Have you ever kerbed your Aero wheels?

[nufan]

I had to use touch up paint every few weeks to start with - but now with a small car park door dent and a few really small wheel scuffs - I’ve found peace in acceptance/my mind’s moved onto other things! Taken 9 months of ownership mind!

 

[Adopado]

I had to use touch up paint every few weeks to start with - but now with a small car park door dent and a few really small wheel scuffs - I’ve found peace in acceptance/my mind’s moved onto other things! Taken 9 months of ownership mind!

You learn well young Grasshopper ... (I've just realised how old that reference is ... eek)

 

[nufan]

Not lost on me....if I have the right show - I remember the intro-fellow walking on rice paper without disturbing it and having to lift the wood burner with his forearms at the end...ouch.

I obsess over software update checking now, rather than the rims...it’s an upward karmic kick every few weeks....instead of a downer when you notice a scuff (not washing it so often helps avoid noticing!)

 

[Roy W.]

Any more voters out there?

 

[Sparkeur]

Any more voters out there?

Ask me again next week. I may have an update.

 

[cockneyleek]

For fudge sake! I was one of the smug, “no never” voters last week but I have gone and done the front passenger rim.

I have changed my vote.

Karma!

 

[Wol747]

Australian kerbs are notorious for jumping out just as you park.

 

[AndyS3]

Today I’ve kerbed my front wheel again

I’ve been driving for 43 years, and in all that time I’ve damaged one alloy wheel, and paid to have it repaired.

I’ve had the Model 3 just over a year, and this is the third time I’ve scraped one of the Aero wheels.

Are these the worst designed wheels ever? Or is it just me?

Sh!!t tyres without the rim protection bead. Before my Tesla purchase, I would not buy a car with tyres smaller than 65 rating on tyre depth. My pickup truck has 10" tyre walls. I drive over everything with impunity

 

[Eberhard]

I have my AEROS on my Models S since i got it in 2013. They are still very fine despite the 463.000km on my odometer.

 

[Adopado]

I have my AEROS on my Models S since i got it in 2013. They are still very fine despite the 463.000km on my odometer.

Are you a genius at parking or are German kerbs very small?

 

[AndyS3]

Tapered kerbs make a huge difference to not kerbing wheels.

 

[Roy W.]

While on holiday in Skye we visited the Coral Beach which was very nice, but the parking was appalling - not enough, and a myriad of potholes. As I was reversing back to let a car out my back end went down a very big pothole, more like an abyss, and I heard the car bottom out.

As well as a bit of minor rim damage on yet another wheel, this was the horrifying result:

The other result was a tirade of very juicy expletives!

Thankfully the Tesla paintwork is better than I feared, because when I got home the marks polished out with Autoglym Super Resin Polish and a bit of elbow grease.

 

[LongRanger]

Was within 2mm of swearing loudly a few days ago - misjudged front width slightly when lining up in a parking space.

Just got away with it.

 

[Country Boy]

First proper trip out in new car, less than 100 miles, and ding.... front passenger alloy..

The tyres look like they have been put an a too wide alloy. The metal is the widest part of the wheel. Never seen that before..

 

[Roy W.]

First proper trip out in new car, less than 100 miles, and ding.... front passenger alloy..

The tyres look like they have been put an a too wide alloy. The metal is the widest part of the wheel. Never seen that before..

Welcome to the club! Yes, the aero wheels are very susceptible to kerbing, they’re a very poor design. Mine is going in again on Monday for ally repairs...

 

[Noodles]

I do try to get close to the curb
so far I'm good

 

[Melsaid]

I've got this when I got the car. 3 years insurance for 300. Covers interior, exterior and alloy wheels

SMARTCARE Cosmetic Insurance

They are good for when car is new. But there is another one that you can get at any time https://www.tidyalloys.com/

 

[Acko1985]

Job done, nice and quick and can reccomend www.m-techalloyrepairsscotland.co.uk to anyone living in Scotland.

£78 lighter but the colour match is perfect. Apparently the colour of the 18's is 'Sonic Grey'.

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Awesome Job that! Anyone know of any national firms or anyone based in Yorkshire that have done decent job on theirs?

 

[SergeyP]

No matter how careful I have been, kerbed hard the left back on a sharp turn in darkness this week. To my great pleasant surprise the rim protector worked! Honestly, I installed them for the looks since I did not believe that a thin piece of plastic can protect from kerbing, but it actually did! £25 worth spent!

(photo is for illustration of rim protector on the back rear wheel)

On this topic, I kerbed both wheels on one side on my previous E350e at the same time during the automatic parking. Oh how pissed I was with the automatic parking! Commonly I am mad at myself but not that time!

 

[M3noob]

No matter how careful I have been, kerbed hard the left back on a sharp turn in darkness this week. To my great pleasant surprise the rim protector worked! Honestly, I installed them for the looks since I did not believe that a thin piece of plastic can protect from kerbing, but it actually did! £25 worth spent!
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(photo is for illustration of rim protector on the back rear wheel)

On this topic, I kerbed both wheels on one side on my previous E350e at the same time during the automatic parking. Oh how pissed I was with the automatic parking! Commonly I am mad at myself but not that time!

We're those Scuffs rim protectors?

I've always been cautious about them. If them come lose they can flog the bodywork and cost more than a rim repair.