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Tires Mounted Wrong...My Fault????
So, I take my 6's & 7's to my local tire shop to have some 205's and 225's I had drop shipped there mounted. I didn't want to sound condescending, so I said nothing about which tires went on which rims. Danged if they didn't get two of 'em wrong.
Was I wrong to not give that detail? In their defense, they immediately fixed the problem, but still....
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11-04-2005, 04:27 PM
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I once had to go into great detail about uni-directional tires at this one shop I was getting tires installed and balanced. I didn't think it was necessary to have to explain that it does matter which way the tires are installed on the rim. Apparently I was wrong....
I guess when you hire some flunky at $7 bucks an hour to do basic auto repair in your shop....you get what you pay for!
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11-04-2005, 04:40 PM
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No, it's their fault. What kind of tire guy worth his salt would put the bigger tire on the smaller wheel? They need to hire some semi-skilled labor...
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This happens to me all the time. I usually give them a few hints, and they still screw it up, even at the family-owned better tire places. I suppose 95+% of their customers are on bidirectional tires all the same size.
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