Blue Dots (2008 Infiniti M45)

[obleft]

I understand the small blue dots on each alloy wheel are there 4 a purpose ras balance indicators...mine were rather hastily applied & smeared. Are they removeable to where they can be re-applied?

[audtatious]

They are removable and no longer needed. They are hash marks used via the manufacturer and are ligned up with the hash marks on the tires. The will "wear off" and from what I have seen when you put new tires on it the tire shop pays no attention to them anyway.....

[szh]

I understand the small blue dots on each alloy wheel are there 4 a purpose as balance indicators...mine were rather hastily applied & smeared. Are they removable to where they can be re-applied?

I would not worry about this too much ... for a number of reasons.

1. In most cases, the wheels (sans tires) are true enough that this will not be an issue for balancing the wheel/tire combination.

2. Most tire places are not careful enough to line up the tires correctly anyway to the rim dots.

3. In the case of the tire dots (white ones put on new tires), it is best to line those up with the valve stem. In the case of tires, this is a good thing to do to get the ideal starting point for a balance, but, again, the tire places are not very careful about this ... (I do try to get it done that way though )!

4. Even the slightest bit of rim rash (all too easy) and the blue dot balance points of the rims will not mean much after that.

So ... yes, follow the advice on the white dots on the tires, but don't worry about the blue dots on the rims.

Z