I went to banner tire to get 2 tires. The same exact tires so I have 4 matching tires. When they finish they polished all my wheels and I thought that was a nice touch till I got home. I looked at the 2 new front tires and noticed they did not look the same as the back. then I looked closer and saw they had chipped the wheels all the way around the rim. I went back to banner tire and asked what could be done about this. They told me they had nothing to do with it there tire machine never touch the wheels and BFgoodrich change the design thats why they look differant. I build tires for the Navy with the same machine they use and can tell you the machine does touch the wheel it and when you brake the bead it can miss the tire and touch the wheel. I called BFgoodrich and they told me the design of the tire has never changed. A few day's later I notice my tires were low on air so I took it to sears to have them leaked checked and they found a small pin whole in the wheel. I cannot even imagine how the whole got there but it was not there before I went to banner tires. Banner tire refuses to correct this situation and I will take them to court. If you live in KeyWest please avoid going to Good Year Banner Tire, I don't highly recomend Sears but you are better off going there. Sears was able to use the tire machine with out damaging the wheel.
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