...... ok trying to do sum upgrades to my 2005.5 a4. as of late...... the other day i had an appointment for the dealership.....things getting done were.... the headlights.xeons or whatver (the ones that dont work right)....oil change, alignment,,, ballan.... all that...and i bought a new upgraded cam follower....... as im pushing 100k..... thought it should be taken care of..........................................uhhh.. ........ went to pick up my car. later that day. they said a couple things we wanna no....talk about ok...... whats up...... they said. because i have chrome rims. (18. american racing cozmos. with nanking tires..... they couldnt be alignd.. or balanced.... ummm something bought they might screw up the rims... i can understand. sorta. im not the only person who has nice wheels.. and want ther car alignd..... ive never had a an alignment done on the car. and had it since new so i think it was kinda due.... it does ride good. but little pull. vibration..... thought it couldnt hurt.... sid it cant b done...i just didnt wanna mess up a new set of tires. thats why i wanted it done...????... uhhh.... well i told them the lights yes they sux fix them i dont care bought the price just fix them....... they said they fixed one..... the other is good....(changed the buld 200..)..... went out started the car turn the lights on didnt get out the parking lot...... left light dipped... no the one they fixed . but...... uhh..... and last..they asked why do i wanna mess with the cam follower.//.... you should never touch that........if its wore youl hear it. in the engine... (hear it eating up my cam???)......we wont do that......... so. i put it in later that night...... pulled the old on. it wasnt that bad actually. few scruffs... that s it. but changed it anyway....... so. i think im done with that dealership. but on the wheel..s. .. someone has some info. into this mess

 

Christ is that post hard to read...

Ok they don't want to align the car with chrome rims for several different reasons.
1. Its hard on the eyes LOL.
2. The alignment machine sensors clamp on the outside of the wheels, chrome wheels generally end of having a round edge, so the sensor tends to either fall off causing damage to the $2,000+ sensor, or scratch your awesome wheels..
I used to refuse doing alignments on chrome wheels as well.

The crack about balancing them is another problem at the dealership. They don't deal with chrome rims, so they don't have experience balancing them, or the correct wheel weights to balance them. Plus its easy to damage your nankang tires, cause those are cheaply made which tend to rip when breaking the beads. Breaking the bead means pushing the tire off the inner rim lip so they can rotate the tire on the rim if it doesn't want to balance. 90% of chrome wheels are very hard to balance because they are made by idiots.

The dealership doesn't follow the forums, the dealerships mantra is, "if its not broke, don't fix it" So changing a cam follower for preventative maintenance is out of the question.

I have no input on the dipped headlight, because i don't understand your post.