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I had/have a 1990 Dodge Omin which I used as a sacrificial
anode in the winter to save my 98 Civic HX from the salt.
I bought cheap tires for the Omni and never paid to have
them balanced, and I couldn't tell the difference. OTOH,
I didn't drive very fast either.

Today I bought two Toyo 800 Ultra tires. When I got home,
I noticed that there was not a single weight on either
one of them. I noticed no problem what-so-ever nor difference
over the old Firestones that came with the car. (I think
they were Firestones.) Except that the Toyos seemed to be
much quieter.

Are modern tires made so well that balancing is unnecessary?
Is tire balancing, now, just a profit center?

Tyre balancing is an important part in the life and safety of your tires.
It is very neseccasry to balance the tyres, I have a 2003 Ford Focus with
Goodyear Eagle DS-G3 tyres on them, which retail at over $200 each, but when
these tires are not balanced, I can feel it while driving, I also have felt
the same in my old car, a 2001 Ford Laser and I have driven a 1989 Honda
Prelude with unbalanced tyres and it can be felt.

For More Info try posting at www.ozfours.com

"Al" <ecarecar@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:113h6eqks60rff6@corp.supernews.com...
> I had/have a 1990 Dodge Omin which I used as a sacrificial
> anode in the winter to save my 98 Civic HX from the salt.
> I bought cheap tires for the Omni and never paid to have
> them balanced, and I couldn't tell the difference. OTOH,
> I didn't drive very fast either.
>
> Today I bought two Toyo 800 Ultra tires. When I got home,
> I noticed that there was not a single weight on either
> one of them. I noticed no problem what-so-ever nor difference
> over the old Firestones that came with the car. (I think
> they were Firestones.) Except that the Toyos seemed to be
> much quieter.
>
> Are modern tires made so well that balancing is unnecessary?
> Is tire balancing, now, just a profit center?

www.ozfours.com wrote:
> Tyre balancing is an important part in the life and safety of your tires.

Hasn't been for mine.

> It is very neseccasry to balance the tyres,

No, it isn't.

I have a 2003 Ford Focus with
> Goodyear Eagle DS-G3 tyres on them, which retail at over $200 each, but when
> these tires are not balanced, I can feel it while driving,

Could be the wheels. Try a Honda.

I also have felt
> the same in my old car, a 2001 Ford Laser and I have driven a 1989 Honda
> Prelude with unbalanced tyres and it can be felt.
>

Could be some moron incorrectly balanced the wheels.
Maybe if you took the weights off, it would be perfect.

> For More Info try posting at www.ozfours.com
>

I don't think so.


> "Al" <ecarecar@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:113h6eqks60rff6@corp.supernews.com...
>
>>I had/have a 1990 Dodge Omin which I used as a sacrificial
>>anode in the winter to save my 98 Civic HX from the salt.
>>I bought cheap tires for the Omni and never paid to have
>>them balanced, and I couldn't tell the difference. OTOH,
>>I didn't drive very fast either.
>>
>>Today I bought two Toyo 800 Ultra tires. When I got home,
>>I noticed that there was not a single weight on either
>>one of them. I noticed no problem what-so-ever nor difference
>>over the old Firestones that came with the car. (I think
>>they were Firestones.) Except that the Toyos seemed to be
>>much quieter.
>>
>>Are modern tires made so well that balancing is unnecessary?
>>Is tire balancing, now, just a profit center?
>
>
>

Al wrote:
> www.ozfours.com wrote:
>> Tyre balancing is an important part in the life and safety of your
>> tires.
>
> Hasn't been for mine.
>
>> It is very neseccasry to balance the tyres,
>
> No, it isn't.
>
> I have a 2003 Ford Focus with
>> Goodyear Eagle DS-G3 tyres on them, which retail at over $200 each,
>> but when these tires are not balanced, I can feel it while driving,
>
> Could be the wheels. Try a Honda.
>
> I also have felt
>> the same in my old car, a 2001 Ford Laser and I have driven a 1989
>> Honda Prelude with unbalanced tyres and it can be felt.
>>
>
> Could be some moron incorrectly balanced the wheels.
> Maybe if you took the weights off, it would be perfect.
>
>> For More Info try posting at www.ozfours.com
>>
>
> I don't think so.


Where I get my tires, free lifetime rotation and balancing is included....

>
>
>> "Al" <ecarecar@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:113h6eqks60rff6@corp.supernews.com...
>>
>>> I had/have a 1990 Dodge Omin which I used as a sacrificial
>>> anode in the winter to save my 98 Civic HX from the salt.
>>> I bought cheap tires for the Omni and never paid to have
>>> them balanced, and I couldn't tell the difference. OTOH,
>>> I didn't drive very fast either.
>>>
>>> Today I bought two Toyo 800 Ultra tires. When I got home,
>>> I noticed that there was not a single weight on either
>>> one of them. I noticed no problem what-so-ever nor difference
>>> over the old Firestones that came with the car. (I think
>>> they were Firestones.) Except that the Toyos seemed to be
>>> much quieter.
>>>
>>> Are modern tires made so well that balancing is unnecessary?
>>> Is tire balancing, now, just a profit center?

