Miata Mailing List: March 1997, Message #92
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Subject: tire mounting/balancing

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I have to put new tires on my '96M (not even a year old!)



Question:  Should I try and use a tire shop for the mounting and 

balancing, or should I just go to the dealer?  After reading on here 

some of the subtleties of miata wheel balancing, I'm wondering if 

I'll get a car that shakes like crazy if I don't go to the dealer.  



Anybody have any experiences?  Any balancing equipment or methods I 

should ask for (insist on) when 'shopping around'?



I don't want to have to go to the dealer, because I will have to take

off work (plus other hassles, plus I think my dealer is totally 

infested with knuckle scrapers, so I don't necessarily trust them, 

either), whereas with these tire places who stay open until 20:00 or 

so, I can go after work.



Unfortunately, I am coming to the sneaking conclusion that all shops

are infested with knuckle scrapers too (I can only think of one

around here that isn't, but they don't do tires), and I dread having

my car screwed up by the simple act of it being driven into one of

their service bays. (am I verging on flames, here?)  ;)



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