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Date:         Fri, 29 Dec 1995 17:23:57 -0600
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From:         ehintz@mail.utexas.edu (Edmund A. Hintz)
Subject:      5-lug to american rims

> >It is in a tire commercial. Too bad 9 out of 10 Sears can't balance the >old five lug wheels.

Speaking of balancing wheels... I just got mine rotated and balanced for free at America's Tire Co. They give you free rotate/balance jobs every 6k, no charge at all. While there, the guy doing the job mentioned that when he was in AZ or NM hew saw adds for conversion pieces that make the old 5-bolts into standard american bolt patterns. He said they're just like metal plates, bolt it on, then bolt on the new rims. Anybody seen/used these? Might be useful because of the widespread problem with balancing the 5-lugs.

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