Help me with wheels! I'm just a girl *giggle*

[murcod]

Originally Posted by EstaFiesta

Word of warning re Tempe. The rims you see on my Avatar I bought from Tempe over the internet. Turned up nice and quick, damaged.. I contacted them and they did not want to know about it. The wheel nuts they provided looked as if they were only just on, so I checked with another tyre fitter and low and behold they were not legal. Also, I had an uncontrolable shake over about 70 kmh. It came and went, no real pattern to it. They came balanced, but I had them rebalanced and they were out. Still they shook. I had an alignment done, still no difference. So I looked at ptting new tyres to replace these new ones (20 klms old at this stage) only to find that the tyres were the wrong size for the wheels, and I could not get the right ones for under approx $400 per corner. I rang them again, still did not want to help.

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I was seriously looking at buying some wheels/tyres off them for the wife's Mazda 6 - glad I didn't! Were the tyres Nankangs?

You should have gone to Consumer Affairs or your state RAA/ RACV/ NRMA service.

[Danny]

They seem like a dodgy, "putting 20" rims on a shoitfighting old VL heap is their forte" type of mob.

[EstaFiesta]

Yes, the tyres were Nankangs. Amazing how many cars in Perth you see with the exact same tyres. Anyway, it all got to hard after a while, and the guy who got them for free was happy...I think..