drphill

Ok...so now I'm officially pissed. Got the new set of tires a week ago on a Fri evening, headed to SLC on Sat, car pulls right the whole way. Monday back at the Tirerack certified local installer. Oh, they say, we forgot to tell you (Fri) that one of the wheels was bent and was hard to balance. Funny, there was no balance problem BEFORE they mounted the new rubber. All they would do was rotate front to back which stopped the pulling, but now I've got an uncomfortable vibration from the rear above 70 mph. Current budget did not plan for a new set of freakin wheels too, so DOES ANYONE WHO HAS REPLACED THEIR STOCK WHEELS HAVE ANYTHING SITTING AROUND THEIR GARAGE COLLECTING DUST THAT THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO SELL 1 OF????? ALTERNATELY, DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A SALVAGE SITUATION OF ANY ROCKY MTN REGIONAL 8's THAT MIGHT HAVE A RETRIEVABLE WHEEL? At $280 I am not particularly keen on picking up a new OEM replacement. HELP!!

pritch

i have one for you

ALWAZL8

I need 1 myself.... same situation. Bent rim and a new one will cost me $599 plus tax, mounting and balancing according to my local dealership.

Please HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

drphill

Talk to Pritch in PA.... I managed to hookup with a fellow closer to me (CA) in just a few hours of posting this notice. Same price quoted by PA and CA was $200. The retail on these things is insane! Good luck.

drphill

Ok...so the "end" of my wheel saga is this: Got a replacement from a nice clubber in CA, took it in to get the "bent" wheel swapped out with the new one. Took if for a drive and it felt better, but there was still something wrong. It was Sat, so the shop wasn't too busy. I asked the mechanic to recheck the balance on the other 3 (since he had just effectively balanced the new one). Duh! The other 3 (done just a few weeks ago when the new tires were mounted) were "all wrong" per him. I stood and watched while he rebalanced all of them, then took the car for a test run up to 130 with NO vibration or pull. Tada! But now I'm beginning to think I replaced the original wheel for nothing and the shop's claim that it was bent (since they couldn't balance it correctly) was probably bogus to begin with. The lesson I guess is to find a reliable shop. Unfortunately, living in the hinterlands with only 1 Mazda dealer in athe entire state is a bit of a challenge.