid them.
The worst places are muti storey car parks and drive thro's

Im running standard spec tyres at the mo with spacers from virdee 8mm F + 10mm R
When it comes to changing tyres are there any alternatives with better rim protection available ??
Or increase the tyre width from 255 ???

Post by **RIV** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 11:37 pm

Roy I've always had Goodyear f1's, asymmetric 275.30.19 the grip is fantastic

Post by **gareth_oau** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 2:33 am

I just put on some Goodyear Asymmetric 2s and the rim protector is massive.

From the rear, it makes the tyres actually look 15mm wider too

Post by **sonny** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 3:07 am

gareth_oau wrote:I just put on some Goodyear Asymmetric 2s and the rim protector is massive.

From the rear, it makes the tyres actually look 15mm wider too

This...

Post by **Rory** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:23 am

Michelin PS2's have a slight 'lip' which seems to protect the alloy - although saying that I avoid kerbs massively!

I run 10mm front spacers and 15mm rears as well.

Post by **ROY** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 5:53 pm

With the goodyears being slightly wider in profile i guess rubbing could be an issue with 8 & 10mm spacers ??
My Michelins hardly do the job the rubbing strip rips right off even if it so much as looks at a kerb

I just stay well clear at the moment

Post by **gareth_oau** » Tue Sep 25, 2012 2:31 am

I also upped my 255s to 275s with the Asymmetrics and nil rubbing

Post by **ROY** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:34 pm

gareth_oau wrote:I also upped my 255s to 275s with the Asymmetrics and nil rubbing

Gareth - you running spacers mate ????

Post by **gareth_oau** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 2:52 am

nope, they are illegal here.

I'd like to run a set to give it more stance on the outside, but its marginal if it would improve the appearance.

My big issue is if I have an accident, technically the insurance company could reject a claim if I had them installed.

Tricky decision

Post by **Iain_S4** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 1:34 pm

If you can live with them www.alloygator.co.uk

I think I posted a pic on here of them installed on my wife's car which had 19" RS4 style alloys.

Post by **ROY** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 7:12 pm

Has anyone got any pics of their motor with 275's on
Would be interesting to see the stance from the rear with them bad boys

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