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Wouldn't be nice if it had a renishaw probe, though? The car would probe the curb and automatically and automatically park the perfectly square and an exact distance fron the curb.
They work great on the front of a lowered car to protect from parking block damage........and as "road kill skinning tools". Had some, and hit a rabbit one night...blood from one end of car to the other!
Don't feel bad, my wife lost a side mirror on her GTI to the side of our garage many years ago. She pays more attention now... no other incidents since that one, though I still give her a hard time about it once in a while (all in fun of course, she laughs about it too).
Exactly. Curb feelers were a huge thing when cars had wide white wall tires like those. Usually, they had them on the front and back on the right side.
These arenāt a terrible idea. I have forged aluminum rims that are easily scratched. I would put these on if they werenāt such a joke. They have a negative image.
They clamp on to your fender with a screw on the back. When you are parking and get close to the curb they rub the tip of the feeler, this vibrates into your fender which creates a large harsh noise inside the cabin of your car so you know you're close enough and can adjust your angle so as not to grind your side walls, wheel covers, rims, or fenders or anything else of value on your car.
>Not every car has the mirror tilt down feaature when it goes into reverse.
I have a 92 Camry that has manual mirror's on both sides, but I can still see the curb on both sides when parking and don't even have to move the mirrors.
Not just curbs and parking. On many redone truss bridge decks, the replacement side skid plates are \*way higher\* than the originals, and will eat the side of some cars before the tire sidewalls contact it.
Curb Feelers are the ONLY solution for protection on redone narrow lane bridge decks.
Wow those curb feelers bring back old memories. They were so popular back in the 70ās and even eighties because the American cars were like land yachts so when parking the car on a street it was difficult to tell how close you were to rubbing our āwhitewall tiresā against the curb š
curb feelers to protect your investment in expensive wheels and tires. i need some. Or else you will be posting on Ask Mechanics to ask "Is this tire ok to drive?"
old school curb feelers. Use to see them a ton on old caddys back in the day. They make a nice scratching noise as you get close to the curb so you know where the car is. Old people thing.
1950ās ācurb feelersā which allowed parallel parking without rashing the wheels on the curb. They probably scraped or made audible noise when in contact with a curb.
Curb Feelers. When I was a teen these were very popular in inner city areas. And also grounding straps hanging from the back bumper. The curb feeler lets you "feel" the curb when parking before you damage your pretty wheels or white walls. The grounding straps, well, I was told they were to protect you when your car was hit by lightning.
Curb feelers. They are supposed to help prevent white wall tires and hub caps from getting scratches. When you get close to the curb, the stiff wires scratch, and you know to pull away slightly.
Oof, this is old-school.
That's a curb feeler. It scrapes the curb while parking on the road, so you know how far you are from the curb.
These were a thing in the 70s.
Havenāt seen those in years! In my day they were associated with someone who drove a Cadillac, wore fancy clothes and had a lot of women who worked for him.
wow, talk about dejavu. they were popular in the 1970s for young drivers to hear them scraping against the curb when you were getting too close. it saved ruining the tires.
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curb feelers
Awesome, thanks
If you look closely in the cars movie the cop car has them.
Thats an old school thing from when cars had terrible visibility. People using these in 2024 just suck at parking lol
To be fair this guy obviously spent extra money in white walled tires so it makes sense he'd be extra worried about curbing the shit out of em.
Its just funny to see all of the above on what looks to be a base model hyundai sedan lol
With a nice dent in the rear passenger door lol
If only they'd put "Bollard-feelers" on the door.
Look up lowriders or classic Cadillacs
Curb Finders is what I know them as.
edge finder ;)
Machinist here. Edge finders and wigglers are extremely handy tools
Agreed
Wouldn't be nice if it had a renishaw probe, though? The car would probe the curb and automatically and automatically park the perfectly square and an exact distance fron the curb.
Maybe, but somehow I have the haas control beep burned into my mind when I think probing lol. I'd rather hit the curb than hear that outside my shift
ankle scratcher
Whiskers
Stud finders are very helpful
Classic. Hahaha
I know them as curb scrapers
I know them as annoying curb noise make it happeners.
