XPost: rec.autos.tech, alt.home.repair   
   From: arlenholder@anyexample.com   
      
   In response to what Xeno  wrote :   
      
   > If the spacers were fitted, they were fitted for a reason.   
      
   Hi Xeno,   
      
   Thanks for taking the risk of responding as it's tough on Usenet to   
   converse when it's just text and a bunch of snapshots.   
      
   As you noted, I'm also absolutely sure the spacers were there for a good   
   reason, whether for sheer looks or because the clearly non-stock alloy   
   wheels we took off were vastly different than the stock (aka factory spec)   
   steel wheels we replaced them with.   
      
   I'm not too worried about not putting the spacers back because the new   
   stock steel wheels fit fine without those spacers, where I was just   
   wondering if a simple cheap Chevy pickup truck would ever have spacers in a   
   stock situation in the first place.   
      
   > These days rims are much better manufactured than in the past and match   
   > mounting isn't generally necessary.   
      
   Hi Xeno,   
      
   I love to learn the details where I'm sure there's a reason for everything.   
      
   The main question, really, is whether that "white dot" was the match   
   mounting mark on the new steel rims, where I'm pretty sure if it is that   
   they didn't consider match mounting not necessary when they put that dot   
   there in the first place.   
      
   Nobody does that stuff for no good reason. They just don't. :)   
      
   I'm an old man, where you don't want to know how many times I've heard   
   people say "oh, that bolt doesn't do anything", simply because they   
   couldn't be bothered to replace all the bolts they took out.   
      
   If they're gonna bother putting a match-mounting mark on the wheels, and   
   another corresponding mounting mark on the tires, then I'm gonna use them.   
      
   If they're not needed, particularly on new wheels and new tires, then they   
   wouldn't put them there, IMHO. Although I am very familiar with the Tire   
   Rack saying that nobody cares about match mounting anymore because they   
   have dynamic balance machines which will compensate for anything.   
      
   We had to static balance - so it would seem to me that it's important to   
   use as little weight as possible, where on one tire, we didn't need   
   anything (but that was the tire with the red and yellow does 180 degrees   
   apart).   
      
   Interestingly, the tires that needed the most balance weight were those   
   where the red and yellow dots were off by about thirty to sixty degrees (or   
   so).   
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