RIMBLADES LIMITED OFFICIAL EBAY SHOP
WE HAVE SOME OVERSTOCKED COLOURS AT A CLEARANCE PRICE - This refers to green, orange, yellow & pink only
Rimblades Ultra STANDARD/BASIC Kit
SELF-ADHESIVE RIM PROTECTORS
The new Rimblades Ultra are made from Santoprene by Exxon Mobil (appearance of hard rubber) with a micro fine wire core to prevent expansion or contraction due to extreme temperatures. Rimblades Ultra have a genuine 3M GTE6208 Automotive grade VHB tape factory applied to the rear side. They are available in 10 colours.
This kit includes:
4 x 1.9 metre lengths of Rimblades Ultra (fits up to 22” wheels x 4)
4 x IPA cleaning wipes (50% alcohol/50% water)
4 x Adhesion promoters
1 x Fitting instructions
This kit does not include the joint covers or extra cleaning kit included with our deluxe kit version that comes with a bond guarantee.
Rimblades Ultra are our thickest Santoprene profile and offer great value for money rim protection and styling.
Rimblades Ultra are best suited to diamond cut flat faced or flat lipped wheels. As they are rubber based they can cope with a gentle curved edge to the rim. In basic terms, Rimblades Ultra are a D shaped profile with a fitting guide lip at the top.
They are 7 mm wide total. Fits 4 wheels up to 22".
ABOUT US
Get the Edge with Rimblades
Rimblades Ltd is a family business from Somerset that was established in 2010 with a mission to produce good value and easy to fit rim protection & styling products. We were the first company to globally market a flexible rim protector that was bonded to a wheel with a 3M VHB tape.
Rimblades are designed for drivers looking for great value wheel protection & styling that is affordable, colourful and easy to fit themselves. They are designed as a sacrificial performance upgrade that requires changing after an impact in most circumstances, but will reduce any rim damage. Because Rimblades are a bond on upgrade the 3M VHB (very high bond) tape adds an extra cushioning level between the rim protector and the wheel and actually protects the surface beneath. We use the same grade of 3M tape across our bond on product range, which is a specific automotive high performance grade with an orange heavy duty liner. The 3M tape bonds using viscous flow and takes 72 hours to reach maximum adhesion levels, but as we combine this with an adhesion promoter a usable bond is obtained immediately and they can be fitted year round as long as the wheel is dry and free from contaminants.
All our bond on products require a clean contaminant free mounting surface. The product relies totally on the customer taking adequate steps to ensure the wheel surface is clean and contaminant free. If your Rimblades fail it will only ever be due to a lack of surface preparation. We only use genuine 3M bonding products in our kits, which are quite frankly the best available in the world and now include 2 cleaning steps prior to the adhesion steps in our deluxe kits.
The Rimblades pre clean gel in the deluxe kit will remove contaminants on the rim surface prior to bonding, but if your wheels/tyres are heavily contaminated with tyre shine products, we also suggest you buy Rimblades Tyre shine remover as an additional step. This kit is the basic version and does NOT include this.
If Rimblades ever fail the reason in 98% of cases is tyre shine as the instructions were not followed. So if for example you have recently bought a car from a dealership, it is pretty much guaranteed to have had tyre shine applied and this WILL need to be removed before bonding on Rimblades products.
The other 2% of failures are either due to poorly painted wheels where a rim has been repainted without the paint being properly adhered to the rim surface or damaged during a tyre change and not replaced. If you’ve had your rims repainted on the cheap and the paint has not been hardened properly, Rimblades will bond to the paint, but if the paint is not bonded to the wheel they will simply pull the paint off.
All our patented products are proudly made in the UK and all our packaging is locally sourced. We make bond on rim protectors in very basic terms in a D shape with a guide lip, in an L shape with an additional lip and in a C shape, so can cater for most wheel rim shapes that have a continuous flat or rounded edge profile. We don’t recommend fitting Rimblades products to wheels with a non-continuous mounting surface.
SHIPPING
We offer a range of shipping options both in the UK and Globally including Royal Mail and UPS.
Our UPS collection is daily at 4pm and our Royal Mail collection daily at 2.30pm Monday to Friday.
FAKE RIMBLADES
Be aware that as one of the first Rim Protector companies, we have numerous factories in Asia making fake Rimblades products with lower standard materials, so please be cautious buying bonded rim protectors not manufactured in the UK by Rimblades Ltd. JUST BECAUSE THEY CALL IT RIMBLADES DOESN”T MEAN IT IS.
FEEDBACK AND RETURNS
Not everyone gets what they expect when buying online. If you don't like one of our products on receipt, use the returns procedure. For other issues, please contact is and we'll do our best to sort it for you. As a small family business, we try to give great customer service.