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- From: ravalent@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Bob Valentine)
- Subject: Re: Mounting tires--ride control process
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.104253.1703@newstand.syr.edu>
- Keywords: scam?
- Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
- References: <1da3rfINN853@cairo.crhc.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 10:42:53 EST
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- In article <1da3rfINN853@cairo.crhc.uiuc.edu> peercy@crhc.uiuc.edu (Mike Peercy) writes:
- >I just ordered some tires from Tire Rack. One of the places
- >I'm thinking of having mount them recommends something called
- >a "ride control process", especially for alloy wheels, for
- >$6.50/tire.
- >
- >The place is high priced for mounting, so I probably won't go
- >there. But now I'm curious if anyone else has heard of "ride
- >control process". The gentleman at Tire Rack never had.
- >
- >Thanks.
- >
- >Mike Peercy
- >peercy@crhc.uiuc.edu
-
- Sounds like regular spin balancing to me. BTW, if they
- ask you if you want the weigths on the inside of the rim,
- say no. THis type of balance yields a less than perfect
- (if there is such a thing) balance.
-
- -> Bob
- ----> ravalent@mailbox.syr.edu
-
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