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The Nail

Saturday I'm washing the Mustang. I notice a nail in the thread right at the edge of the sidewall. I take the tire off an rush to the tire shop. They advise me that the tire will have to be replaced. This sucks. The car only has 2,400 miles on it since new. I leave the tire/rim at the shop and they'll order me a replacement on Monday.

I call the shop at 3:00 today and ask if my tire is done. They tell me yes. I swing by to pick it up and throw it in the back of the truck. I get home and get to work mounting the tire. I decide to examine the tire to see where they put the wheel weights............there are no wheel weights.............but there are eight or so scratches on the inside of the rim. They are about 1/16 of an inch deep. Not only have they scraped up the powder coating, they have displaced some of the aluminum to the point that the scrapes each have a sharp lip on each side.

I am understandably pissed off. I march back to the tire store to demand satisfaction. They put the tire on the balancer and confirm that it has not been balanced. They offer to have the inside of the rim powder coated at their expense.

I'm not sure this is good enough. The scratches were deep enough to displace some aluminum. The car wasn't even old enough for a tire rotation yet. Yeah, the nail wasn't the shop's fault, but they manage to royally **** up everything else. Should I be concerned about a failure down the road? Should I demand a new replacement rim?