19" Rims mix matching brands illegal?
I come across 2x rims (19" ROH shadow chromes) which I thought I'd stick on the front, then got a pair for 19" rims of another brand for the rears (mind you sizes of both rim pairs are exactly the same). So everythings fine, next step of course is wheel balance and alignment.
Drives fine etc etc. I make my way over to local repco dealer where he tells me by law he isn't allowed to give me a wheel balance and alignment because I'm using 2 different brands of rims. Even though 1 brand are at the front and the other at the back, he said he can't do anything for me.
Is this true? It's the first I've heard of it.. I would understand if I put maybe 19" on front and 20" or 16" on rear etc etc but two different brands?
So is he full of crap or am I on my way to ebay to find 19" ROH shadow chromes for the rears to match the fronts..
Last edited by cursinart; 14-09-2010 at 01:41 PM.
sounds like a load of crap to me. so long as the two front tyres are the same size and the two rear tyres are the same size it should be fine.
I see commodores with 19" on the front and stocky 15" on the back (burnout tyres i guess) everywhere and they never seem to have any troubles like that (except maybe police attention for the "burnout" tyres), but as far as the different rims go, i dont think you should have a problem...
But if you get defected dont hold me to it...
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Wait, you go to Repco for a wheel alignment?
EDIT: Yeah I think the Repco dude is full of crap too.
Last edited by acarmody; 13-09-2010 at 12:06 AM.
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Repco guy was being an idiot by the sounds of it. Never heard of that being illegal.
PS. lol that website in the link is a shocker, the skyline they "did up" has got transformers badging and a shopping list bigger than a family of 20.
The VN is almost as shocking!
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Go to a proper tire place.
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Get four matching rims?? :/
Unless you want it have that fully sik 'drift spec' look...
hey can any one tell me how to start a new thread
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Have you tried the big blue "Post new thread" button in the top left.Originally Posted by 77fathead
-Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
-Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
-Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short Phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Ronald Reagan (1986)
Okay so turns out it IS legal. However I checked if you are able to keep stockies on rear and 19" on front and that is infact illegal.. damnit. Thanks for your help guys.
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