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Where to buy locator/spigot rings for 17" rims in Perth
Guys
To cut a long story short, I bought a set of 4x Lenso 17x7 (ET35, 73mm centrebore) SAGA rims a few weeks ago and it didn't come with locator/spigot rings. When I bought the rims, I was not asked what car the rims are going on. The sales condition stipulated that the buyer should do his own research etc. I don't have a problem with the seller as he was very eager to help when he found out about my issue.
I didn't know the existence of such rings till I had 4 new bridgestone potenza RE003 fitted at a local tyre place who also fitted the new 17" Lenso rims for me. What annoys me very much is the tyre place didn't even bother to call me to let me know that they are required until I was paying at the register. He casually said along the line of "by the way, the rims didn't come with any locator rings so you may feel some vibrations on the steering wheels". That is a gross understatement as I was feeling the vibration on the steering wheels even at low speed (<60 kph) all the way home. Now I have a shiny new set of 17" rims and bridgestone tyres but driving it sucks more than before on the stock 16" rims with worn out Continental tyres!!
I really want to name and shame this tyre place because they obviously don't care much about the quality of their workmanship. I said this because firstly although I told them to call me if there is any issue, they never did. Secondly when I called back to ask if they will re-fit the wheels for me after I got the required locator/spigot rings. He didn't seems too keen on the idea at all, citing he didn't want to spend/waste time mucking about as they are fidgety to do, all that kind of excuses. They also couldn't do wheel alignment for my car and he just said they can't do it without giving me a clear explanation.
The funny thing about this tyre place is I selected it using the Bridgestone website because it shows up on the website as a "Bridgestone Tyre Centre". But when I called the shop, it was answered as "XXX Tyres". When I turned up at the place, it has no display to indicate that it is a "Bridgstone" tyre centre at all. Surely this is harming the "Bridgestone" brand if they have shonky "tyre place" supposedly acting as their agents????
Anyway, enough of my rants.
Can anyone please suggest where I can get the suitable locator/spigot rings locally for my 17" rims? My VW Polo GTi was built in Nov 2007.
Thanks in advance
Last edited by sschen; 13-03-2015 at 05:46 PM.
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