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Rearview Mirror Haze
Join Date: May 1999
Location: Huntsville, Alabama...a.k.a. "HuntsVegas"
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![]() So I take the black poweder coated 17x9's to Big10... Yeah they weighted the outside of the rim with regular clamp on weights. So I'm fairly sure they'll be scratched to H*ll and back when they remove them. Can I make them pay for that? I mean- Should I pursue this?
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Ride Hard
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Wyoming IL
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![]() I am not familiar with the Big 10 name, but I would definately talk with a manager there. If they are even remotely decent, they shoulda known performance rims and how to properly balance them out.
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: So. MD
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![]() did you say anything if it has an outside lip then there going to do it best bet would be to paint the weights black if you didnt say anything then it wont hold up
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I'd rather be basketweaving
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Indianapolis
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![]() i agree with chino, you should have said something to make absolute sure. Tire store guys are almost as dumb as autozone guys. You can raise hell with the manager, but I doubt it will get you very far.
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NMRA O/C 9516 NA pumpgas stickshift 347 10.65@125.6, 6.73@100, 1.41 60ft |
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Rearview Mirror Haze
Join Date: May 1999
Location: Huntsville, Alabama...a.k.a. "HuntsVegas"
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![]() I'm sure you guys are right... no way it'll hold up. His first words:
(On the phone) "Did you specifically ask us to do that? Cause we weight the outside because cars will shake at 33 and 75 mph if we don't." (So now he's playing "Tire Scientist". As I go off for not using stick on weights he changes the subject...) "Well you didn't specify. Well bring 'em by and I'll see what we can do." It's a sad fact... some people are just S T U P I D !!! I wonder if blows his nose after whiping his butt with the toilet paper... Everyone here knows how busy life is... and I don't even have children- God bless you parents!!! Between work, holidays, family at the hospital, the weather and the coil spring/fender/nosecap changes (and family and in-laws...want want want ) ) I haven't had the time to go back- None of the mods are finished yet, but that's my fault for thinking it would be easy... hehehe ![]() And I like the paint idea, but I feel as if I'm getting shafted ![]() Scary. If it were just a couple of years ago and he got smart with me I'd probably have thrown one of my fists through his teeth and said forget about it. N E Way... I guess my wife would say I need to pay more attention in church service. Lol! So thanks for the vent ![]() PS: This world would be boring without Car dealerships, Autozone and Tire stores ![]()
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93 lx Notch 01 GT ![]() ...the epitome of Murphy's Law Last edited by HoodStrype; 12-05-2005 at 04:27 PM.. |
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Join Date: Jul 2000
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![]() I like how he said 33 and 75 mph exactly......i don't know the hertz frequency off the top of my head, but anyway tires usually vibrate the worst at 60-65 mph.
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: British Columbia
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![]() most of the places that I have been to put the weights on the inside of the rim when they are dealing with nice factory or aftermarket rims. I would talk to the manager and ask him why they put the weights on the outside as opposed to the inside.
Were the weights on the outside of the rim before you brought them in? If it was they were probably just doing the same thing, in which case you should have asked them to put them on the inside.
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![]() There are several types of tire balancing, putting weights on both the inside and outside is called dynamic balancing and it balances the wheel on more than one plane (keeps it from wobbling/hopping), putting weights on just the inside or in the middle of the rim (stick on weights) is called static balancing (keeps wheel from hopping). Either way balances a wheel, dynamic is preferred due to rims having slight bends in them, tires out of round, etc.
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2005 Suzuki Hayabusa GSX1300-R 1980 Ford Thunderbird - 255 V8 ported heads, 5.0L ported stock headers, O.R. H-pipe and Flowmaster 2-chambers, dual roller timing chain hi-po Mack Truck hood emblem ![]() 1985 Mustang GT 5.0L T5, F-303, GT40p, headers, off-road h, flowmasters, MSD stuff, etc. Sold 02/06/04 ![]() 1989 Mustang GT ET: 13.304@102.29 mph (5-24-03) Sold - 1998 Mustang Cobra coupe, 1/4 mile - street tires: 13.843@103.41 (bone stock) |
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Rearview Mirror Haze
Join Date: May 1999
Location: Huntsville, Alabama...a.k.a. "HuntsVegas"
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![]() That's interesting... 60-65 huh? I'll have to bring that up and play "I know more than you do" to them... I haven't even been back. I just now got the car off jackstands... putting in stock coil springs sux! I'll give him a happy holiday visit friday (along with everyone else). The rims were bought brand new so they were not weighted- I'll have to be a smart a$$ and tell him I do not like "dynamic" weighting
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Join Date: Apr 1999
Location: weston, MO United States
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Have you ever had a vibraton in a car that happens at say 70 mph, but goes away at 80? This is because the rpm of your wheels has passed through the critical frequency and no longer want to vibrate as much (the amplitude of their response is not as great). I doubt this guy knows what he's talking about and should have just put the weights inside the rim to begin with.
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Rearview Mirror Haze
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I don't think mommy gave this guy enough booby milk. ![]()
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