L Alpert wrote:
> Al wrote:
>
>>www.ozfours.com wrote:
>>
>>>Tyre balancing is an important part in the life and safety of your
>>>tires.
>>
>>Hasn't been for mine.
>>
>>
>>>It is very neseccasry to balance the tyres,
>>
>>No, it isn't.
>>
>> I have a 2003 Ford Focus with
>>
>>>Goodyear Eagle DS-G3 tyres on them, which retail at over $200 each,
>>>but when these tires are not balanced, I can feel it while driving,
>>
>>Could be the wheels. Try a Honda.
>>
>>I also have felt
>>
>>>the same in my old car, a 2001 Ford Laser and I have driven a 1989
>>>Honda Prelude with unbalanced tyres and it can be felt.
>>>
>>
>>Could be some moron incorrectly balanced the wheels.
>>Maybe if you took the weights off, it would be perfect.
>>
>>
>>>For More Info try posting at www.ozfours.com
>>>
>>
>>I don't think so.
>
>
>
> Where I get my tires, free lifetime rotation and balancing is included....
>

Ya, but . . . .

Every time you drive the car, the tires get rotated.

And, if it doesn't need to be balanced or rotated, think of
all the time you are wasting.

Furthermore, from my experience, moving the tires
from axle to axle is going to hide the real problem,
specifically, bad alignment.

From my experience, if the alignment is right, the
tires will preform fine just as the are, right where
they are.

>
>>
>>>"Al" <ecarecar@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>news:113h6eqks60rff6@corp.supernews.com...
>>>
>>>
>>>>I had/have a 1990 Dodge Omin which I used as a sacrificial
>>>>anode in the winter to save my 98 Civic HX from the salt.
>>>>I bought cheap tires for the Omni and never paid to have
>>>>them balanced, and I couldn't tell the difference. OTOH,
>>>>I didn't drive very fast either.
>>>>
>>>>Today I bought two Toyo 800 Ultra tires. When I got home,
>>>>I noticed that there was not a single weight on either
>>>>one of them. I noticed no problem what-so-ever nor difference
>>>>over the old Firestones that came with the car. (I think
>>>>they were Firestones.) Except that the Toyos seemed to be
>>>>much quieter.
>>>>
>>>>Are modern tires made so well that balancing is unnecessary?
>>>>Is tire balancing, now, just a profit center?
>
>
>

Al wrote:
> L Alpert wrote:
>> Al wrote:
>>
>>> www.ozfours.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> Tyre balancing is an important part in the life and safety of your
>>>> tires.
>>>
>>> Hasn't been for mine.
>>>
>>>
>>>> It is very neseccasry to balance the tyres,
>>>
>>> No, it isn't.
>>>
>>> I have a 2003 Ford Focus with
>>>
>>>> Goodyear Eagle DS-G3 tyres on them, which retail at over $200 each,
>>>> but when these tires are not balanced, I can feel it while driving,
>>>
>>> Could be the wheels. Try a Honda.
>>>
>>> I also have felt
>>>
>>>> the same in my old car, a 2001 Ford Laser and I have driven a 1989
>>>> Honda Prelude with unbalanced tyres and it can be felt.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Could be some moron incorrectly balanced the wheels.
>>> Maybe if you took the weights off, it would be perfect.
>>>
>>>
>>>> For More Info try posting at www.ozfours.com
>>>>
>>>
>>> I don't think so.
>>
>>
>>
>> Where I get my tires, free lifetime rotation and balancing is
>> included....
>
> Ya, but . . . .
>
> Every time you drive the car, the tires get rotated.
>
> And, if it doesn't need to be balanced or rotated, think of
> all the time you are wasting.

Rotation every 7500 miles or so extends the life of the tires. No time
wasted, I drop it off early in the morning, walk over to the coffee shop I
would be going to anyway, have a cup and read the paper and go over and pick
it up.

>
> Furthermore, from my experience, moving the tires
> from axle to axle is going to hide the real problem,
> specifically, bad alignment.

Free alignment check of front end is done with each rotation.

>
> From my experience, if the alignment is right, the
> tires will preform fine just as the are, right where
> they are.

Rotation will extrend the life. No alignment is perfect.

>
>>
>>>
>>>> "Al" <ecarecar@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:113h6eqks60rff6@corp.supernews.com...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I had/have a 1990 Dodge Omin which I used as a sacrificial
>>>>> anode in the winter to save my 98 Civic HX from the salt.
>>>>> I bought cheap tires for the Omni and never paid to have
>>>>> them balanced, and I couldn't tell the difference. OTOH,
>>>>> I didn't drive very fast either.
>>>>>
>>>>> Today I bought two Toyo 800 Ultra tires. When I got home,
>>>>> I noticed that there was not a single weight on either
>>>>> one of them. I noticed no problem what-so-ever nor difference
>>>>> over the old Firestones that came with the car. (I think
>>>>> they were Firestones.) Except that the Toyos seemed to be
>>>>> much quieter.
>>>>>
>>>>> Are modern tires made so well that balancing is unnecessary?
>>>>> Is tire balancing, now, just a profit center?

"L Alpert" <alpertl@xxgmail.com> wrote in news:MYCdnfAWM_Gw8t7fRVn-
jA@comcast.com:

>>> Where I get my tires, free lifetime rotation and balancing is
>>> included....
>

Ummm...Walmart?

Nobody wrote:
> "L Alpert" <alpertl@xxgmail.com> wrote in news:MYCdnfAWM_Gw8t7fRVn-
> jA@comcast.com:
>
>>>> Where I get my tires, free lifetime rotation and balancing is
>>>> included....
>>
>
> Ummm...Walmart?

http://www.discounttire.com/dtc/home...216!-517060480

Name brand tires, good prices.