They installed my damn tires bass ackwards!
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JK Freak
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They installed my damn tires bass ackwards!
Thanks to forum member maxcustody for noticing that my Goodyear MTR Kevlars were mounted incorrectly from photos.
I told the installation shop to make sure they were installed correct side out and when they told me they were, I took them at their word. Obviously I should have closely checked. In small print there are some words that say "inbound side" and "outbound side". When I called the shop, the guy was accommodating and said they would fix them. The good news is I've only driven maybe a 800 miles on them and they are not directional tires so there won't be any damage...except to my ego for not noticing.
So make sure if you have MTR-Ks that you have the correct side facing out. Look at the fine print!
I told the installation shop to make sure they were installed correct side out and when they told me they were, I took them at their word. Obviously I should have closely checked. In small print there are some words that say "inbound side" and "outbound side". When I called the shop, the guy was accommodating and said they would fix them. The good news is I've only driven maybe a 800 miles on them and they are not directional tires so there won't be any damage...except to my ego for not noticing.
So make sure if you have MTR-Ks that you have the correct side facing out. Look at the fine print!
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That was close, there was chat on the forum to revoke your Jeepmancard...good thing you got that straightened out. 
I'm afraid most if not all of us would probably be in the same boat as you, trusting those that you pay to know more than you. My faith was lost in the supreme power of shops when I had to leave work early one day because my wife and kids were stranded at the Jiffy Lube after they drained the transmission fluid in our Chevy Equinox only to realize they didn't have the right kind of fluid to fill it. It took them until the next day to get fluid for it. It was the last time I had such a shop do maintenance on my vehicle with the exception of mounting and balancing tires.
Which the last time I had that done there were tons of cars coming by to have their tires aired up. I only realized why when I went to pull away and my low air warning light was freaking out. Sure enough, a manual check on the pressure showed 15 PSI. They swore it had the recommended pressure and even had their own air gauge to prove it telling me that the sensors just needed to reset and my two manual air gauges were wrong. I skeptically left only to realize that a brand new manual air gauge and day later they were wrong. Just because we pay them to know more about a particular thing doesn't guaranty that the business model hasn't undermined that with a clueless underpaid and underappreciated coverall wearer with a name tag. Check the work yourself or have some one you trust check it...or post a picture here.
I'm afraid most if not all of us would probably be in the same boat as you, trusting those that you pay to know more than you. My faith was lost in the supreme power of shops when I had to leave work early one day because my wife and kids were stranded at the Jiffy Lube after they drained the transmission fluid in our Chevy Equinox only to realize they didn't have the right kind of fluid to fill it. It took them until the next day to get fluid for it. It was the last time I had such a shop do maintenance on my vehicle with the exception of mounting and balancing tires.
Which the last time I had that done there were tons of cars coming by to have their tires aired up. I only realized why when I went to pull away and my low air warning light was freaking out. Sure enough, a manual check on the pressure showed 15 PSI. They swore it had the recommended pressure and even had their own air gauge to prove it telling me that the sensors just needed to reset and my two manual air gauges were wrong. I skeptically left only to realize that a brand new manual air gauge and day later they were wrong. Just because we pay them to know more about a particular thing doesn't guaranty that the business model hasn't undermined that with a clueless underpaid and underappreciated coverall wearer with a name tag. Check the work yourself or have some one you trust check it...or post a picture here.
Last edited by CombatDiver; Jun 17, 2014 at 12:10 PM.
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Thanks to forum member maxcustody for noticing that my Goodyear MTR Kevlars were mounted incorrectly from photos.
I told the installation shop to make sure they were installed correct side out and when they told me they were, I took them at their word. Obviously I should have closely checked. In small print there are some words that say "inbound side" and "outbound side". When I called the shop, the guy was accommodating and said they would fix them. The good news is I've only driven maybe a 800 miles on them and they are not directional tires so there won't be any damage...except to my ego for not noticing.
So make sure if you have MTR-Ks that you have the correct side facing out. Look at the fine print!
I told the installation shop to make sure they were installed correct side out and when they told me they were, I took them at their word. Obviously I should have closely checked. In small print there are some words that say "inbound side" and "outbound side". When I called the shop, the guy was accommodating and said they would fix them. The good news is I've only driven maybe a 800 miles on them and they are not directional tires so there won't be any damage...except to my ego for not noticing.
So make sure if you have MTR-Ks that you have the correct side facing out. Look at the fine print!
Did these folks have all their TEETH??? Who in the heck did the install???