To dynamically balance a tire requires puting the wheel balancing weights in the proper position on both the inside and outside of the wheel. If a small weight is on the outside it is permissable to switch it to the inside but there might be a noticable vibration under some conditions. It is best to leave them where they have to go. If it really bothers you dab some silver paint on it. The weights compensate for any symetrical deviations from ideal dynamic balance so when the tire is rotating at high speed it doesn't "bounce". Some brands seem to require more balancing then others. On the subject of torque on the wheel lugs it is best not to overtighten for 3 reasons. The first is the posibility of distorting the rim and or rotor especially if not done in the correct order. The next reason is the possibility of breakage and the third reason is the lug wrench with the jack may not be able to remove the lugs if you get a flat. The best advice would be to raise the car and remove the lugs then retighten in an alternating order to 1/2 the recommended torque and then the final torque. Tread wear on the outside of the front tires is normal and is due to cornering at speed. As you turn the car the tire "tucks under" or rolls so that you are riding on the outside edge, the harder you turn and the faster the more you will wear the tire's edge. The "cure" is to rotate the tires front to back to even the wear. (Don't try this on a Delorean!!!) Although the camber is set to try to compensate for this in turns, it is a compromise and cannot eliminate this wear. Cars that have lowered ride height will probably tend to wear the outside front tires faster. David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxx, "adam_one_million" <acprice1@xxxx> wrote: > [ Moderators note: Shops experianced with performance wheels and tires use stick on weights and the balancing can be done by sticking the weights to the back side of the wheel. Most likely the shop that installed the Yokohamas did that. Don't remove the weights that you have now.] > > I finally got my new tires today. I got pirelli 6000s for front and > 600s for rear. My previous tires were yokohama AVS, and they had no > counter balance weights attached to the wheels. When the techs at Les > Schwab installed my Pirellis they did the spin balance and attached > one of these weights to each wheel. > > I feel that these weights detract from the overall cool appearance of > the car.. Can they be removed without causing too much ride > abnormalities? Can they be mounted on the other side of the tire >