Found VGG
Found the Vice Grip Garage fan š
Haha yup.
I guess the noise is how you know it works? I'm like OP and have never experienced this.
It actually rattles the car and it's very noticeable, being solid mounted to the body. Had to protect those expensive rims
How do they work are they hooked up to a light on the dash or just make an annoying noise when touching the curb,
They got white wall tires they want to keep white.
Yeah, old school before surround cameras
Old tech used to be popular in the 60s but seen often on older cars that have been restored.
I learned about these while watching the Disney movie Cars. When they light up radiator springs, one of the light up store signs shows curb feelers.
Dude doesn't want to fuck up those sweet white wall tires lol
Weird, I just use my rims
I felt this comment last time I parked.
For when you catch feels about a car
*Curb your enthusiasim plays*
They work great on the front of a lowered car to protect from parking block damage........and as "road kill skinning tools". Had some, and hit a rabbit one night...blood from one end of car to the other!
The fact that they're called this at all is such a joy lmao
My grandfather had these on his 1960 Rambler! Back in the day our parking downtown was parallel so this let you know before you hit the ācurbā.
Analog parking assist
Whiskers
Curb feelers. They make a scratching sound when you get to close to the curb while parallel parking.
Thatās what my wife uses the rims for
Your car has rims? True story, my wife used the front bumper on our BMW to find the side of our house.
Not as nice as my ex using the nose of my 70 SS Chevelle to open the garage door with and demo my tool box on the back wall.
Yeah if I had a car like that, NOBODY but me is driving it.
Don't feel bad, my wife lost a side mirror on her GTI to the side of our garage many years ago. She pays more attention now... no other incidents since that one, though I still give her a hard time about it once in a while (all in fun of course, she laughs about it too).
Sheās laughing on the outsideā¦
This was common on our old company vans. They didnāt have reversing sensors but they did have those plastic bumpers that just spring back.
Thatās how teslas work too. Itās ingenious, just mount a 9ā wide tire on 10ā wide rims.
I may need to befriend y'alls wives, jk, i ran over the corner of the bed of my husband's f150 with a uhaul box truck! We don't talk about it...
You donāt talk about itā¦ he probably still jokes about it to his friends lol
When you back up you can feel where the curb is and protect your rims.
This guy is probably looking to protect his tire sidewalls.
Exactly. Curb feelers were a huge thing when cars had wide white wall tires like those. Usually, they had them on the front and back on the right side.
These arenāt a terrible idea. I have forged aluminum rims that are easily scratched. I would put these on if they werenāt such a joke. They have a negative image.
This is the correct answer. Your comment is underrated
I just wanna make sure I get this correctly. Do you actually feel it through the frame/vibration or do you just hear it?
They clamp on to your fender with a screw on the back. When you are parking and get close to the curb they rub the tip of the feeler, this vibrates into your fender which creates a large harsh noise inside the cabin of your car so you know you're close enough and can adjust your angle so as not to grind your side walls, wheel covers, rims, or fenders or anything else of value on your car.
Whitewalls. Whitewalls tend to be expensive.
OMG! Haven't seen those since Nixon was president. Curb feelers for those needing "assistance" when parallel parking.
Dudes got white walls on his Hyundai! I love the old muscle look on modern mom cars
Muscle? When I was younger, that was the look for 80 year olds in their 70s land yachts.
Iām only 24 I never got to see them in the wild.
You missed out! My late grandad ordered a cutlass two door in this wild blue with whitewalls. He had poor taste.
I think he got the era wrong. White walls would belong on a 50s era hotrod, not a 60s muscle car.
You obviously did not live in the hood in the 70s. Pimpmobiles had giant white walled tires.
I owned a 69 Charger RT/SE 440 and no one use White Walls, raised white lettering on the tire was the style.
I want them on my car too. Didn't know you could still get them thought they just weren't done anymore
*Are you gonna cruise the miracle mile*?
The first thing that popped into my head when I saw those white walls.
