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Ciulster
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Luckily they were able to squeeze me in right away before I had to get to work, though I had to get up early to go do that. Doesn't seem to be any damage outside of some minor damage inside the rim itself, looks like a rock had gotten its way in there and took a little bit of paint with it when it got kicked out by the brake caliper as there is even less clearance with the rear rim up front. Like probably only a few mm between the caliper and rim level tight. No worse than the existing scuffs I've already put on the rim from the winter though spit shine will take care of it. Tire, strut, and caliper all look fine.
As for the pulling I think it was literally just having the backspacing being different and having one tire be stretched slightly was enough for me to notice, now that it's right it handles MUCH better. The pulling wasn't a consistent left or right, it was more so the car was responding overly aggressively to the crown and grooves worn into the road. Sometimes it would hook left or right randomly as the conditions of the road changed and our roads are pretty terrible out here. Funny how that little of a difference would be so noticeable.
This shop actually does use proper torque procedures and actually has an apparently super secret special sauce way of torquing your wheels where they guarantee you don't have to come back for a retorque at all. Scary but apparently it holds up in a court of law as it's right on the invoice that they insist on it not being necessary and are liable for it. There's a few dealerships here that are actually more notorious for over torquing/impacting people's lugs into oblivion or leaving them so loose that they do a whole wheel delete on the highway (I work in parts and cannot count on one hand how many people have told me the same story, yikes!)
As for the pulling I think it was literally just having the backspacing being different and having one tire be stretched slightly was enough for me to notice, now that it's right it handles MUCH better. The pulling wasn't a consistent left or right, it was more so the car was responding overly aggressively to the crown and grooves worn into the road. Sometimes it would hook left or right randomly as the conditions of the road changed and our roads are pretty terrible out here. Funny how that little of a difference would be so noticeable.
This shop actually does use proper torque procedures and actually has an apparently super secret special sauce way of torquing your wheels where they guarantee you don't have to come back for a retorque at all. Scary but apparently it holds up in a court of law as it's right on the invoice that they insist on it not being necessary and are liable for it. There's a few dealerships here that are actually more notorious for over torquing/impacting people's lugs into oblivion or leaving them so loose that they do a whole wheel delete on the highway (I work in parts and cannot count on one hand how many people have told me the same story, yikes!)
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