Tire Balancing -Profit Center?

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

 

Hasn't been for mine.

No, it isn't.

I have a 2003 Ford Focus with

Could be the wheels. Try a Honda.

I also have felt

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

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.

 

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.

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

Rotation will extrend the life. No alignment is perfect.

 

Ummm...Walmart?

 

http://www.discounttire.com/dtc/home.do;jsessionid=CGHnbfyLKLxTgfy60cFZnDMfHlJBCllVtyQl5Qdp6DBmh72vc3kc!-254359216!-517060480

Name brand tires, good prices.