Center Hole Filler/cone/ring-Minor or micro problem? Gimmick?
Here goes,
Last Saturday I went off to Klang (kedai papan, I normally frequented other shop btw) to get myself some used Jap wheels for me and a friend.
I've known the usual tricks of replacing valves, etc that will imposed/mentioned so I could get away with it. But there is another new thing (for me that is) that the shop insisted me to use it which I obviously refused to do so. They eventually has persuaded my friend to install it, since our cars were attended quite a distance away.
how much you may ask for those? 25 bucks each, making a total of an additional 100. The reason? to fill up the gaps between the rim's center hole and the knuckle. For what? To reduce/eliminate vibrations he said due to "unfit/unsuitable" rims.
I laughed and said I've been swapping various wheels for my previous cars too and has never seen such items. I respectfully declined and say that I don't drive fast, just 80-100. He said the car will vibrate @100 if it's not installed, and then I said, slower than that, then he said, it will vibrate at 60 even.
WTF.
You should know how it ends. I refused until the end and I cruised as usual without a single vibration even at speeds in excess of 120 km/h.
Sorry to say this but I do think it's just a marketing gimmick to "fill up" the packages and to prey on unsuspecting new customers.
The items vary in shapes and sizes and seemed to be produced by one of their cronies as well.
I applaud them though, to come up with such invention.
Shoot me, but for normal road users like us, I think it's useless and overpriced.
Your opinions please.
Cheers.
Here goes,
Last Saturday I went off to Klang (kedai papan, I normally frequented other shop btw) to get myself some used Jap wheels for me and a friend.
I've known the usual tricks of replacing valves, etc that will imposed/mentioned so I could get away with it. But there is another new thing (for me that is) that the shop insisted me to use it which I obviously refused to do so. They eventually has persuaded my friend to install it, since our cars were attended quite a distance away.
how much you may ask for those? 25 bucks each, making a total of an additional 100. The reason? to fill up the gaps between the rim's center hole and the knuckle. For what? To reduce/eliminate vibrations he said due to "unfit/unsuitable" rims.
I laughed and said I've been swapping various wheels for my previous cars too and has never seen such items. I respectfully declined and say that I don't drive fast, just 80-100. He said the car will vibrate @100 if it's not installed, and then I said, slower than that, then he said, it will vibrate at 60 even.
WTF.
You should know how it ends. I refused until the end and I cruised as usual without a single vibration even at speeds in excess of 120 km/h.
Sorry to say this but I do think it's just a marketing gimmick to "fill up" the packages and to prey on unsuspecting new customers.
The items vary in shapes and sizes and seemed to be produced by one of their cronies as well.
I applaud them though, to come up with such invention.
Shoot me, but for normal road users like us, I think it's useless and overpriced.
Your opinions please.
Cheers.
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