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Originally Posted by David Wildrick
Today, I went to Discount Tire to get new front tires on my 2001 Boxster. They managed to put circular scratches all the way around the rim of one painted alloy wheel (17inch). Had to limp home on the spare wheel and get another car while I wait for them to get the wheel refinished.
I had the same thing happen with a rear wheel a few years ago at NTB when I replaced the rear tires.
How do you guys prevent this from happening? Do you have a personal "tire guy" who knows what he’s doing?
Any advice appreciated.
Thanks.
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Sorry to hear. Had a Z3 years ago and one of those tire chain stores ruined a custom wheel of mine while mounting TireRack purchased tires. Only good to come of it is that they admitted their error and bought me a brand new replacement custom wheel. Since then I never, ever use these chain stores. I use Porsche and BMW indy repair specialists who have tire mounting machines (Hunters). They work with low profile tires and custom/expensive OEM wheels all the time and in my experience are the best. They all deal with TireRack and accept drop shipped tires all the time.