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Old 05-20-2016, 04:39 PM
 
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Almost every morning the neighbor's dog pees on one of my tires. I didn't think much about it until someone said it could stain my rims. Any truth in this? I don't know what my rims are made of, but they are not steel.
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Old 05-20-2016, 04:52 PM
 
Location: Denver, CO
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Almost every morning the neighbor's dog pees on one of my tires. I didn't think much about it until someone said it could stain my rims. Any truth in this? I don't know what my rims are made of, but they are not steel.
Aluminum. Yes, the acid in the urine could discolor the paint on the rims.
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Old 05-20-2016, 04:59 PM
 
Location: Southern Arizona
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This may sound Out In Left Field, Bagster . . . but it has always worked for me on tires as well as planters and big rocks in front of my home.

Try a few spritzes of Fabreze on and around each tire and both Dogs and Cats will go elsewhere.

Good Luck . . . definitely worth a try.
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Old 05-20-2016, 05:06 PM
 
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Solution: put bacon grease on your rims so the dog licks it and consumes his own pee.
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Old 05-20-2016, 05:07 PM
 
Location: Renton - Fairwood, Washington
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Solution:

Own a female dog.
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Old 05-20-2016, 05:13 PM
 
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This may sound Out In Left Field, Bagster . . . but it has always worked for me on tires as well as planters and big rocks in front of my home.

Try a few spritzes of Fabreze on and around each tire and both Dogs and Cats will go elsewhere.

Good Luck . . . definitely worth a try.
You could also put an electric fence transformer on the car. When the dog does it's thing, the urine stream would bridge the car to ground via the dog. That would discourage the behavior without causing permanent damage to the dog.
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Old 05-20-2016, 07:31 PM
 
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Almost every morning the neighbor's dog pees on one of my tires. I didn't think much about it until someone said it could stain my rims. Any truth in this?
No.

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Aluminum. Yes, the acid in the urine could discolor the paint on the rims.
No.

The dust from your brake pads does far more to stain your rims than pee would. Something like pee would only leave a mark if it pooled and then was baked on with the sun, and I don't see that happening with rims, it'll just run off.
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Old 05-20-2016, 07:36 PM
 
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Have you told your neighbor this bothers you? This is more about them not respecting your property.
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Old 05-20-2016, 08:03 PM
 
Location: Sylmar, a part of Los Angeles
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I got a good laugh from your title.
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Old 05-20-2016, 09:50 PM
 
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Own a female dog.
My wife owns a female dog.

She will take on any male dog in a p***ing contest. I've watched her do it many times.
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