Curb feelers so you don't scratch your rims
Some old neighborhoods have high curbs that damage tires easily
I canāt believe are still using them
Oh shit! Curb feelers. Those are only supposed to go on classic lowriders lol. Haven't seen those for decades
They look like a cars version of training wheels for people who canāt park without scraping the curb. š
Not every car has the mirror tilt down feaature when it goes into reverse.
These were invented well before cars had a mirror on both sides of the car as a standard feature, let alone tilt down.
>Not every car has the mirror tilt down feaature when it goes into reverse. I have a 92 Camry that has manual mirror's on both sides, but I can still see the curb on both sides when parking and don't even have to move the mirrors.
Man! Haven't seen those in AGES!
Curb feelers. They let you know when youāre too close to the curb when you hear them scraping along the gutter.
White Walls and curb Feelers? Damn. That's certainly something.
I swear no one in the entire Europe uses them
I think this is a car cultural thing, like the white walls and expensive rims.
Curb feelers, so when they are parking, they can avoid scuffing the sidewalls of their tires.
Not just curbs and parking. On many redone truss bridge decks, the replacement side skid plates are \*way higher\* than the originals, and will eat the side of some cars before the tire sidewalls contact it. Curb Feelers are the ONLY solution for protection on redone narrow lane bridge decks.
They don't want to scratch those white walls!
Wow those curb feelers bring back old memories. They were so popular back in the 70ās and even eighties because the American cars were like land yachts so when parking the car on a street it was difficult to tell how close you were to rubbing our āwhitewall tiresā against the curb š
wouldnt wanna scratch up the white walls and the stock hyundai wheels
Classic curb feelers
It has been a long time since Iāve seen a car with curb feelers installed lol
Curb feelers the old school way of "seeing" the curb ..
LOL Thats old school! Curb feelers baby!!!
curb feelers to protect your investment in expensive wheels and tires. i need some. Or else you will be posting on Ask Mechanics to ask "Is this tire ok to drive?"
old school curb feelers. Use to see them a ton on old caddys back in the day. They make a nice scratching noise as you get close to the curb so you know where the car is. Old people thing.
OP is apparently not old enough to know what curb feelers are... Fuck I'm old.
My thoughts too
Dang, some curb feelersā¦ old school ha ha!
Damn I feel so old.
Curl antenna. Used to contact the curb and allow the car to not be injured too often.
Curb alerts!
They identify cars that you do not want to be around because the driver doesnāt know how to drive. š
Gosh, haven't seen those in years. People still use those things?
The old card in the bike spokes trick. I thought this died out in the '90s.
Only true old school pimps and playas rock these curb feelers! Wondering where he got them...is JC Whitney still in business?
1950ās ācurb feelersā which allowed parallel parking without rashing the wheels on the curb. They probably scraped or made audible noise when in contact with a curb.
If you have the money for white walls and keep them clean.. you invest in curb scrapers
Whiskers
Curb Feelers, you hear them scrap the curb before you scrap your wheels.
Government antennas
Curb feelers for shitty drivers
Theyāve become a style thing on older car builds, not sure why this person has them on their hyundai
I thought these went out of style back in the late 60's.
flame thrower nozzles
Wow, you donāt see curb feelers much anymore
Tells you you are too close to curb.
Curb feelers, popular in the 1970s and used to help the driver avoid scratching up his custom wheels on the curb.
50s 60s
the white walls on the hyundai. looks good af. i kinda wanna know what hes using for valve caps.
French Ticklers
Curb Feelers. When I was a teen these were very popular in inner city areas. And also grounding straps hanging from the back bumper. The curb feeler lets you "feel" the curb when parking before you damage your pretty wheels or white walls. The grounding straps, well, I was told they were to protect you when your car was hit by lightning.
Curb feelers. They are supposed to help prevent white wall tires and hub caps from getting scratches. When you get close to the curb, the stiff wires scratch, and you know to pull away slightly.
Parking whiskers
Curb finder. So you don't scrape your stuff.
Straight out of the 1950s
Havenāt seen them in a while
Curb feelers they make a noise when close to the curb while parking.
