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Old 10-12-06, 11:39   #1 (permalink)
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No more curb damage to your wheels!

http://www.german-wheels.com/produkt...x/index.en.php
 
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Old 10-12-06, 12:10   #2 (permalink)
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Pretty abusive!
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Old 10-12-06, 12:13   #3 (permalink)
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Pretty abusive!
I like the video where they cut the brick pavers using the wheel. LOL
 
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Old 10-12-06, 12:16   #4 (permalink)
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Too bad Schmidt wheels need a mortage to purchase.
You could just try to not hit the curb, it's not that hard.

It's a great idea though since most people curb the crap out of their wheels.
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Old 10-12-06, 02:29   #5 (permalink)
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That is quite amazing and certainly the price is too.
If the whole car was made of that stuff it would be damn near bulletproof!
 
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You could just try to not hit the curb, it's not that hard.
Nothing to do really with these wheels, but I have chunks missing from my wheel and I've never hit a curb ever. Pot holes + low profile tires = messed up wheels. I'm not sure if it gets cold enough in VA to get pot holes in the road.
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Old 10-12-06, 02:39   #7 (permalink)
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Nothing to do really with these wheels, but I have chunks missing from my wheel and I've never hit a curb ever. Pot holes + low profile tires = messed up wheels. I'm not sure if it gets cold enough in VA to get pot holes in the road.
People on a local board where joking that the inventor of those drove through Detroit. I swear I have lost cars in potholes in Detroit! LOL
 
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Kewl! Stainless steel wheels! I went to their ebay store, but I don't think they had the Radinox wheels there (my German is a little rusty).
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People on a local board where joking that the inventor of those drove through Detroit. I swear I have lost cars in potholes in Detroit! LOL
I heard they filled potholes with import cars in Detroit.
 
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Old 10-13-06, 05:45   #10 (permalink)
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I heard they filled potholes with import cars in Detroit.
That is not true...they just don't fill them. LMAO
 
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Old 10-13-06, 03:00   #11 (permalink)
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All I can think is that if these became common-place, our taxes would be raised to fix all the curb damage!
 
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The whole point of making mags out of aluminium to to absorb heat and then dissapate it, stainless steel is the worst heat asorber there is !
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