Tire balance issue? Or bad tires?

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I am lucky to have a good tire store near home. Tire Choice. I have no idea if other locations operate as well, but these guys are great. I buy there when it’s reasonable, but I’ve taken in tires I bought online and they do the same quality work. They’ve even patched tires -without charge- that were under warranty from another shop with lousy service (looking at you, Tire Kingdom).

It is rare in my experience to find a shop this good in any line of work.

Usually what I do buying tires is get an online quote and then show it to someone local and ask them what they can do. If it’s close I’ll gladly pay a little extra to support local business.
 
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I am lucky to have a good tire store near home. Tire Choice. I have no idea if other locations operate as well, but these guys are great. I buy there when it’s reasonable, but I’ve taken in tires I bought online and they do the same quality work. They’ve even patched tires -without charge- that were under warranty from another shop with lousy service (looking at you, Tire Kingdom).

It is rare in my experience to find a shop this good in any line of work.

Usually what I do buying tires is get an online quote and then show it to someone local and ask them what they can do. If it’s close I’ll gladly pay a little extra to support local business.
Normally that's what I would have done, but since my accident money has been really really tight so I need to try and save as much as possible until the settlement so I can pay off all the debt incurred from that.. . the shop I took it to only charged me $68 to fix the issue.. called the cc company and disputed the charges from the other place ($120). I will continue to use the place by work, they took care of a problem that wasn't theirs, took pictures of the issue, and understood my frustration.
 

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BOIRD went a different route. The STOCK SRA balloons had to go. So Dealer had buy 3, 1 free, well $1.00 actually. SO out the door, $836 for tires, and I have Falken Wildpeaks AT3W's snow rated, "C" ply tires, which is exactly what I wanted, stock size, stock rim. I also get free rotations from Dealer. OP, I get your trying to save $$$, but be careful cheaping out on tires, brakes, those things that U literally just trust your life and families to, just saying.

ADDED: Neva cheap out on a garage, U get what U pay for, just saying. ALL here IMHO (very humble).

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Normally that's what I would have done, but since my accident money has been really really tight so I need to try and save as much as possible until the settlement so I can pay off all the debt incurred from that.. . the shop I took it to only charged me $68 to fix the issue.. called the cc company and disputed the charges from the other place ($120). I will continue to use the place by work, they took care of a problem that wasn't theirs, took pictures of the issue, and understood my frustration.
I remember when No-Fault accident insurance came into NJ in the 70's. IT was a cluster then, bet has not changed.
 
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BOIRD went a different route. The STOCK SRA balloons had to go. So Dealer had buy 3, 1 free, well $1.00 actually. SO out the door, $836 for tires, and I have Falken Wildpeaks AT3W's snow rated, "C" ply tires, which is exactly what I wanted, stock size, stock rim. I also get free rotations from Dealer. OP, I get your trying to save $$$, but be careful cheaping out on tires, brakes, those things that U literally just trust your life and families to, just saying.

ADDED: Neva cheap out on a garage, U get what U pay for, just saying. ALL here IMHO (very humble).

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Tires are fine, no issues. It was the stupid shop.
 

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Glad it was something simple. Enjoy your new tires and vibration free ride!
 

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Tires are fine, no issues. It was the stupid shop.
Are U trying to say U are gonna avoid that particular shop in the future? :anitoof::angels25:
 
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I remember when No-Fault accident insurance came into NJ in the 70's. IT was a cluster then, bet has not changed.
Oh it was his fault. Lol reports show it, all documentation show it. Its just a pita all around.
 

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I remember when friggin No Fault came in. Family had Nationwide Insurance forever. When No-Fault hit, Nationwide said Adios, and still today, U got that friggin mess, just wat a royal PITA. File, your company pay, then go after other company, yada yada yada, geez. Kinda like Bridgegate by Ft Lee, same BS, hee hee. I read that stuff and thought: YUP, dat's NJ, roflmao.

ADDED: and the stupid Gas Station attendant rule, geez. When I was home in 2018: U know I stood there and watched that attendant: no body gonna get my card info or skim my card, LOL. Attendant got mad, too bad, so sad, hee hee.
 
