Word of warning re Tempe. The rims you see on my Avatar I bought from Tempe over the internet. Turned up nice and quick, damaged.. I contacted them and they did not want to know about it. The wheel nuts they provided looked as if they were only just on, so I checked with another tyre fitter and low and behold they were not legal. Also, I had an uncontrolable shake over about 70 kmh. It came and went, no real pattern to it. They came balanced, but I had them rebalanced and they were out. Still they shook. I had an alignment done, still no difference. So I looked at ptting new tyres to replace these new ones (20 klms old at this stage) only to find that the tyres were the wrong size for the wheels, and I could not get the right ones for under approx $400 per corner. I rang them again, still did not want to help.
Luckily they have now been replaced by the WQ Zetec rims I bought off Rob in Brisbane. I went to Bob Jane to get them to do a quick swap, and could not get the bloody things off. Had to get a diamond drill to bore out the fixing screws, one covering plate was totally destroyed to get it off, so I finished up giving them to the guy doing the job for free. Good riddance to them. The Ford ones with the Conti tyres are so much better it is a joke. No comparison.
Tempe Tyres? Never again.
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