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Ok so last night at around 1 am i was going to my gf's place. She lives in an up and coming area of condos. There is still some construction going on, and there are a bunch of street lights not yet put in. I usually park in the same spot next to the road where there is no light so the car stays sort of hidden. So i was backing in and since it was dark (no street lights in the particular area) i did not notice the massive 5 inch curb they had just put in. I kept reversing as i normally would, didnt really hear anything, but it felt kinda of rough as i was backing in... i just assumed it was the dirt and gravel...but boy was i wrong.

Discovered this the next morning:




so yeah looks like im gunna need a new one

hahnsolo78

I scuffed the brembo wheel on my car the first week I had it, wasn't that bad, only about an inch long but it didn't make me happy to say the least, I talked to ford and long story short I ended up buying a new rim, eBay had individual brembo wheels at the time and scored one for about 300 plus shipping

Killa-B

Ouch, that sucks. A good excuse to get some different wheels though

jaybertx

Major bummer. :-(

mannyfreshS197

****...sounds like I got the same story...jus recently scratched my new 95 cobra r replica wheels... **** I was pissed..stupid curved curb...

brewsky54

I do not park anywhere near the lengthwise running curbs anymore due to curb rash paranoia. I find a nice open spot in the middle if I can. Sorry for your loss

JimmyM

Ouch. That sucks.

Since I still have a hard time grasping the car's dimensions, I just play it safe by taking super wide turns around curbs. When I parallel park, I'll stop, turn my right mirror down, then slowly back in. Better safe than sorry, I suppose

LEwis26

This is why I wish we had auto tilting side mirrors

KillerGT

That sucks. About two weeks after I got my 05 GT I did the same thing leaving a bank drive-thru.

jaybertx

I NEVER have to parallel park. They don't even make you parallel park for your drivers test here. Whenever I travel and end up having to do it I feel like an idiot because it takes me 5 tries to get the car right. This here tidbit never even occurred to me before. Doh. Thanks for that!

Siber Express

Ebay is our friend http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ford-...ht_5728wt_1166

hahnsolo78

I do the same thing but I almost never have to, I have my own driveway and garage but every now and then I drive to the city so it's unavoidable

RandyW

Yes, that would be a nice (and not very expensive) feature.

SD6

One of two features I really miss from my 2001 Acura 3.2 CL Type-S (a car produced a full decade before my 2011 stang).
Just the right/passenger mirror tilted, but that was all I needed to make sure I didn't scratch my rims while parking.

The other feature I miss is the integrated garage door opener. At least Ford fixed that on the 12's.

Big Poppa

I'm sorry about your rim. You may not believe this but in Kosovo I've seen rims damaged far worst than this one repaired. MOF I hit a large rock on the way to work one morning and bent the rim on my Explorer so bad I was surprised it held air. Since I work in Kosovo, when I got there I dropped it off at a tire shop and they fixed it and it balanced up without a lot of weight. I'm still driving around with it.