Ughhhh I curbed my wheel!!
Apr 16, 2008, 09:27 PM
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Ughhhh I curbed my wheel!!
Well tonight after dinner a pedestrian decided to walk out in the middle of the road while I was taking a right hand turn on a green arrow and in order to avoid hitting him I had to swerve. While swerving my right passanger side rear wheel kissed the curb!! Then the illegally crossing pedestrain had the nerve to flip me off!!! I really though about getting out of the car and beating the guy around, but thought I had managed without hitting the rim. Well when I got home I was wrong there was about a 3 inch curb mark on the outer part of the rim. I am sick! I already got out the sand paper out and got the rash smoothed out and I am pretty sure with some properlly matched paint and clear that I could make it that no one would ever know, but I do not know what paint to use. Does anyone know what color of paint would match our rims best that I could get at a local auto or harware store in order to match our color of rims best? Any advice on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated, I really am pissed off about this now and if i can not get it fxed to my satisfaction I will end up having to get a whole new wheel and I really do not want to fork out the cash for that right now. I was so excited about getting home too because I knew that my WORKS high flow air filter was waiting for me at my doorstep and now my excitement is all gone.
Apr 16, 2008, 09:31 PM
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Hey man, I feel your pain! It's happened to all of us at one point or another 
Anyway, not sure where you live, but there are rim repair shops that can make your rim look brand new. Usually a $100 will cover the repair on a small gouge like the one you described. Don't bother doing it yourself, just spend the money and get it fixed. Good luck man.
Anyway, not sure where you live, but there are rim repair shops that can make your rim look brand new. Usually a $100 will cover the repair on a small gouge like the one you described. Don't bother doing it yourself, just spend the money and get it fixed. Good luck man.
Apr 16, 2008, 09:36 PM
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Thanks guys the support makes me feel better. If I would of known that I hit the curb with my rim and not the tire the guy would of paid. I live in a college town and this was some preppy *** college kid on his cell phone. He is actually really lucky that I thought I just hit the tire and he does not even know it.
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Hey man, I feel your pain! It's happened to all of us at one point or another Anyway, not sure where you live, but there are rim repair shops that can make your rim look brand new. Usually a $100 will cover the repair on a small gouge like the one you described. Don't bother doing it yourself, just spend the money and get it fixed. Good luck man.
Anyway, not sure where you live, but there are rim repair shops that can make your rim look brand new. Usually a $100 will cover the repair on a small gouge like the one you described. Don't bother doing it yourself, just spend the money and get it fixed. Good luck man.
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He was walking across a "solid red hand" to stop and I had a green turn arrow. Defantally his fault and my rim is worth more to me than his life....lol
Apr 16, 2008, 09:53 PM
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Yeah you'd still have a hard time winning, he's in the crosswalk. I live in Boston and I rarely ever see anyone even hit the walk button.
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I am so bumbed...I am going to try and get some sleep now. Tomorrow my day will be ruined until I get home and try to fix this for myself. I have always been so carefull with my cars and I have never curbed a wheel, had a door ding, rashed a front lip or even been in a car accident in my 11 years of driving. Hopefully someone tomorrow can lead me in the right direction to fix this so I can relax. Thanks for help and good words.
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ouch that sucks.
And omg, that means if I was to be driving lets say 25 MPH and some retarded **** that's standing still in the sidewalk, and I pass by and once I almost hit the point when i pass him he decides to walk off the side walk towards my car and I hit him, does that mean it still my fault? lol I mean that literally gave me no time to react to it.
Also there might be some stupid people that WANT you to hit them, so you can give them money and what not, does that mean it still my fault since I hit him in the street? xD if it is, man I might have just gave ideas to people to be running off streets and getting hit at low max speed limit streets xD
And omg, that means if I was to be driving lets say 25 MPH and some retarded **** that's standing still in the sidewalk, and I pass by and once I almost hit the point when i pass him he decides to walk off the side walk towards my car and I hit him, does that mean it still my fault? lol I mean that literally gave me no time to react to it.
Also there might be some stupid people that WANT you to hit them, so you can give them money and what not, does that mean it still my fault since I hit him in the street? xD if it is, man I might have just gave ideas to people to be running off streets and getting hit at low max speed limit streets xD