Hello All,
I am a bit puzzled on what to do in my situation. My local tire shop has now done tires on my Saturn (Nexen CP672 14 inch) and our KIA (Cooper CS3 15 inch). These guys just cannot seem to get the tires to balance correctly at least on the Saturn. It has been a on-going thing for over a year now with my saturn. I have had it back several times, one day they kept it all day, and finally gave up and blamed it on bent rims, but I do not believe this to be the case as the Michelin on the car before, were butter smooth.
Being that they did at least try with my Saturn, I hesitantly bought the coopers from them at a good price, for the KIA. While the KIA does not have the vibration issues even as close to the Saturn, it is noticeable at some speeds, but before.. the KIA was butter smooth with the factory Hankooks. Mainly 55mph and then 80+ with the KIA. The Saturn has vibrations that pop-up at 65 and come and go all through out 80mph, the shop even had a tech check my Saturn's entire suspension everything was solid, the KIA is 2013, no way that suspension could be the issue.
Is it really that hard to balance tires? To me it seems to be "Put it on the machine, press the buttons, put the weights where the machine says to put them."
What recommendations can you guys make? This particular Tire shop has stores everywhere in my local area, but I have been to others with no luck. Is my best bet going to be going to a dealer ship that has a good balancer and having them look it over? Am I being to picky? Is it normal to have some vibration in the wheel? I really want that smooth ride back as most of my driving is on the interstate..
Thanks all, (sorry more of a rant than a question)
I am a bit puzzled on what to do in my situation. My local tire shop has now done tires on my Saturn (Nexen CP672 14 inch) and our KIA (Cooper CS3 15 inch). These guys just cannot seem to get the tires to balance correctly at least on the Saturn. It has been a on-going thing for over a year now with my saturn. I have had it back several times, one day they kept it all day, and finally gave up and blamed it on bent rims, but I do not believe this to be the case as the Michelin on the car before, were butter smooth.
Being that they did at least try with my Saturn, I hesitantly bought the coopers from them at a good price, for the KIA. While the KIA does not have the vibration issues even as close to the Saturn, it is noticeable at some speeds, but before.. the KIA was butter smooth with the factory Hankooks. Mainly 55mph and then 80+ with the KIA. The Saturn has vibrations that pop-up at 65 and come and go all through out 80mph, the shop even had a tech check my Saturn's entire suspension everything was solid, the KIA is 2013, no way that suspension could be the issue.
Is it really that hard to balance tires? To me it seems to be "Put it on the machine, press the buttons, put the weights where the machine says to put them."
What recommendations can you guys make? This particular Tire shop has stores everywhere in my local area, but I have been to others with no luck. Is my best bet going to be going to a dealer ship that has a good balancer and having them look it over? Am I being to picky? Is it normal to have some vibration in the wheel? I really want that smooth ride back as most of my driving is on the interstate..
Thanks all, (sorry more of a rant than a question)
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