i told the guy to hide the weights as much as he can i came back to pick em up and they are piled up right where u can see them i gotta have em re done can they be put on the inside of the spoke or just on the one side?ill post some pics when i get home

 

They can definately balance them with the weights all on the inside and still get them pretty close.

 

As I have been told, when wheels are cast, there are imperfections which cause the wheel to need to be "balanced."

Well, those imperfections can be anywhere. And unfortunately the weights need to go where they balance the wheel the most. Tire shops don't want to be held liable for something happening if the wheel is not balanced properly.

 

Im guessing someone mounted weights on the outside lips of the rims in your sig?

Long story short you can mount them on the inner side of your wheel without problems.

 

With the right machine it can be setup to hide the weights behind the spokes. I used a Hunter Road Force machine that would do this.

 

what he said. Got one at my work. Its great

 

what kind of shops carry the road force machines?

 

generally i have seen delaers are the ones with them. But yeah the newer road force machines have an option to hide weights behind the spokes.

Not sure about some of the gm dealers, maybe the larger ones.

 

pic..

 

sloppy job and alot of weight

 

that looks horrendous!

 

Holy ****, thats the most weight I have ever seen on one wheel.

Either a very poor quality cast wheel or a tire that is less than perfect, take it back, have them spin the tire around on the rim, if there is a red or yellow dot on either side of the tire, have them line it up with the valve stem if it is not (ust a good place to start, the dot is supposed to signify the lightest spot o nthe tire)

 

most i have ever seen also... the wheels are brand new from oe wheels and the mickey thompsons are brand new

 

i would ask them to rotate the tire 180* and rebalance them.

 

damn thats alot of weight!

 

That is a lot of weight. But the hiding behind the spoke thing is something newer machines have. Older machines like most shops have need to balance the wheel like that. The only option to remove those weights is to take it to a shop that can hide them or have the shop you went to static balance them, they would use hammer weights on the inside lip removing all weight from the barrel

 

When I worked at a GM dealership we had one. It was reqired of us to give a printout when doing any warranty work on a balance problem.

 

Damn that is a ton of weight! Take it back and have them try again

 

brought them to a place that had the road force machine much better and the weights are hidden

 

Wow, That is terrible