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I remember when friggin No Fault came in. Family had Nationwide Insurance forever. When No-Fault hit, Nationwide said Adios, and still today, U got that friggin mess, just wat a royal PITA. File, your company pay, then go after other company, yada yada yada, geez. Kinda like Bridgegate by Ft Lee, same BS, hee hee. I read that stuff and thought: YUP, dat's NJ, roflmao.

ADDED: and the stupid Gas Station attendant rule, geez. When I was home in 2018: U know I stood there and watched that attendant: no body gonna get my card info or skim my card, LOL. Attendant got mad, too bad, so sad, hee hee.
I pump my own most of the time. This state is so effed...
 

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I pump my own most of the time. This state is so effed...
I neva allowed one of the gas jockey's in NJ do ne thing I did not see visually. U wanna pump gas OK, but U not get free reign to my CC. Just amazes me NJ still got that stupid requirement. Oregon was trying to get rid of it, not sure if they have or not.
 

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I neva allowed one of the gas jockey's in NJ do ne thing I did not see visually. U wanna pump gas OK, but U not get free reign to my CC. Just amazes me NJ still got that stupid requirement. Oregon was trying to get rid of it, not sure if they have or not.
AFAIK Oregon still has that. But then again, I plan my trips such that I don't have to fuel up in that state. The last time I fueled up there was 2001 I think. I sat and watched the attendant fuel up 3 cars that arrived after me, so I got out and started pumping my own gas. He threatened me with a $700 fine for doing that. I haven't fueled up in Oregon since then LOL.
 

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AFAIK Oregon still has that. But then again, I plan my trips such that I don't have to fuel up in that state. The last time I fueled up there was 2001 I think. I sat and watched the attendant fuel up 3 cars that arrived after me, so I got out and started pumping my own gas. He threatened me with a $700 fine for doing that. I haven't fueled up in Oregon since then LOL.
Somebody threaten me, hmmmmmmmmmm, not a good thing. But then guess that comes from all my years in Public Service, LMAO.
 

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I had to fill up in Oregon 1 time

I went to put my ATM card in the pump & they told me that i had to inside the store & that i needed to give the guy my gas cap key, so keeping an eye on him i walked inside the store & the woman inside asked for the card,
I thought it strange, but she would not return my card until the guy outside stopped pumping, The station was clean & so was the guy outside, he had a uniform on.

On the other hand in New Jersey, i did not want to leave my truck, the guy looked like he slept under bridges

Now i have the eco-diesel & i don't have to worry about it

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I don't allow the local Dodge Dealership to do anything to my wheels & tires.

The have a Hunter Road Force Balance Machine & no one is trained on it.
One time they rotated my tires & put a bunch of eights on it & could not balance it, I took it to Discount Tire & they asked who had balanced the tires, he took all the weights off, Dodge dealership guy had weights on both sides of the valve stem, 180° apart
 
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I found it best to look for a shop that has a Hunter Elite road force balance machine. All new tires I have installed have been road force balanced and the results are amazing. I had a new Goodyear tire that had a defect and it couldn’t be road force balanced so TireRack sent me a new one. I also have a Dodge Charger and the tires couldn’t be balanced correctly - one shop said I had bent rims. I had the tires road force balanced at a shop with a Hunter Elite machine and they got them perfectly balanced. No issue with the rims. Worth every penny (typically $125 cost).
 

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I always have my tire folks Road Force new tires. On several occasions, brand new tires have been rejected even after adjusting the tire position on the rim. Also, I do a balance and rotate every 5000 miles and have them road force during the re-balance, too.
 

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Just went though this with a really good shop, twice. First set they balanced multiple times with all zeros, twice. Had higher speed shake. Decided to buy a different set of tires and that was noticeably better at the same shop, but not perfect. I had to call around to find a shop that does road force. One tire was moved around substantially compared to how it began. The other three were in the same place and appears the weights weren't moved and I have a slight shake starting at 85 mph. I'm pretty happy with the result.
 
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