{"id":477,"date":"2010-05-18T09:56:12","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T16:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.originalwheels.com\/blog\/?p=477"},"modified":"2016-05-12T16:58:20","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T23:58:20","slug":"can-i-protect-my-used-rims-from-curbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.originalwheels.com\/blog\/can-i-protect-my-used-rims-from-curbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I Protect my Used Rims From Curbs?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes &amp; no. Why? It depends how you look at it.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, tires are built with a thicker rubber so they can withstand those small \u201caccidents\u201d that happen when you bump into a curb. When it comes to protecting your actual factory original <a href=\"http:\/\/www.originalwheels.com\/buick-wheels\/regal.php\">Buick Regal rims<\/a>\u00a0for example,\u00a0you\u2019re going to want to get either a <strong>raised<\/strong> or a\u00a0<strong>recessed<\/strong> tire. Both were manufactured to protect low-profile aluminum wheels.<\/p>\n<p>When someone owns a truck, rim protectors usually helps shield the actual tire &amp; OEM rim from wreckage &amp; damage that\u2019d be due to small rocks, pieces of tree stumps on the road, &amp; other random things on the street.<\/p>\n<p>Despite all of the different names for \u201ctire\/rim protectors\u201d, they all do the same thing.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading (:<br \/>\nMykalanne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes &amp; no. Why? It depends how you look at it. As of now, tires are built with a thicker rubber so they can withstand those small \u201caccidents\u201d that happen when you bump into a curb. When it comes to protecting your actual factory original Buick Regal rims\u00a0for example,\u00a0you\u2019re going to want to get either [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[136,308,302,310,311,309],"class_list":["post-477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wheels-information","tag-aluminum-wheels","tag-buick-regal-rims","tag-factory-original","tag-factory-original-buick-regal-rims","tag-oem-rim","tag-regal-rims"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Can I Protect my Used Rims From Curbs? - OriginalWheels.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.originalwheels.com\/blog\/can-i-protect-my-used-rims-from-curbs\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.originalwheels.com\/blog\/can-i-protect-my-used-rims-from-curbs\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.originalwheels.com\/blog\/can-i-protect-my-used-rims-from-curbs\/\",\"name\":\"Can I Protect my Used Rims From Curbs? 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