Are these wheels wrong?

[Racinfan83]

Actually I have 2 questions here. One - are the tires mounted wrong on these wheels? Looked at pics online and saw them both ways? And two - are these correct 1990 wheels?
This was the extra set I got with the car. I had the old tires mounted on these for the car to sit on for the winter...http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i178/Racinfan83/Erics%20ZR-1%20Vette/20141019_142508.jpg

[efnfast]

Correct 90 rims, on the wrong side of the car.

[KILLSHOTS]

Yep, 1990 wheels on the wrong side.

[Racinfan83]

Thats what I thought. Dammit....
I guess since I will just be using for winter it isn't worth $125 to switch em...
I looked and saw the right and left on the inside of the wheel, and there is a right and left on the tire on each sidewall. I can see how the guy got it wrong. I could take em back I guess but that shop has been pretty good to me so I'll probably just leave it..

[efnfast]

Take 'em back.

[gbrtng]

facing the right way when you're backing up ... looks OK too.

[WydGlydJim]

I would fix them..the wheels serve a purpose of scavenging and cooling of the brakes....not many people but you will catch it...the way I remember '90s, is that the way they look when they are correct, looks backwards, and the way they seem to look right in my eye is actually backwards..in other words the way the fan shape, or cutter, or what ever you want to call it looks backwards when correct.
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:-D

[GOLDCYLON]

Correct 90 rims, on the wrong side of the car.

Yep wrong side of car but correct wheels for that 90

[efnfast]

If the tires are directional, they may need to be changed on the rims. If not, then the wheels can just be moved to the other side.

[Racinfan83]

The tires are directional - so I can't just switch side to side. Will have to have em dismounted and remounted.
Thanks guys! :cheers:

[efnfast]

As a small business owner, I would rather my customers bring errors to my attention and let me fix them, than have the customer walk away with a bad taste in their mouth's. That means they may not come back, and they may not say nice things about me to their friends and family.

[MickeyD]

As a small business owner, I would rather my customers bring errors to my attention and let me fix them, than have the customer walk away with a bad taste in their mouth's. That means they may not come back, and they may not say nice things about me to their friends and family.

Definitely, I would want to know so I could fix immediately. If it's a good shop they should be happy you brought it back.

[WVZR-1]

Were there tires on the wheels when you took them to the shop? A shop would generally do the tires to replicate what they removed.

I would think a shop would like to correct the error BUT for your needs maybe they do well. Directional tread is generally done to reduce hydroplaning and route water more effectively through the tread. If storage is your only intention OR perhaps a few short trips during the winter maybe it's irrelevant.

What do the tires do at speed on the OE wheels? Is your 65MPH vibration still there? Worse or better?

[WydGlydJim]

Plus the shop will only be out labor...not actual product costs......save maybe a couple of wheel weights....that is easier to absorb. If you are nice, and just explain it is an easy honest mistake, I'm sure they will work with you on the issue.
:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Racinfan83]

There weren't tires on the wheels when I got them done. I will go ask the guy if he's willing to work with me on them.
WVZR-1 - it has the vibration with these wheels - but the tires are the ones that failed the road force balance. I got some 500mph aluminum aircraft tape and put it in the center bores of the other wheels to tighten the fit and that helped some. I think I will have it aligned at some point before next summer - when I eyeball it it looks toed out and LR looks like more camber then RR. The overall vibration is better but still there. I ran the car pretty hard on some backroads yesterday, hard to tell between "road shake" and actual vibration. I had the top off for first time and was amazed by how much more flex and shake the car had when hitting bumps. Dont think I'll be doing that again. I have yet to get a set of known good wheels/tires and try them. I need to but that's one of those things I hate to ask of someone.

[Paul Workman]

As a small business owner, I would rather my customers bring errors to my attention and let me fix them, than have the customer walk away with a bad taste in their mouth's. That means they may not come back, and they may not say nice things about me to their friends and family.

Yeah, well, it's too late to worry about that, Steve!! (We're gonna say bad things aboutcha just for spite! LOL!:dancing:mrgreen:)

[efnfast]

Yeah, well, it's too late to worry about that, Steve!! (We're gonna say bad things aboutcha just for spite! LOL!:dancing:mrgreen:)
Boy, you can tell who's got your back around here.:-D