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Don't make the mistake I made. I put my M2 tires on today.

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Old 12-16-2001, 12:54 PM
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Default Don't make the mistake I made. I put my M2 tires on today.

It took me forever but when I was finished, I was very proud of myself; I had remembered not to pinch the brake cable in the back, I remembered to put ant-seize compound on the "hubs," and everything seemed to have gone smoothly.
As I was putting the last of those little plastic caps on the lug nuts, I happened to noticed the direction arrow on that tire- it was facing the wrong way! AAAUUUGGGGHHH!!!!!!!!
Fortunately I had only put two tire/wheels on incorrectly, so after I finished cursing, I didn't have that much extra worhk to do.
BTW, I bought and installed a set of McGuard locking lugnuts, but the plastic cap won't fit over them. I have those plastic caps on the other 4 lug nuts each tire, but the McGuard lug nut is "capless." Will that upset the balance of each wheel or is that missing weight inconsequential?
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It'll probably void your warranty ;-)
Old 12-16-2001, 01:43 PM
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Default Did you mark the placement of tires you took off , so you

can rotate when you put back on ??
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Ooooooops! I didn't think of that.
Old 12-16-2001, 02:05 PM
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Default Warranty? The car has a warantee???? That's not what the

dealership told me.
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also put anti sieze compound on the locking lug bolt - they can be a b**ch to remove later
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Well, not anymore.
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