Curb rash. Ouch.

[lakemirror]

17 months and not a scratch on my X, and then yesterday I got sloppy and cut a corner too sharply. Either that or the curb jumped out and bit my wheel.

Rim Doctor appointment already set up.

Don't you hate that first ding?

 

[hgmichna]

Some tires, like the Michelin CrossClimate+, have a rim protection ridge. My son scraped a curb yesterday—no damage, because the tire took it all. Recommended.

 

[Ron97062]

I hear you. The first cut is the deepest.

 

[Vaillant]

That’s impressive, you got every spoke!

 

[Qksilver69]

Yeah it's disappointing from a design standpoint that the rims hit first, never had another car with this tendency to curb rash. Favorite game of mine is checking out any parked Model 3's for similar rash as I have it on 3 of 4 wheels.

 

[Geordie Tessa]

17 months and not a scratch on my X, and then yesterday I got sloppy and cut a corner too sharply. Either that or the curb jumped out and bit my wheel.

Rim Doctor appointment already set up.

Don't you hate that first ding?



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Wow looks bad but very easy to sort not bad for 17 months

 

[lightba6]

don't worry... they get easier to accept with time ;-).

 

[Infiniti Pi]

clipped a curb in a parking garage. Estimate was $125 to fix. Still contemplating. Just a nick.

 

[JZifch]

Thankfully (?) I got this little mishap out of the way within my first three months of ownership... First and last time I did that, but painful nonetheless! Welcome to the club...

 

[powaking]

17 months and not a scratch on my X, and then yesterday I got sloppy and cut a corner too sharply. Either that or the curb jumped out and bit my wheel.

Rim Doctor appointment already set up.

Don't you hate that first ding?



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I went just over 18months before my first rash. Then 2 days later my wife really went curb surfing. At that point I got it fixed for $125. Can't even tell.

 

[Firebird 2.0]

Did you leave any curb on the street?

 

[rsg123]

Looks like you went all in for your first! Ouch.

 

[jones6547]

17 months and not a scratch on my X, and then yesterday I got sloppy and cut a corner too sharply. Either that or the curb jumped out and bit my wheel.

Rim Doctor appointment already set up.

Don't you hate that first ding?



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Oh be very careful....I cut a corner too tight with my S two years ago...high curb....$6,000 of damage later....and there was no body damage...

 

[MrKak]

Ouch!....feel your pain!

 

[mswlogo]

Wow looks bad but very easy to sort not bad for 17 months

Actually I don't think it looks that bad. It's just the black exaggerates the contrast of the aluminum.

17 months is great.

I think those tires do have some rim protection but they don't protect from everything and might have helped some.

 

[WillN to Go]

I hate low profile.... well I won't go off on that tanget here. Renting cars in the UK and Ireland a couple of years ago they all had low profile tires. No clue why. The first thing that would happen is the GPS would do something weird and I'd pull over on the narrow streets to safely fiddle with it. Scratch. After that first day it wouldn't happen. They still make these things call Curb Finders. They're dirt cheap. They're basically springs and wires that easily clip on to the lower part of a fender. They stick out a bit. If you are near a curb they are the first thing to touch the curb. They make a scratching noise.. and you've just save $200+
After a while you'll get used to where the car is in space and you can take them off. I made a note that anytime I travel and might rent a car to bring along a pair. I'm waiting on a Model Y, with regular tires ... but maybe I should get a pair just as a test and proof of concept.
Something else I noticed on my trip. Initially my son and I rented a huge motorhome. Far too big for the narrow Scottish roads. I slapped the mirror on another mirror on a truck parked on the side of the road, didn't break either though. But it was game over for me. Total nightmare. When my son took over, I used the side mirror to see the painted line on the edge of the road. Using positive reinforcement I only told him when he was about 6-8" from that line. Good... you're good.... within 45 minutes he had it completely dialed in. If I'd made a YouTube video 45 minutes long everyone who drives would watch it. So I say Curb Finders and a lot of curb parking and tight corners until you no longer hear the scrape (of the $15 finders), then you're dialed in. I'll order a set and give it a shot.

 

[stopsucking]

1...Either that or the curb jumped out and bit my wheel.

That's exactly what my 19 year old son said to me a few weeks ago when he took the car for a quick drive.

 

[Mikedrives]

We park at the curb in front of our house, and do a lot of urban parallel parking. Within a week all four rims were uniformly scratched all the way around, consistently enough that it looks intentional. I saw a product that looked like rubber rings that stick to your rims with some adhesive. I couldn't imagine them or the adhesive surviving the immense pressure when mashed against a concrete curb, but also, they look like my rims already look. Haven't lost any sleep over it.

 

[VikH]

Must have been a huge curb! I am more impressed that your FWD trim aligns with your fender trim.

 

[skatefriday]

I have a Porsche that has a tire that will protect the rim. In 11 years of ownership I've grazed a curb maybe twice and both times the tire protected the rim.

I had my Model 3 about a month and took one on the rim. Taken a couple more since. It's like this car attracts curbs, and there's absolutely no protection for the rim.