Too Many Problems :-(
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Frozen nuts
No, not weather related...<p>Just as a caution, a few weeks ago I saw a nail head in one of my rear tires. I dropped the car at my friendly local tire shop and walked down the street for lunch. When I returned, the car was still on the lift which isn't a good sign.<p>Turns out that one of the lug nuts was stuck and they couldn't get it out. Before they had Bruno come with the big stick, they wanted me to give the go-ahead. This is on the 7 spoke sport wheels. I decided to have the dealer risk it rather than these thoughtful guys. Anyway there was no nail after all, but if you ever take your wheels off for any reason, probably wouldn't hurt to slap some anti-seize on those lugs before reinstalling. Glad I didn't discover this on the proverbial dark and stormy night. Had a similar problem on BMWs alloys once also.<br>
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Of course...
All they are doing is pulling out the nail a plugging the hole. Why would you need to take the tire off??? You could do it. Yank the nail, stick in the plug. It's easy...<p>The only time the would have to take the tire off is if the nail made a puncture in the sidewall. Then they would de-rim the tire a glue a patch if the hole is small enough...
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Not the only problem...
Not only should you put a little anti-seize on them, make sure the dealer tech's don't over-torque them.<br>One thing that makes me insane is that my dealer's techs use those compressed air tools on high speed to torque my lugs. When we tried to get the wheel off to put the 17" on they had it torqued to 150lbs.!<br>Very dangerous. I complained to them that they shouldn't do that. Of course I know that it's wasted breath because they don't listen. <br>-C.
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Re: Of course... (are you sure???)
My experience has always been that you should plug a tire from the inside, and only when it is on the tread. If the puncture is on the sidewall, I have always been told to replace a tire, as the structural integrity of the thinner sidewall could be in question (especially if you drive at higher speeds). Not that I ever do that. ;-)