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I don't know if I am the only one experiencing this, but will ask anyway as it is troublesome. Whenever I replace the original factory tires on my cars they never are as balanced and smooth riding. I always replace with the best tires so quality and suitability is not the issue.
I will be returning my 4Runner a 3rd time this month for a re-balance due to vibration. And, no, the weights are not being thrown off. I also have a Prius with similar issues. Both cars just got new tires.
Can anyone shed some light on this? Thanks - your help is appreciated.
Maybe you should start doing business at a different tire shop? Sounds weird. Usually when I put not tires on the car at least does better than what it did previously.
As several of us have posted up many times, the chain shops are the worst - both selling you a cheap, hard-compound tire (but they last so long!) and bodging the balance.
When I balance wheel/tire assemblies myself, over at my nuclear engineer bud's house, we work to +/- ONE GRAM. You are lucky if the damn chain shops work to +/- an ounce or 2.
They say good enough. Exhaust products from a male bovine, sez I - when they are balanced perfectly, and assuming you are getting a good, round, high-quality tire, you get essentially no vibration.
Yeah, find a good independent shop, if you don't know where to look, try Tire Rack's recommended installers.
Discount Tire has done a great job for me over at least ten years. Tires for all sorts of vehicles. I always pick my tires though - I have never asked them for recommendations.
Notwithstanding the "avoid the chains" admonitions above, I've had good luck with Discount Tire too. They do seem to appeal to driving enthusiasts as well as Joe Schmoe drivers, so maybe that makes the difference? The only thing that bothers me about them is their aggressive push to upsell you on nitrogen inflation.
Discount does seem to be better than most chains. They have an online store not too different from Tire Rack.
It seems like Firestone and Les Schwab in the west are the worst to push un-needed services. Schwab is, to me, sort of the Micky-D's of tires - lot of people just love them, and, if you are not particular, they *are* fast and cheap.
Huh. I'd be fine with nitrogen inflation at no extra charge. But the clowns around here want to charge 5 bucks a tire.
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