I'm posting this mainly because I have been looking for a set of aftermarket wheels for my car for months, and can't find but a set here and there that are in good clean shape! A knick or standard driving marks are a given, but all out curbage on a set of $3K plus wheels is crazy to me!

It doesn't stop with brands either. Right now for sale in the classifieds on the front page there are 3 different sets of wheels advertising good shape, and usually 1 curbed wheel. It doesn't necessarily seem to matter the location either...it is all over the US! Then the price is only moderatly cheaper than new, and it makes me think that if a wheel has been curbed that maybe the owner doesn't care about it enough to not take good care of the rest of them--and just generally makes me nervous.

I've had 5 sets of aftermarket wheels, plus countless stock sets, and never curbed any of them since I started driving. WHAT IS THE DEAL PEOPLE?!?!?!?!?

So as a random poll, what set of wheels and how much curbage have you had. Just curious

 

BTW I seriously have cash to spend right now. I want a set of 19" or 20" gunmetal/polished wheels (no chrome) with phat lips--PM me if you have a clean set you want to sell. Without tires preferably, but let me know what you have.

 

I have stock rims and three of them are curbed Fking drive through

 

Wheel curbage has happened to me too!

It always happens that .01% of the time that I am not extra careful near the curb. Let me tell you it bothered the **** out of me and I wanted to kick my own a@s!

Right now I am searching for wheels too. I just cringe though when I know that a decent set of wheels and tires run around $3k and it is inevitable that they will get nicked somehow. Even if I don't curb one it will be hit by rocks or whatever other garbage is thrown around on the roads down here.

 

depending on the severity of the damage, most minor curb rash can be cleaned up really well by a wheel repair place. I spent $65 a rim to fix my light curb rash, can I can't even tell which part of the rim was fixed now. I'd reccomend you find rims with a little curb rash which will hopefully lower their cost, then go get them cleaned up on your own. As long as they're not bent or suffered severe scraping, I think you'll be fine.

 

haven't hit a curb, but a pothole took a small piece out of my wheel - it's all I can see now, and it's not even that bad heh

 

I have been driving on aftermarket wheels over 15 years and never curbed one.....until recently....two sets. My expensive Maya, I curbed that sucker hard. Two inch scrape. On my 3 month old G35 I have cheap Sevas wheels and I've curbed one of them. The good part is the Sevas are full cast wheels and tough as heck.You can't see the marks unless I show them to you. I am really tempted to sell the Maya and never buy high end wheels again, they are too soft and high maintenance.

 

If you have to parallel park eventually you'll curb a wheel. I curbed my last set of Works and boy was I pissed. Now with my new wheels that cost me way too much I park a foot away from the curb to be safe and don't even let a valet touch my car.

 

I agree about repairing, but pics never always do damage justice. Unless the person can fix them before hand, I see pics of curbage and walk away. You never know what the damage is until its too late.

 

I let my girl drive my coupe to buy groceries... and the rest is history.

 

oh my, thats why you neeeevvver let a gf drive ur car period

 

Oh yeah, if it costs $100 a wheel to fix them, that's an additional $400 on top of shipping and whatever the persons asking price is which is usually only slightly discounted because "they can be fixed easily".

I dunno, I guess some people have no respect for what they have.

 

i curbed my SSR GT3 on the very last drive last season in the last 15min
for taking a corner too sharp. nice gauge on the rear wheel (19x10).

i just bought a new pair of rears with new s03's mounted. im going
to use the curbed one as a table top in the garage (put a thick plexy glass
over it) and the other good one as a spare.

 

my oem 17 is still flawless, but my volk 19 has a curb rash about 2 inches. Hardly noticible.

 

never curbed a wheel and I live in SAN FRANCISCO. Parallel parking 99% of the time you have to park. i don't understand either how people curb their rims. maybe you all need that parking assist that the new lexus ls460 has haha