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Ljspeed
12-30-2003, 01:02 AM
Well im going through an underpass and my friend was talking to me, I wasnt paying attention, it was dark and BAM!!! It was like I got into an accident on my left rear tire. I thought the curb broke my sideskirt but I just scraped my wheel. I swear it sounded BAD, but thank god for the rim protector on the tire. It took most of the abuse and most of the powder on the lip was from the curb after I kept wiping. Damn and I was doing good on keeping these wheels "curb damage" free. Oh well:(
ELEmental59437
12-30-2003, 01:35 AM
ahh the infamous curb rash, it happens to the best of us...
jflo
12-30-2003, 01:43 AM
meh...last monday, it was dark, and i was parking backwards. i didn't see the curb in front of me (it was a really narrow passing) and my freakin' lip scraped against it...now there's 2 2" scars on my lip...FUGLY..plus on my wheels (in some other incident) there's some knicks. i don't knoe how they got there. they're really near to the center cap, and it's so freakin' weird. it's like someone took a knife and knicked it.
MSBlueP
12-30-2003, 01:53 AM
probably road wear.. ie: pebbles and such..
JOS3
12-30-2003, 01:55 AM
road goblins
ELEmental59437
12-30-2003, 01:57 AM
Originally posted by protejay5
road goblins

Exactly my thoughts....
Ljspeed
12-30-2003, 01:58 AM
Just wondering... but does anyone know how much it is a wheel brand new??
jonnydoe48
12-30-2003, 02:02 AM
it pains me when i can hear pebbles rattling in my wheels. damn shitty roads.
ELEmental59437
12-30-2003, 02:24 AM
Originally posted by Ljspeed
Just wondering... but does anyone know how much it is a wheel brand new??

$armandaleg ... thats in US funds of course....
TiGrayMsp716
12-30-2003, 02:27 AM
Mazda is charging like 460 a wheel at some local dealerships....
Roywhitep5
12-30-2003, 02:42 AM
Originally posted by Ljspeed
Just wondering... but does anyone know how much it is a wheel brand new??

i think the msp racing harts are limited edition. if you fuck them up, that it.

i curbed me rim a couple weeks ago:( luckily the scratch is only an inch long
shaolin
12-30-2003, 03:17 AM
It's possible to order the rims through the dealership, but expect to pay around 400 dollars for one wheel.
mazdaspeed2L
12-30-2003, 07:06 AM
DAMN!!!!!! I wash my wheels twice a week,....
They stay bling bling all the time,....
One one black *goblin spot* or passenger rear and at 10K miles,... so far so good.
NeverSober
12-30-2003, 12:55 PM
I asked them and it is $329 a rim. I have curbed 2 of mine and I was looking to replace them but once I heard that I forgot about it. And now I am looking for soem new rims.

Chris
SpicyMchaggis
12-30-2003, 01:00 PM
I have bent three wheels since I bought my protege in may. I am the master of all things foolish.
VR6KILLER
12-30-2003, 02:32 PM
Originally posted by Ljspeed
Just wondering... but does anyone know how much it is a wheel brand new??

Just asked this past weekend thanks to my wife's encounter with a curb. They told me $250 for a 2003.5 wheel.
Ljspeed
12-30-2003, 06:14 PM
Originally posted by VR6KILLER
Just asked this past weekend thanks to my wife's encounter with a curb. They told me $250 for a 2003.5 wheel.

If thats an accurate price they gave you, then thats a steal:)