Bought four tires — is this normal? (Renault, Lancer, car)

[Arktikos]

Originally Posted by himain

Michelin and $80 tires are very, very different. If you are not having any vibrations when driving, leave it alone. And next time-buy better quality tires

X2. WTF, you're selling it! Leave it alone.

[Electrician4you]

Originally Posted by TimAZ

Thanks all, I’m going to take it back today and have them reseat the two tires with the crazy weights. The wheels on the car are fine, and the previous set of Michelin tires all had one or no balance weight.

Yup. That’s why I buy brand name tires. I usually run (choice in order)
Michelin (my wife’s and my DD)
Hankook AT
Toyo AT

Michelin is by far the one brand that has stood by their tires when i had issues.

[trlhiker]

If you are selling it and it drives smooth, why worry about it?

[Electrician4you]

If I’m selling it I’ll jut throw the cheapest tires I can on it. I may just go buy some used tires that have decent tread. If the car needed tires.

[TimAZ]

Originally Posted by Electrician4you

Yup. That’s why I buy brand name tires. I usually run (choice in order)
Michelin (my wife’s and my DD)
Hankook AT
Toyo AT

Michelin is by far the one brand that has stood by their tires when i had issues.

Well, I had Michelins with a 60K tread wear guaranty. Nice tires but the wear indicators were showing at 48K. Their warranty is pro-rated, so I’d only get a discount off a new set at full price, currently about $200 per tire.

[echo7tango]

Originally Posted by trlhiker

If you are selling it and it drives smooth, why worry about it?

Did you look at the picture? Those massive, ugly weights? Unacceptable.

TimAZ, good luck today and let us know how it goes.

[tickyul]

Just depends on the balance of each tire/wheel combo.........one set may require more/less weight for correct balance then another set.

[oneasterisk]

What tire shop still uses the outside weights? The shops I've gone to mount the weights internally these days.

[waltchan]

Originally Posted by unit731

You probably got cheap China tires. Good Luck!

“Chinese-branded tires are a whole different world,” reported Car and Driver technical director Dave VanderWerp. “You absolutely get what you pay for, which, as we found in our test, is capability that is nothing short of scary.

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Any new tires installed are going to be better than nothing, when it comes to trade-in or private party sale.

[ddm2k]

Originally Posted by TimAZ

We are going to sell our car in six months and it needed a new set of tires. I didn’t want to spend $700 on a good brand so I bought a cheaper set for $80 a tire. Had them mounted and two of them look OK with one balance weight each, but the other two have three weights each. I’ve never seen so many weights on a tire. The tires ride smoothly and are quiet, but what do you think about needing that many weights to get to balance?

Gotten the same treatment for a BF Goodrich All-Terrain. "Whatever it takes". You can have them or another shop use a different kind of weights (inside the rim) that can look a little better.