Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[TwinsPoppa]

Originally Posted by X5 Meister

Hey Twins, before you open up a can of whoop ass, let me add one or two things...

- I hope you mean you'll ask for them to refinish the wheels and not replace them. I think the chance they'll replace them is inversely proportional to how rude they'll get shortly thereafter. It's not that I don't agree with you and would want the same thing, it's just that you might get more out of it in the end if you don't come off as 'I want a new car' type of guy (we've all read those posts).

- Next, you have a lot more beef with these guys than just scraped rims. Your car drives like crap, which is a safety issue. Question is, which high school junior did your dismount/mount/rebalance/alignment? (No offense to high school juniors, I was once one). This situation must be rectified immediately.

- Just my suggestion, feel free to disagree please, I'd ask them to refinish all the wheels to your satisfaction, re-mount the tires using Hunter equipment, rebalance all 4 wheels using the Hunter Roadforce setup, redo alignment, all for free and also throw in another rotation/rebalance for free for next time.

- Last 2 points. You don't want to dismount/mount tires too many times as you'll eventually affect the integrity of the sidewall. BMW doesn't recommend rotating tires, and personally I never do it, in case you already didn't know.

Best of luck.

Thanks and I'll keep those points in mind - very good points BTW.

I don't NEED new wheels but I MAY have to ask for them to get what I REALLY want - while also MAYBE get lucky and DO get new wheels.

I'm going to shoot for the stars and maybe end up only on the moon.

I'm not an unreasonable guy - at least that's from my viewpoint.

[Damager]

He's my uncle and in the end it was my call to ask him to do it - so my responsibility.

Uh - no. If anything, that fact that your uncle works there should help you get this resolved. You shouldn't accept this just because a relative works there.

[JayX5]

Ouch sorry to hear about that Jose.

It seems like no matter where wheels are taken for mounting and balancing, a small scratch or scuff is unavoidable. =(

[Damager]

Originally Posted by JayX5

Ouch sorry to hear about that Jose.

It seems like no matter where wheels are taken for mounting and balancing, a small scratch or scuff is unavoidable. =(

I took my X into Costco today to get new Michellin Lattitudes on my 19" rims. The guys told me to expect it to take 2.5 - 3 hours, because "we want to make sure we don't do anything to damage those $2000 wheels". I love Costco.

[RichiRich]

Jose Man! I'm sorry to see that!!

I agree shoot for the stars and see where you land!!

In the end i'm sure you will get it all taken of.

Have fun at the meet.

Rich

[Michelle]

Not sure why you wanted to rotated your staggered wheels, and directional tires, but

[TwinsPoppa]

Originally Posted by Michelle

Not sure why you wanted to rotated your staggered wheels, and directional tires, but

I'm not rotating or swapping tires front to back - only left to right.

Since they are uni-directional you have to remove the tires - so, not a typical rotate per se.

If you rotate your tires around every 6K you'll get more even wear and extend the life of the tires. I don't like it when the outsides are all worn down but the rest of the tire is still good.

[Michelle]

Originally Posted by TwinsPoppa

I'm not rotating or swapping tires front to back - only left to right.

Since they are uni-directional you have to remove the tires - so, not a typical rotate per se.

If you rotate your tires around every 6K you'll get more even wear and extend the life of the tires. I don't like it when the outsides are all worn down but the rest of the tire is still good.

I know exactly what you meant...Radial Tire suggested I "flip the tires" too, but several here told me it's not good for the integrity and life of the tire.

[X5 Meister]

That is true. Also you must keep in mind that each tire has a specific wear pattern that while you might think is as simple as swapping tires that they will wear on their sides that are still good, turns out isn't so simple. A good analogy of this situation would be swapping brake pads to maximize life.

Originally Posted by Michelle

I know exactly what you meant...Radial Tire suggested I "flip the tires" too, but several here told me it's not good for the integrity and life of the tire.

[X5 Meister]

BTW, looking again at your photos there is that one area that the more I look at it, I can't figure out how the hell it got so badly (deeply) gouged. Either the guy was drunk when he worked on that wheel, or he took a screwdriver (or the scraper they use to remove weights) and did it on purpose.

Originally Posted by TwinsPoppa

I'm not rotating or swapping tires front to back - only left to right.

Since they are uni-directional you have to remove the tires - so, not a typical rotate per se.

If you rotate your tires around every 6K you'll get more even wear and extend the life of the tires. I don't like it when the outsides are all worn down but the rest of the tire is still good.