Incorrect display of hairlines

I've been working on several projects recently that contain 0,25 pt rules. I'm using InDesign CS3 for the layout, but when I view the finished PDFs in Acrobat 7 Pro (and Adobe Reader) the thin rules appear much heavier than when viewed in InDesign. Apple Preview and Adobe Bridge don't seem to have the same problem.
I haven't experimented much with the printing, but I suspect that it's just a display problem and won't affect how the design looks in print. However, it's very frustrating as the client can't view the designs as I intend them to look. I've tried unchecking the "Smooth text" and "Smooth line art" options in the preferences, but it doesn't get it looking any better. And I wouldn't want to ask the client to do this each time I send through a draft of the design.
Any ideas why Acrobat is doing this? Any way to get around it? As it is I've resorted to taking screen shots from InDesign and sending JPEGs to the client instead, which is obviously not ideal.
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

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