Reply to "Balancing tires"

George PAdmin.

Hey ya'all.

When I was younger, living in the south bay area (near Long Beach, California), there was a business that balanced tires by mounting them on your wheels and then shaving them on a lathe, the more off center a tire was, the more material that had to be removed. A grossly off-center tire could be left with very few miles after balancing. This taught me to appreciate tires that were very well centered during the molding process to begin with, such as Pirelli, Yokohama, and Michelin.

Are there any businesses that still do this?

12/15/171:08 AM

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