Stupidest Tire Technician EVER...

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09-04-13 | 12:50 PM

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UZ214

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Wow... what a tool. This world is full of surprises

09-05-13 | 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by mmarshall

I agree it was dumb to actually scratch the wheel like that (and, IMO, you're probably entitled to new wheels). But some of today's cars are designed to have not only uni-directional tire treads( which can't be cross-rotated left-to-right), but also different size tires front and rear, which prevents front/rear rotation as well (or rotating a full-size spare). On those cars, there HAS to be some kind of wheel-marking (even in chalk) so the tire-techincian knows what is what. The only other solution is to put each tire/wheel on and off one at a time.....and some busy tire shops just don't have the paitience for that.

Now that Joe Z clarified the markings -- my wheels are marked on the back as 18X8 and 18X8.5 so that is all they need to put them back in the correct positions. The markings on the wheels designate front and rear and looking at the tires will tell you which side to put em' on.

BUT... I do realize that everyone in the world can't be blessed with the common sense and intelligence of Club Lexus members. I'm happy now. I'll get a hell of a deal on wheels and I managed to find PERFECT touch up paint for the stock silver color. Honda Starlight Silver HA 00974 from AutoZone matches so perfectly that I had a hard time finding the marks I had touched up.

09-05-13 | 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by UZ214

Wow... what a tool. This world is full of surprises

LMAO! My dad had said "tools shouldn't be using tools"

09-05-13 | 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by O. L. T.

You gotta be yankin me. Listen that is a long time for the owner to come back. A lot of times things like this get dismissed and overlooked when there is a big time gap of 2 weeks involved between the work and the time you get to see the person in charge to complain. It will cost you nothing to file a complaint with the local PD and you need the issue logged in a report incase somehow the owner decides he isn't spending $1000 on new OEM wheels or half that on refinishing them. Protect yourself! File a report tonight. Too much longer and it will look fishy.

I got it in writing on their letterhead. If he dicks me, I'll won't think twice about suing him. I want to say he seems like a good guy and wouldn't do that but I guess that would be pretty naïve of me.

09-05-13 | 07:06 AM

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Originally Posted by pman6

hahaha. He keyed your wheels.

Whenever I take my car to America's Tire, I use a Sharpie to mark my wheels, with an arrow pointing to the corner it should be rotated to.
After job is done, I use alcohol wipe to clean it off.

Better the wheels than the paint.

That's actually a good idea to mark them like that. Probably will be exactly what I do - especially when I get the new rims.

09-08-13 | 11:14 AM

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Double dumbass. LOL The car was riding like crap since the new tires and I finally checked the pressure (yeah I should have when I got home after all of that) and he had way too much air in them. I backed it down to around 32 all the way around and my God, it's SOOOO much smoother..

Now if I could just find that damn rattle on the passenger side of the interior....ONE RATTLE....driving me insane!