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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. :rofl:

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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.

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. =(

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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. :thumbup:

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:thumbup:

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

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Originally Posted by Michelle

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

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.

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Originally Posted by TwinsPoppa

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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Originally Posted by TwinsPoppa