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08-03-2009, 04:31 PM
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08-03-2009, 04:37 PM
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My Ride: 2008 550i Jet Black on Black Leather, SAT with Paddles, Logic 7, Comfort Seats, NAV, Sport Package, PDC, Xenons, Sirius, Trinity 12W LED Angel Eyes, RPi GT Exhaust, M rear spoiler, ACS Roof Spoiler, Tinted Tail Lights, Bimmian Carbon Fiber Pillar Trim, Bimmian Shadow 550i emblem, RPi Scoop, E60 Forum Cling, Mtec bulbs in fog lights, Mtec 2W LED for License Plate Light Bulbs, K&N Filter, Bimmian LED Smoked Side Markers, Blackout roundels, Carbon Fiber Kidney Grills.
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Aside from NOT hitting a curb in the first place, I can't see how a stick-on "bumper" will protect a wheel with the weight of a car behind it...I imagine it would compress, tear (or peel away) and then the rim would be damaged anyway! 
08-03-2009, 05:22 PM
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Interesting concept - but I wonder if it would withstand the kind of impact that would chew the edge of a metal/alloy wheel. What I prefer are the tires with a curb bumper on the sidewall that protrudes enough to provide some feedback before the rim hits the curb. Some Michelins and Contis tires have them.
08-03-2009, 06:49 PM
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I bumped into some guy with an older m3 at the car wash and he said he had that. I guess it works.