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Old 04-03-2009, 04:36 PM
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I'm sooooo pissed! Mutherfather!

I got to go pick up my kids now, be back in a bit. But just look at my wheels!



Okay here's the deal. Tomorrow I'm heading out to the NJ meet and I thought I'd take care of some things last minute before the trip. So, I figure tire rotation and alignment but I want to be confident its done properly. So, I ask my uncle who works at an NTB to see if he could do the sutff I wanted and said no problem. Just to be clear I made him a list:

1) I wanted the tires rotated. However, because the tires are uni-directional and staggered I asked them to only mount/dis-mount the front tires.
2) Balance all wheel/tire combos
3) Don't adjust the rear camber back to stock spec. and don't swap the rears unless there's excesive wear showing.
4) Adjust toe as needed.
5)I DON"T want the wheels scratched. Asked specifically to hand remove the nuts by hand with tire iron NOT an airgun and will pay extra if I have to.
6) Make sure they re-install the hubcentric rings.


The result is:

1) ALL the wheels are scratched/dinged. The front wheels have scratches/gouges on EVERY spoke toward the outer rim. The rears are not as bad.

2) The car pulls to the right. I had no pull before.

3) The steering wheel vibrates more. I had a very slight vibration before.

Here are some close-up pics:


Wow, I guess I'm REALLY prepared for the trip now, huh?

This was an expensive lesson ... but never again. Problem is these wheels MAY be discontinued. I love these wheels! Ugghhh!

Last edited by TwinsPoppa; 04-03-2009 at 06:01 PM.
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