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..think that the combination of tyres and wheel design on the Cup chassis is the most unforgiving of any day to day car? :evil:

Noticed a mark on the drivers side rear tyre on the Mrs car, was literally a 1" mark but stood out against the black rim. Now bearing in mind the car is never parked near a kerb, whether it be at home or the Mrs work.

Neither of us can recall doing it so I can only assume it's got damaged not from hitting a kerb but from actually driving the car day to day, whether it be a small pot hole or rough bit of tarmac.

As much as the car looks good and handles brilliantly, I can't help thinking that the tyre choice they opted for is actually pretty stupid considering it's designed to be a day to day car? The other day I pulled up at a mates house and parked alongside a dipped kerb, as in near as damnit flat concrete, yet when I got out and looked there was probably less than 1cm of tyre between the alloy and the kerb. :shock:

I can't help thinking that finding a used Twingo 133 with Cup rims that aren't damaged is going to be rare.
 
You saying that Alex i have a few stone chips on my wheels :(

Looking to get them refurbed but need to find a spare set of wheels to use first
 
I agree its a right pain, its annoys that anytime I feel a lil bump when driving I think oh wonder if thats done any damage!
 
Mine were damaged within 300 miles after hitting that brick that someone left on a road :( went through the sidewall and into the lip of the wheel. Only just noticeable but I know it's there! And another wheel went the same as you said alex. I'm not having them refurbed yet. Waiting to replace the tyres with 205's then I'll have them all refurbed. can't see the point until then as no matter how careful you are they pick up random marks.
 
Thats exactly it, it's not carelessness like you see on some cars. You look at wheels that they've managed to kerb 2-3" up the spokes you know that could have been avoided.

I just think that these Cup rims are too low profile to be used every day on the road. The marks on the Mrs rims are so light as it is literally the thin edge that protrudes where the tyre would sit if they weren't stretched.

Fortunately being black rims, it's easy to touch up with some touch up paint so they don't stand out. Thing is though I suggested a re-furb to the Mrs and she said 'What's the point if it'll just happen again' and to be honest I can't disagree there.

I was thinking the same as you Maggi, replace the tyres with 205s and have the refurb done once they're on.
 
What I'm doing. I've touched the paint up, rather crudely so far, in a few places and will just leave it as it is until I feel a refurb is worth it and it has some rubber protecting it
 
Exactly what I've been doing. Fortunately we have the paint from touching up some stone chips on Tia's old Megane which was black.

You'd have to have a seriously good eye to spot where I've touched them up but it's still a bit gutting as the car only has just coming up to 7,000 miles on the clock. Can only imagine the state of these wheels after 50 or 60k!
 
It is mildly annoying. Mine had a couple of small marks round the rims when I bought it - and am consistently avoiding potholes etc to try and make sure not to add any more. The tyres I've got on at the moment have a small set of rim protectors built in - so for those still on the Conti's etc it could be worth looking at having some rim protectors added. Something like AlloyGators. They don't help in all situations (like some of the potholes we seem to have) but might offer some more protection.

Is a shame in some respects - as the wheels do look so very good.
 
DrDrew":3g7lwrok said:
so for those still on the Conti's etc it could be worth looking at having some rim protectors added. Something like AlloyGators. They don't help in all situations (like some of the potholes we seem to have) but might offer some more protection.

I've also seen them come off and smash peoples Wing Mirrors to pieces...

But agreed, they really do offer minimal, if any, alloy protection :(
My wheels are a state but they're getting replaced soonish :)
 
I'd definitely considering the AlloyGators, the only thing that puts me off is that you have to hammer the buggers on but otherwise I reckong they'd be worth a go. :)

Group buy??? lol

Thing is though, with anthracite or black it's an easy enough colour match them or have them refurbished. I'm petrified of knackering one of the Gordini ones, even with the minimal mileage I've done.

Seems more of a 'when' rather than 'if' they get damaged. :(
 
I have never curbed a wheel until only my cupped 133. I'm going to stick with them until they are a state then get some different wheels
 
133 Cup wheels = not worth refurbing until selling/spare set for shows. As you've said they get marks with just driving 15minutes after refurbing them. The tyre profile does not help at all and offers very little lip/spoke protection.
 
might want to see about getting 45 sizing aswell instead of 205/40/17. amount of times if seen flashing lights behind me and gone ****, driven up the curb at a funny angle gritting my teeth wishing that couldnt they've taken some other route..
 
I feel a little better that it's not just my other half's Twingo that's having marks on the rims.

Also the other thing I was thinking was about hard cornering. I mean for example, if you see pictures of cars taking corners hard, the rims virtually look like they're touching the tarmac anyway as the wheel leans that hard onto the corner. Am I just being silly to think that it may actually catch the wheel on the tarmac on a significantly hard corner?
 
i believe someone is having that issue. i thought conti3's had a strong wall though. i got into a routine of checking my pressure every week. i've also had my tracking go off many times on normal road use and after tracking its miles out, once every 2 months of so it gets tracking down, some times it just about out others times its quite a bit
*with stock set-up
 
agree kerbed mine whilst dodging a lorry that nearly plowed into the side of me - id rather the weels with a scratch then the whole side of the car
 
Alex_225":uw8k28or said:
I feel a little better that it's not just my other half's Twingo that's having marks on the rims.

Also the other thing I was thinking was about hard cornering. I mean for example, if you see pictures of cars taking corners hard, the rims virtually look like they're touching the tarmac anyway as the wheel leans that hard onto the corner. Am I just being silly to think that it may actually catch the wheel on the tarmac on a significantly hard corner?

! I think a major recall by RS would be in order if that was the case! The rim doesn't come anywhere near the road (assuming the tyres are correctly inflated) and if you're getting it close then your speed it quite frankly scary. At tracks I've had my rim 1 inch or so off the road with hard leaning, but that was running at 25-30% less PSi than road recommendations.
 
I noticed I'd kerbed 2 wheels the other day ( 1 mark was about 6 inches long ) and hand on heart I cannot remember hitting anything. I'd only washed it 2 days before I noticed so knew they were fresh. P1sses me right off as I've never kerbed my alloys before and now 3 of them are kerbed :(
 
orbital":3ogjp3lt said:
i believe someone is having that issue.
It is Mattius with the rim contact whilst cornering, although there may be other faults contributing as the ride height is uneven and the handling doesn't inspire confidence>>
suspension-and-brakes/cornering-problems-t3062.html?hilit=top mount.
i thought conti3's had a strong wall though.
Conti 3's are XL rated, so stronger, hence stiffer side wall than normal. So are the 205/40/17 BF goodrich profiler ;)
 
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