Poll of the Day > I just gave one of my tires rim rash

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i know its a cheap fix but i am so mad at myself

you sly devil you

this sounds dirty

use lube next time

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im a moron

Oooooo, that's a long one. Concrete curb hug? I think that's how I got mine.

yep, drive thru, fucking with the radio. Its only like a $50-$75 fix but i hate myself right now. only 2k miles on this car and i already fucked up a rim.

someone tell me i dont suck and that its not a big deal

Rimrash? I barely know her!

DirtBasedSoap posted...

someone tell me i dont suck and that its not a big deal

You're human bro. You can't stay frosty every goddamn second. Too many seconds a moments in the day not to catch some bad luck. It's gonna happen. Sucks while you're making payments on a new car. If you wanna spend the money to fix it, it'll probably make you feel better. It did me. It's normal to want to keep it mint. Makes you feel better about it. I got my shit detailed for almost 2 years every 3 months when I got it new.

I didnt even see what the problem was in the pic

i thought maybe that thing under the rim wasnt supposed to be there

im still pissed

I work for a landscaping department that plows snow in the winter and our guys will ride the curb so much that half our tires will have the sidewalls worn to the point that the white walls are exposed.

So you don't suck and it's not a big deal.

Idk why people get so hung up on small stuff like this and little dents. Like ya it's a little less nice looking now but years from now when you sell your car is it really going to matter? Unless you are constantly banging up your car that no one would want to buy it it's like who cares

im fucking insane

im literally losing sleep over this shit lmao

DirtBasedSoap posted...

im fucking insane

im literally losing sleep over this shit lmao

But like why

I do this like every day is it an issue lmao

because i have something wrong with me

DirtBasedSoap posted...

because i have something wrong with me

I scratched my safety glasses the first day at work and couldn't get a replacement the entire time I worked at the glass factory, couldn't see anything out the right eye.

DirtBasedSoap posted...

im fucking insane

im literally losing sleep over this shit lmao

I'm the same

Not about my tires specifically but just repeating thoughts in my head that I know don't matter at all yet I can't get them to escape

RagOnAStick posted...

I'm the same

Not about my tires specifically but just repeating thoughts in my head that I know don't matter at all yet I can't get them to escape

Think them, then let them go, breathe. In through the nose, out through the mouth.

DirtBasedSoap posted...

im still pissed

Should've seen how sour I was when I guttered my work meisters. I kept telling myself that it wasn't that bad but I knew how much was gone from the resell value.

sodium-chloride posted...

Idk why people get so hung up on small stuff like this and little dents. Like ya it's a little less nice looking now but years from now when you sell your car is it really going to matter? Unless you are constantly banging up your car that no one would want to buy it it's like who cares

It's the difference between selling it for full price to an enthusiast or half of that to a person who doesn't care.

imCheatingdude posted...

It's the difference between selling it for full price to an enthusiast or half of that to a person who doesn't care.

Unless TC has a rare car there is zero chance anyone is paying near full price if and when he sells it. Like no one at a dealership or any joe schmo off of Craig's list is gonna care about a barely noticeable rash on one rim. As long as the rest of the car is functioning and not banged up he'll get the fair market value.

sodium-chloride posted...

Unless TC has a rare car there is zero chance anyone is paying near full price if and when he sells it. Like no one at a dealership or any joe schmo off of Craig's list is gonna care about a barely noticeable rash on one rim. As long as the rest of the car is functioning and not banged up he'll get the fair market value.

Not talking about the car itself but guttered wheels. Again, it's the difference between someone wanting full price for a set that isn't rashed and haven't been in the position where the wheel is potentially cracked compared to someone just looking for a replacement set of wheels.

Damaged rim can lead to air leakage. Id be careful

teddy241 posted...

Damaged rim can lead to air leakage. Id be careful

Don't kinkshame me.

Imagine how I felt one month into owning a new car when someone rear ends it while my Mum is driving it, right in front of a cop at a weird intersection.

The damage to the rear bumper was enough to replace the exterior of the bumper and it fractured the windshield; the windshield was the real sour point as it came with the perfect factory tint baked into the window, but the OEM replacement glass that comes out of the same kiln and goes down the same line, does not have the tint baked in to the interior laminate. PGW PPG is really letting their customers down.

I did this once as well. Pissed me off so much. Then like a month later I got into a minor wreck where somebody backed into my car right around where rim rash was. The person's insurance paid to have my car fixed and it was noted that the rim rash was part of the damage from the accident haha.

teddy241 posted...

Damaged rim can lead to air leakage. Id be careful

Possibly. I do have a funny story around those lines though. I got new tires for my old camaro about 15 or so years ago and one of them kept leaking air. My dad and I took it to the tire shop to complain and they tried to sell us on the wheels' metal was oxidizing or some such crap and that is why there was a leakage and I had to buy new wheels. We went home, my dad removed the wheel from the car (tire still attached of course), put it in a bathtub and watched where the bubbles were coming from to find where the leak was. He then took a piece of chalk or marker or something and made a mark right where they came from. We went back to the tire shop and asked them to remove the tire from the wheel in front of us. Right where he put that mark, there was a little sticker on the tire that had been hidden by the rim of the wheel. They removed the sticker and I didn't have problems anymore after that.

idgaf anymore. its barley noticeable lol

also my lease agreement considers this natural wear and tear so whatever

DirtBasedSoap posted...

idgaf anymore. its barley noticeable lol

also my lease agreement considers this natural wear and tear so whatever

Neat, some agreements will be real sticklers for extra charges over minor things.

Oh I didn't realize you leased, that makes a little more sense.

I've always thought of leasing as being a waste of money, but I don't know. People make some good points about how cars depreciate in value anyway, plus I think you possibly get maintenance benefits from leasing?

i wish someone would rim rash me

RagOnAStick posted...

Oh I didn't realize you leased, that makes a little more sense.

I've always thought of leasing as being a waste of money, but I don't know. People make some good points about how cars depreciate in value anyway, plus I think you possibly get maintenance benefits from leasing?

"Depreciate in value" only really means anything if you intend on selling it. I usually drive my cars until they can't be driven anymore, or the upkeep cost isn't worth it. I sold my last car for $600, and that was the most money I ever made selling a car. My current car is almost 10 years old and I fully intend to keep it for at least another 10 years.