[1100D]

Originally Posted by m3_07

Friends...i bought mine on the 18th & had the alloys fit on the 19th. It was plati 16 inch. The tire is OE, bridgestone dueller. All went well when the OE wheel was replaced with the alloys. Happily, i took it out of the wheel alignment centre & by the time I turned right.........damn thing does not move well...i could hear noises.

Alighted from the beast & found that the tires are getting scraped. For those of you from B'lore, you must have heard the "world famous in B'lore called vijay wheel alignment" mentioned that this is nothing new & happens everytime.

Solutions my friends is:- trim the metal of the chassis & SCRAPE the front bumper. This I got it done at JC Road & the mechanic too happily conformed that it is quite normal.

On the 20th, i visited TASS, Manipal & the fellas there too confirmed that it happened with them too.

I am quite happy with the alloys after the scrape job, but deep inside, my blood boils. NOTTA PROBLEM!!

I am awaiting to give "mouthfull" to tata guys when they call me for feedback on the driving experience, 'coz, I mentioned to the sales guy before hand that I am going in for ex-aura alloys & he never mentioned any so called issues with non-aura wheels.

Just forgot to add - the "intercooler turbo version" of the safari was quite flexible to have non-oe alloy/ tire retrofits, where the caster (hope this is the right word...i'm no auto engineer), can be adjusted. This is what the experts quoted.

shouldn't have happened if the plati alloys are of same specs (pcd, offset and width) as that of the OE alloy.