Having balanced wheels can save you money by extending the life of your tyres. We recommend you have your tyre balances checked every 10-15,000klms to make sure you are optimising the life of your tyres!
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Wheel balancing is the process of equalizing the weight of the combined tyre and rim so that it spins smoothly at high speed. Balancing involves putting the wheel on a balancer, which centers the wheel and spins it to determine where the weights should go.In essence, wheels and tyres are never exactly the same weight all around. The wheel's valve stem hole (where you add air to your tyre) will usually subtract a small amount of weight from that side of the wheel. Tyres will also have slight weight imbalances, because that kind of perfection is impossible to achieve. At high speeds, a tiny imbalance in weight can easily become a large imbalance in centrifugal force, causing the wheel to spin with a kind of “galumphing” motion. This usually translates into a vibration in the car as well as some very irregular and damaging wear on the tyres.The most important things to know about balancing are: