ymg91150

Hi Guys

I picked my 911 50 18 months ago and drove 13,000 km since. Last weekend, I scratched the fourth of my wheels. The rims are not bent, but have some ugly rash. Extremely annoying, and maybe a proof of my poor drinving skills. In my defense: I live in a city with curbs everywhere, a lot of narrow roads, tight corners and tight parking spaces (edged with curbs, of course). But last scratch I fetched simply because I was tired and inattentive for a moment. Embarrassing.

Anyway: Are there people around here with scratched wheels? If so, do you accept it? Or do you get it repaired immediatly? If so, even if the scratchers ar only minor?

cheers, ymg

hinckley

Living in a city, I'm very empathetic to curb rash. It's the same around the world.

Over the years, I've been lucky with my Porsches, but have had wheel rash repaired with great success on almost every other car I've owned - most recently my Audi. Ask your Porsche dealer for a recommendation of a quality repair shop and make sure that they have the equipment to remove wheels and tires without making the situation worse.

snowcar_C4S

It depends on how particular you are with respect to making repairs to your wheels. I hate curb rash, and my SO tends to love the curbs! Something to keep in mind should you decide to repair those wheels is that there are good and bad wheel refinishing technicians available to perform this work. If you work with a professional detailer, he can probably direct you to a good wheel repair tec. If you do not work with a professional detailer, the dealer can also help, as they tend to use these tecs a lot. Based on the aforementioned, it pays (and you will pay) to have a reputable tec perform the work for you. I've had several wheels repaired over the years, and a good tec will perform miracles, so much so that you will not even notice where the repair was done. If you wheels are heavily damaged, you might want to go all in and have all four repaired and repainted, if so, ensure that they paint the inner barrel of the wheel. Hope this advice helps!

Marv800

One more reason I don't DD my Porshe

Archimedes

It's possible to DD a nice car with nice wheels without ever rashing them. I've done it for most of the last 20 years. Just takes a little care and patience.

Rashed wheels are one of my pet peeves. Sign of bad driving/lack of care IMO.

LSV

I'm more than picky about curb rash rims. This is the first thing I look at on a car and makes my opinion on the driver. I just repaired the 4 19'' rims of my wife's BMW 535i (4 years 115'000km) and made a swisswax great game by the way

Very carefull, I curb rashed 2 rims during the last 700'000km (27 years). My 911 50 has only 9000km (not DD) and is "Concours d'Elegance" level. But a painful experience could happen like for you (and I'm sorry for you).

Anyway, the Swiss cities are almost impossible with narrow streets with the curbs very high @90° (side, center, tramways), not compliant at all with modern low profile tires and parking ramps made for Fiat 500.

My DD is a 300C Hemi, it's painful to drive in our cities. Last week, I drove into the parking Motta in Lugano...

991TurboS

If you can live with them, do it. If you cannot, get them repaired. Anyone that can afford a Porsche can afford to get wheels fixed.

If you are otherwise a very careful driver, and accidents do happen, then you probably won't have to do it again.

I am not recommending these, but I saw these the other day, liners for your wheel edges. English company. Might be just the ticket for you on those Swiss roads?

http://www.rimblades.com

RobC4sX51

Part of the equation! It happens (if not you, your wife or sig other). No reason not to drive it every chance you get imho. They can be fixed very easily & reasonably. $.02

chuck911

I have your answer right here.
Please note this is a set of two. Since you've done all four you will need two sets!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CHROME-CURB-...-/360410422023

LexVan

Maybe switch to 19" wheels and tires with a bigger sidewall?

one-rennlist

I have similar issues where I live. I even once ripped off my side mirror and badly dinged the drivers door touching a concrete pillar in a tight, dark undergound parking. These are moments you wish it was only a bad dream.

But in the end I always had more fun driving the s*t out of these cars than worrying about curb rashes etc. Touching up wheels gives good results and is not very expensive. Tires with protective lips can also prevent damage at slow (!) speeds. Don't let the possibility of a curb rash prevent you from driving the car!

gusp

If I were you, I would just get the stock tires with the protecting lip for all 4 tires. Currently I only have these on my front, but they do help. I live in the city and this is my DD with lots of curb parking.

Personally I don't think they look bad or weird at all. Here's my thread on it:

https://rennlist.com/forums/991/8690...ear-tires.html

c_Gio

Rash don't slow you down... Drive it like you stole it. No one brings up curb rash when Otto comes up... http://www.autoblog.com/2014/10/16/g...-year-road-tr/

ipse dixit

Annoying? Most certainly.

Embarrassing? Hardly.

You bought it. You should drive it.

97c2s993

This is all about being careful and mindful that you have low profile tires and big rims prone to curb rash. I live in the NYC area and have 32k miles without a single curb rash incident. I don't have parking sensors nor the rear view camera (wasn't available in 2012.5 anyway). Just parking in SoHo for those who know is quite a terrifying experience with the size of the curbs there!
Anyway, other than getting it repaired which, depending on the level of the rash may leave evidence of the fix, you can always consider checking eBay for a perfect used rim. The prices are far less than new and over time getting better - if you're OCD of course...