Originally Posted by
onehundred80
You have had your problems and I am glad you are about to solve them. Too bad someone fixed a tire and never bothered to re-balance it.
I do not have too much faith in tire shops, some of the employees are not skilled and are at the bottom of the food chain and do not know or care too much.
Earlier this year one shop left one wheel loose out of four new tires and it made a noise after a day, the next stop at the shop for another set of tires two bolts were too tight and two too loose. This was after I pointed out the first error to the owner. The owner said it was probably rust or something that caused the loose wheel, I told him that an apology would have been better than excuses. I think I will not go back there again. How hard is it to say sorry?
You saw what happens when wheels are installed wrong, probably stripped threads from over tightening or negligence from not spotting a problem.
This Tires & Wheels Connection sells tons of wheels and of course tires..it was impressive to see it all and they had that awesome Hunter balancer that was mentioned on this forum by someone. He took me back to show it to me and explain how it works. Since none of the tires were balanced or weighted I want to go by Firestone and get reimbursed for the lifetime alignment I purchased from them since I have no faith they will do a good job with that either. I haven't used it yet so I would think I could get it refunded based on what this place told me today. I'm thinking they aren't equipped to do either on a crossfire and am wondering where this forum might recommend taking it that does both. I bought the same lifetime alignment on a Lexus that I'm having my daughter drive and am wondering if I should just take both elsewhere. Her steering goes straight and then starts ebbing to the right. The last place I talked to was Discount Tire and who I purchased two back tires from and he said that it's because the two front tires which I did not replace and are not really old *tread looks like a new tire all the way around on both*..is causing this to happen because there is a defect in the front tire such as a slipped belt or something like that. He said it wouldn't cause a problem with the car or the wear on the tires, so I'm leaving it alone.