Too many wheel weights from the factory

[mclasser]

Two wheels on my Elantra came with a lot of weight from the factory. From what I see, each tire has two 55 gram strips, which equates to almost 4 oz per tire! That's a lot for a small car tire. The tires and rims have the high & low spot dots matched up so they appear to have been match mounted at the factory.

I would let it slide but I do notice my water bottle shake a little at highway speeds. Same with the passenger seat when empty.

I'm thinking about taking it into the dealer and getting a rebalance. Hyundai gives 1 yr/12k miles for "adjustments."

 

[SatinSilver]

Probably need to replace the tires for a smoother hwy ride. Usually the tires they come with are bottom barrel. Even if you replace the two front ones it should smooth out the ride. Then next year replace the other two.

 

[MParr]

All car tires and wheels are matched at the factory. Some are done on site and some are done offsite according to the auto maker. You can return to the dealer and have them check all 4 wheel/tire assemblies. Does the dealership have the latest balancer? Is the machine properly calibrated? Is the technician properly trained on the machine? First thing you need to do is have the dealership's technician put the car on the lift and spin all of the tires and visually inspect them for runout and roundness. This will give you and him a clue of where to start.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zVJO_2GAM6c

 

[CapriRacer]

A couple of thoughts:

Those weights are near the center of the wheel, which means they are not as effective as weight placed on the flanges. On the other hand, they look a lot better.

I'm going to guess it's a factor of 4 to one - which isn't so bad.. Are there weights on the inside flange?

 

[Traction]

I've seen twice that much weight on many late model high-end cars. Less is better of course, and easier to balance, but it doesn't always work out that way sometimes. It is never fun when you take the time to break it down, and rotate it 180, and it gets worse, and you do it again. Like Capri said when the weight moves inboard it take more weight to compensate. 1 once on the wheel flange can sometimes take 2 ounces behind the wheel face to balance, and that affects the inboard weight too.

 

[LotI]

All Hyundai dealers have a RoadForce balancer. Give them a shot to fix it.

The title is misleading...it doesn't have too many weights, it's the right amount to balance the assembly.

 

[Eddie]

If the vehicle drives nice and you don't detect any unbalance vibration, then forget it it. Factory probably does a better balancing job than most dealerships IMO. Ed

 

[Quattro Pete]

A bit of a side question, but why isn't there a weight listed on every single one of the segments in the OP's photo? I am used to seeing it that way instead of having the total weight listed somewhere in the middle.

FYI, here are the marking on one of my wheels... each segment is 0.25 oz, which adds up to 2.75 oz in this case. Granted, my Charger's wheels are significantly larger than OP's wheels, so maybe it's not as bad.

 

[JLTD]

I agree with OP. That's an awful lot of weight for a small wheel/tire combo.

Since it's shaking, take it back ... again and again until they offer to replace the tires for free.

 

[CT8]

You need to be at the dealers not asking BITOG about it.

 

[Hall]

Originally Posted by LotI
The title is misleading...it doesn't have too many weights, it's the right amount to balance the assembly.


I think what he's suggesting is "if it takes that many weights to balance it, why not use a different wheel/tire combination that needs fewer" ?

 

[JTK]

I had more stick on weights than that on some of the factory wheels of my 2016 Forester. Disturbing, but no vibes.

 

[irv]

I had a wheel replaced then a tire on my 09 Sierra. No way the wheel/tire combo would balance no matter what they did. The wheel had a big bubble in the chrome overlay anyways which was replaced under warranty so when the new one came, they had to throw on a new tire to get it to balance.
One of numerous issues I dealt with with concerning that truck.

 

[Balrog006]

Originally Posted by hallstevenson
Originally Posted by LotI
The title is misleading...it doesn't have too many weights, it's the right amount to balance the assembly.


I think what he's suggesting is "if it takes that many weights to balance it, why not use a different wheel/tire combination that needs fewer" ?



Techs on the wheel+tire line won't likely give it a second thought. As long as it's within whatever standards they adhere to (which likely allow far more balancing weights) they'd never unmount a tire and try to pick another just to lessen the balance weight for aesthetics.

 

[Papa Bear]

When I first glanced at the photo I thought it was chain drive .....

 

[sw99]

Man my mudders have 16 ounces on one of them

 

[Dave Hess]

Take it to dealer for a rebalancing.... but it ultimately depends on quality job of tire tech.

 

[oil_film_movies]

Well, it's 4 oz, out of 640 oz total for basic wheel+tire, or 0.6%. That makes it sound better anyway. Not too bad really. Of course, like you say, its worth a road-force rebalance if the car shakes.