How often do you balance your tires?

[kienai]

I have owned my car since June and today would be the third time I need my tires balanced. I hit about 55 mph and the car starts to shake like a messaging chair. I put on about 60 miles each day, about 70% highway and 30% local. I drive normal, I don't corner like a maniac. There isn't any pot holes or anything significant on the roads. When I had my Toyota I think I balanced my tires maybe three times total over the 4 years I owned it. So do those weights fall off the wheels pretty easily on the Subbie wheels?

[krzyss]

Change the store that does balancing.

 

Krzys

[whitetiger]

If you get your wheels balanced but still have a vibration afterwards, then it can be one 3 issues.

1-the tire shop sucks.

2-you got a bent rim, which will balance on a machine but will cause a vibration when driven on.

3-you have a bad tire with a twisted belt or somthing, will also balance out on the machine, but cause a vibration when driven on.

 

if it is 2 or 3, i sould be noticably visible when they attempt to balance your wheels, so it would be the tire shops fault for not noticing it and bringing it to your attention.

[kienai]

Well, it could be 1, since I had to go back twice to get it completely fixed, it was a Subbie dealer. I asked them if the rim could be faulty since I'd owned for two months, but they told me it was fine. Well.. I'm bring it to a different dealer which seems a lot more professional, I guess I will ask them to check the rim and tires again.