I think I read on here that there is blue dots on the tire that need to be aligned with something on the rim before mounting them.

Mine are just in random spots around the rim.

I can feel a little vibration in the wheel and would like to try this before getting a stabilizer...

Think I'd be over reacting if I took it back to the wheel shop and got them to redo them? What should I tell them?


Thanks in advance!

 

Usually you line them up with the valve stem!!!!! If you wanted you could take them back to the tire shop have the balanced checked watch the readouts on the machine .25 is not bad but if it were me I would tell them to counterbalance them to get them zeroed in!!!!!!!! Most shops dont like to do it but their is no i'll effects I worked in a tire shop if you want a tire like this zeroed counterbalance is probly required IMO!
Brandon

 

I don't know what counterbalancing is, but I know I can only use stick on weights.

I'm going to take it in Friday. I hate to bother them, but I think it's necessary.

 

Counterbalancing is when the weights are 180* from each other .
Brandon

 

The dots on the tires are the manufactures mark for the heavy (or the light, I don't remember) spot of the tire. The wheel manufactures put the dot on the opposite spot of the wheel. Then at the auto manufacture (be Ford, Chev, Dodge, etc.) the machine installs the dots side by side. This comes as close as possible to balancing the tire to the wheel with the least amount of weight.

If the dots are not lined up it only requires more weights, as little as it may be.

If you never been through an auto makers factory it's worth the time. At Ford in Claycomo, Mo. they have a tire mounting operation that makes any name brand shop look like HS shop class! The most amazing thing is how they get air in the tires!!