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[Andy B]

http://www.tyrepowerblackwood.com.au/news/135-seeing-spots

 

[aaronjb]

That's it. And for the lines: http://www.wheels-inmotion.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=165

[frostbite]

Nice well thats cleared up. Ill let him know

[Webby the Bear]

If u came to mine for tires you'll get them fitted with wherever the red/yellow dots end up. Complain and you'll be shown the door  😂😂😂

Joking aside my understanding was that you put the yellow dot closest to the valve as the optimum point to balance them. But in reality it doesn't matter. You balance them and as long as they balance at the end of it all' swell.

Normally I find the cheap Chinese tyres are the worst and usually take the most weight to balance.

[X30XE]

Joking aside my understanding was that you put the yellow dot closest to the valve as the optimum point to balance them. But in reality it doesn't matter. You balance them and as long as they balance at the end of it all' swell.

Not if the inside of my alloy looks like a frigging tobelerone it isn't sonny!   

[Webby the Bear]

Joking aside my understanding was that you put the yellow dot closest to the valve as the optimum point to balance them. But in reality it doesn't matter. You balance them and as long as they balance at the end of it all' swell.

Not if the inside of my alloy looks like a frigging tobelerone it isn't sonny!   

See paragraph 1, sentence 2  😂😂😂😂

[Nick W]

Joking aside my understanding was that you put the yellow dot closest to the valve as the optimum point to balance them. But in reality it doesn't matter. You balance them and as long as they balance at the end of it all' swell.

Not if the inside of my alloy looks like a frigging toblerone it isn't sonny! 

Blame has already been assigned to the tyre or the fitter, but there is a third party that often causes massive imbalance that is the car owner's fault more than anything else: due to various factors, lots of modern wheels are badly buckled.

[Andy B]

Joking aside my understanding was that you put the yellow dot closest to the valve as the optimum point to balance them. But in reality it doesn't matter. You balance them and as long as they balance at the end of it all' swell.

Not if the inside of my alloy looks like a frigging toblerone it isn't sonny! 

Blame has already been assigned to the tyre or the fitter, but there is a third party that often causes massive imbalance that is the car owner's fault more than anything else: due to various factors, lots of modern wheels are badly buckled.

but if the wheel having the tyre replaced came into the tyre bay with minimum weights and then needs a bucket full, shouldn't that ring alarm bells for the fitter/fitter-ess?   

It also amazed me that she was so surprised when it made a huge difference by moving tyre & rim relative to each other.

[Andy B]

If u came to mine for tires you'll get ..

..

What do we keep telling you about watching American sh1te? 

[Webby the Bear]

Joking aside my understanding was that you put the yellow dot closest to the valve as the optimum point to balance them. But in reality it doesn't matter. You balance them and as long as they balance at the end of it all' swell.

Not if the inside of my alloy looks like a frigging toblerone it isn't sonny! 

Blame has already been assigned to the tyre or the fitter, but there is a third party that often causes massive imbalance that is the car owner's fault more than anything else: due to various factors, lots of modern wheels are badly buckled.

but if the wheel having the tyre replaced came into the tyre bay with minimum weights and then needs a bucket full, shouldn't that ring alarm bells for the fitter/fitter-ess?   

It also amazed me that she was so surprised when it made a huge difference by moving tyre & rim relative to each other.

Based on what I've seen I'd say no. Example.....

I put some cheap shite tyres on my omega. When I balanced them they needed a shocking 120g on the outer and 90 (iirc) on the inner. I was shocked.

This tyre then kept going down so after checking for nails I took it off, sealed it with a bit of tyre jizz and put it back on in a different location. Each side took around 40g to balance.

[Webby the Bear]

And sorry Andy but forgive my ignorance. What do you mean when u say about moving tyre and rim relative to each other?

[citroenguy]

Did you really put 120/90g on the rim??

That's when I would have done as Andy says. Loosening the wheel from the rim and turning it 1/4 or 1/2 a turn. Also I always fit one of the weights and re spin it, a lot of the time it gives a different result then. 

[Webby the Bear]

Yup 👍

I did mess around with it, moved it around etc but still took that much weight to balance.

As said, remounted tyre later (few weeks) and it took an acceptable amount 👍