Unless the shipping box looks like it had been through Grenada in 1983 then you are good to go! But truing is not a hard thing. I use to true road wheels and it is a piece of cake. Get a truing stand and begin to practice. As far as truing...............never seen a wheel yet that was 100% beyond a reasonable doubt perfectly and deniably true! That said.........you get them as close as you can.