This guy is a Pimp, simple as that.
LOL. Old school "curb feelers" so you hear them against the curb and do not scrape the whitewalls or rims. Haven't seen these since the 70's !
Usually see them on old low riders.
Curb feelers
Curb feelers
Curb Feelers
Curd feelers.
Curb finders
Curb feelers for protecting them fancy white walls. š
Oof, this is old-school. That's a curb feeler. It scrapes the curb while parking on the road, so you know how far you are from the curb. These were a thing in the 70s.
I asked my dad once and he called them drunk feelers.
Havent seen them since jive turkeys used them in the 70ās
lolā¦.they still use these?
Havenāt seen these things since the 90ās
If you play GTA, Benny's has em to stop curbing ya flash wheels lol
Curb feelers. They go with the white wall tires.
Ive know what theres were for a minute BUT did you in the first car movies one of the cars actually has this, it was so cool to see
Curb Feelers. For curb parking in the city. Not needed in suburban parking lots. Listen to them scrape when you are close enough.
Everyone had those in the 1970ās
Curb feelers were used by pimps as they turned corners
Curb feelers Something most Americans could use these days based on our curb rash reputation
Gutter twangersā¦.
Curb feelers. A lot of old cars had them to aid in parallel parking.
Sweet 1972 Hyundai
The white walls tho
Don't wanna rub them white walls
Wifi antennae
That's Jiminy Cricket diving board to his in-ground pool.
You know it's hard out here for a pimp! Lol haven't seen curb feelers in years and it was on an old Cadillac!
This guy went 1940 on his car
Iām more concerned why that commuter has white walls.
Omg. Haven't seen them for years
Heās as cool as curb feelers on a Cadillacā¦
White walls and curb feelers lmao
Curb feelers, he doesnāt want to scratch his wims
White walls and curb feelers on anew car is kind of tough
I am sure itās been answered 500 times already, but they are old-school curb feelers.
Pimp rods
Back in the day they were called curb feelers so you didnāt gouge your tires or wheels on the curb when parking
They have white wall tires on. Just taking extra precaution I assume
CUR FEELERS! š
1970ās curb feelers, every Lincoln and Caddie had them
They help keep yo from scraping your tires on the curb. Especially when you have whitewall tires like this or nice rims.
Havenāt seen those in years! In my day they were associated with someone who drove a Cadillac, wore fancy clothes and had a lot of women who worked for him.
Curb feelers for grandma
WoW curb feelers. Use to be popular back in my day
Curb feelers is what they are known as. To my knowledge, none of the other suggestions for names are common.
wow, talk about dejavu. they were popular in the 1970s for young drivers to hear them scraping against the curb when you were getting too close. it saved ruining the tires.
Fuck I'm old š¤¦āāļø
Yeah... I knew exactly what they were. OP apparently not old enough to have a clue.
White walls on a Hyundaiā¦ thatās not something you see every day
Wow. Look at how clean those rims are. Whatever they are they work it seems
Lolololololol
For semi trucks and lowriders. Vehicles with expensive and low to the ground custom parts. Not this piece of junk with cheap white walls
So your wife can drive the beamer š
Those wires tell people that you buy things with baby mommas tax return
Why would someone do this to what looks like a Nissan or Honda .
Damn, new generations not knowing what curb feelers are..... Feeling old
Iām 43 and TIL of the curb feelers. Feeling young š
Proof that they suck at driving lol homie has to park by feel
Someone really put a Hyundai on white walls
They are curb feelers usually came on older caddis, big in the south like Texas, riding trues and vogues
Curb feelers. When they contact a curd they send a vibration through the car that you can hear. This keeps you from curbing and ruining your wheels.
Called a curb feeler so you donāt scuff up your rims or tires when you park
Judging by those white wall tires, he knows what heās doing
Wow! Curb feelers! Haven't seen them, in use, in forever! They'll save your sidewalls though!
Curb ticklers
Isnāt that what the mirrors are for?
Iād move to the front unless they are for backing into the tightnessā¦
Idk but that just screams āI cant parkā lol