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Fitted My New tyres WTF ???
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mark pearce said:
What kind of question is that? i know what im talking about, started of life at Kwik Fit pbefore flying the nest to BMW :lol: :lol: When you static balance a wheel its a hit and miss! If the tyres and alloy are put together and are good you can get away with the static balance but alot of the time you get vibration which means you have no choice but to re-balance the wheel having weights on the outside ! However there was a slight vibration on rear after driving the next day so i wasnt confident on driving. Went back and got them re-done in black weights which you cant see. The tyres i had in my 997 previously were balanced statically must have been lucky l:lol:
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mark pearce
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Apologies , but having sold Porsche for over 30 years, they only times I ve seen centrally balanced wheels the result has been appalling
And when Ive pointed that out to the tyre fitters who re balanced the wheels, they' just laughed at the prior work
As the cars come from the factory with weights on the inside and outside , Porsche normally put a lot of thought into what they do
I'd never deliver a car to a customer with centrally balanced weights
My tyre fitters regularly tell me that for a polo /fiesta balanced to 5g the customers will never know , but for a Porsche they balance to 0g and recalibrate the machine regularly for 'Mr P'
And when Ive pointed that out to the tyre fitters who re balanced the wheels, they' just laughed at the prior work
As the cars come from the factory with weights on the inside and outside , Porsche normally put a lot of thought into what they do
I'd never deliver a car to a customer with centrally balanced weights
My tyre fitters regularly tell me that for a polo /fiesta balanced to 5g the customers will never know , but for a Porsche they balance to 0g and recalibrate the machine regularly for 'Mr P'
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