wheel balancing...

[dr. d]

Is it normal to use 25 wheel weights/tinga for balancing a single wheel? Feels wrong bruhs, seems predatory

googling,
tyre balancing weights come in various designs.
back in the day, when steel rims were the rigor,
weights came in various sizes, including their clamps.
they were clamped onto the edges of the steel rims, using special tools.

when mags became popular, sometimes it just wasn't possible to clamp these weights onto the rim edges anymore.
so they resorted to sticking them inside the mags' inner surfaces, using adhesives and tapes.
googling at these newer weights, it is not difficult for me to imagine why one would need 25 tinggas at a time... question: why does not the shop carry larger weights...?
and yes, weights do detach over time, and have to be re-balanced...

what i do not know, is when does one conclude that the tyre/rim is defective, balancing-wise?
if it takes an honest 25 weights to balance the thing, can one conclude that the thing is of defective manufacture?
and if you had used it before you had it balanced, can you claim that its apparent defect was not due to your mis-use of the product, that it was already there from the start?

bottomline,
mukhang duda ka na, and the feeling won't go away.
it will cost you, but go to another shop and have it balanced there after removing all them weights.