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October 19th, 2009 01:38 PM #1Just had my tires rotated at a car place along Libis and I had the tires from the back balanced before they put them up front. I was watching them when they did the balancing and I'm pretty sure they didn't use a lot of weights to balance the two tires.
I was surprised when they were charging me 200 pesos for wheel weights. I tried to ask for a discount on the weights charge but they didn't budge.
Is that really the going rate for tire weights now? Was I ripped off or was I charged fairly?
The unbalanced readings for one tire were 35-30 and the other was 15-10.
I hope someone can shed some light on this. Thanks!
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October 19th, 2009 02:05 PM #2I paid roughly P200+ for the weights and labor at Servitek Capitolyo before (two tires).
When i buy new tires at some shops, I spend less than P100 for the weights (free balancing labor).
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October 19th, 2009 02:27 PM #3You should've asked them how many units they used, and asked how much is one unit.
Since these items are priced by piece/unit, the charges will depend on how many units they used on your wheels.
You're lucky if they use only a piece or two.
HTH.
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October 19th, 2009 02:29 PM #4The last time I had my wheels balanced, I had to pay 25/pc.
Some shops offer free wheel balancing when you buy new tires from them.
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