Miata Mailing List: September 1992, Message #23
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   From: (none)
Subject: Query
   Date: (none)

    Well, I had my spiffy new stock alloy wheels installed by the
local Mazda dealer, with whom I'd never dealt before.  Now I think
this could've been a big mistake.  First of all, they put a ding into
3 of the wheels when installing the valves.  While small (~ 1/16"),
the ding penetrated the lacquer.  This seems mighty careless when
you're dealing with $900. worth of wheels (MSRP).

    Today I looked closely at someone else's Miata, and saw that the
balancing weights were mounted invisibly on the inside of the wheel.
The local dealer clipped the weights right into the soft alloy on the
outside rims of my wheels, where they're clearly visible (and the old
mounting will be visible when the weights are moved to rebalance the
wheel).  Did the dealer screw up, or is this the way it's typically
done?

				Thanks,

				Josh