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Old Jun 10, 2006 | 04:15 PM
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This Fall l would like to switch my wheels, but the question is that l am concerned about them going on. Buying them is the easy part, mounting is the tough part.

I would cry if they were wounted with scratches and how do l insure that the sensors are put on correctly?

What kind of place would go to. Now if you say a place that does vette wheels, they all claim to be able to until you hit a problem in the mounting or incorrect sensor transfer.

I would appreciate you opinions.

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I have found that the easiest (and usually best) thing to do is to find a shop or business that sells and installs expensive aftermarket wheels. They make their living preventing scratches, etc. They also deal with many wheels that have TPMs. They also tend to have the best balancing euipment too.
Corvettes are far from the only vehicles out there these days that have TPMs.
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Good idea l will start to look at high end wheel places and check them out.

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I went to a Goodyear dealer and told them BEFORE that I would tip $20 if NO SCRATCHES !
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