After some 30 months of ownership and 21,000 km + I got my wheels balanced, aligned and rotated today at Minku's. Total damage came to Rs 1000. Perhaps because they didn't require too much of weights. I also got the 5th wheel checked for air pressure for the first time (it was found to have 22 psi pressure). The wheels were made to rotate in a straight forward front to back fashion. No cross over.
The car's driveability improved right away, as it always does after wheel rotation and alignment.
I also learnt exactly how to align the wheel while replacing it on the body of the vehicle.
Checked the exact difference between the lug nuts for the steel wheel and the alloy wheel. The one for steel wheel is marginally smaller by a few threads perhaps. Also these lug nuts come with a conical washer kind of thing fitted near the neck. On the nuts for the steel wheel, that washer is fixed. It can be moved on the nuts for the alloy wheels. Will one work for the other? I don't really know. I would rather not try to find out.
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