What is tire or wheel balancing?
Wheel Balancing is a method of weight compensation that allow your tires and wheels to spin free of vibrations, thus ensuring a smooth ride. This is essential, because different parts of your wheel assembly weigh differing amounts—and an imbalance as small as 1/2 ounce can be felt in in most modern vehicles. New tires come pre-balanced, but over time a variety of factors can cause both “up-and-down” (static) and “side-to-side” (dynamic) imbalances, such as tire warpage, sidewall stiffness, heavy or light spots in the tires, misalignment, and so on. The wheel balancing experts at Ian’s will carefully check for any heavy spots on the wheel-tire combination and compensate for it by placing a measured counterweight on the opposite site of the wheel.