Tire balancing. Does a large number of weights matter? - discussion

Unfortunately, I can not be present because I have no way to get out of the job and I told them that they do not have to rush only until 4 p.m. to do it - let's see .... a workshop with a reputation, I hope they will not cheat me.

Added after 6 [hours] 20 [minutes]:

I picked up the car, according to them, two rims were to be straightened. They did, I paid a balance, I paid PLN 140.
I just don't like the fact that there is probably 90g of weights on one rim - should I worry?

These were new tires and they should have markings on the side of the tire in the form of colored dots, most often they are red, yellow or blue and this mark, after mounting the tire on the rim, should be flush with the valve which marks the heaviest point of the rim. Check if it is done. I suppose these Dunlops are asymmetrical tires so the marker should be visible. The number of weights is influenced by the skills of the person who was balancing, the proper calibration of the balancer and the work of the tire itself, because sometimes it is impossible to avoid more weights, but it does not mean that the wheel is badly balanced. If you drive, you will see if there is a bastard and if everything is ok.
For straightening 2 rims is a good price for labor and express service.

The tires are Dunlop sport max rt2 225 / 45r17 91Y

Tires with the Y speed rating (up to 300 km / h) should themselves be perfectly balanced.

On 17 wheels, it sometimes happens that you need to stick more weights because the rim itself has its own weight, and if it is a rim with a wide rim, then I am certainly not surprised by the 90g.
Before bolting the wheels, the service technician should show a colleague how the rim works on the wheel balancer. In any case, we do this so that the customer can see that the rim has been properly repaired. A colleague should ask for it before picking up the car.
There is nothing like seeing with your own eyes and having confidence.
Since the tires are directional, they should have the markers I wrote about on one of the sides of the car, i.e. the left or the right.

Hello
I have to buy such rims at a good price, but I am worried about the number of weights
According to the description, the rims are 2 years old and the tires are worn out. rather impossible żeby were such curves after 2 years, maybe it's the fault of these tires that so much had to be glued.
I need some wise advice because the guy wants 2,000 for it so I don't get on mine. I will add that the rims are from Germany
ask for advice and thank you

Someone botched the balance because the weights should be in two groups on the inside edge of the car and on the outside. Now they are in 4

Probably a German vulcanizer Do you think the rim can be so crooked? 2-year-old rim? I think that the balancing on the unfastening ... and on these old tires, and the rim of a decent company, i.e. Keskin, cannot be bent in such a short time.
Good price, new about 5 thousand, that's why I'm interested

After all, a curved rim (an accident occurs in the so-called fraction of a second) and the time from the moment of production does not matter here. After all, they are twisted so very strong ☺.

A Japanese car with new tires fell into a hole, my rim and tire burst. It was 3 years ago. Original rims. The new one cost me PLN 2.7 thousand.
So?

Being in a difficult situation, I was forced to buy winter tires with rims, they were perfectly balanced, no beating according to the seller - and one had similarly glued weights from the inside, I didn't like it very much at the time of purchase, but after mounting and the route, no bad observations.

lukaszsar wrote:

Probably a German vulcanizer Do you think the rim can be so crooked? 2 year old rim? I think that the balancing on the unfastening ... and on these old tires, and the rim of a decent company, i.e. Keskin, cannot be bent in such a short time.
Good price, new about 5 thousand, that's why I'm interested

It doesn't matter the time for the rim to bend, the rim can bend after just 5 minutes of driving, because it all depends on you and not on the distance traveled on this rim

It was rather that Chinese rims are soft and any hole in the road and already curves. Branded ones, and especially the factory ones, are harder and you have to really get into a good pit for the rim to deform.

He knows what he means and ''everyone'' knows that in the west there are/were always better roads, but how who drives and how they used them is impossible to determine - no one will investigate.
And due to the nature of the seller or his provisions, there is probably no way to get along and put the rims on the machine and check - personally, I would do it, but it is not always possible to do so.

sigwa18 wrote:

It was rather that Chinese rims are soft and any hole in the road and already curves. Branded ones, and especially the factory ones, are harder and you have to really get into a good pit for the rim to deform.

Call Bosch, for example, in Germany and order a nice but cheap rim, you will see what they will do for you on the first random hole, because it does not matter where it is produced, only how cheap it is
you want to have a nice and not expensive, then it will not be strong
you want to have a strong and not expensive, it will not be pretty
If you want a strong and nice rim, it won't be cheap
and it doesn't matter if cheap garbage is made in China or Germany and the world has switched to mass production of cheap garbage and someone else will tell me that it's ecological it's interesting where because it's definitely not