Old Apr 27, 2010 | 06:14 PM
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xodus52
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Default Re: Tire Noise / Cheap Tires ($66) / Laugh if you must

Originally Posted by Goldwing
Manufactured in "Asia". Probably outsourced from China to a 4th world country with cheap labor. Not sure I'd trust them at 160+ mph. Discount Tire told me cupping could be caused by an out of balance tire (not out of alignment which presents as wear on the inside or outside of the tread, or over-inflation which is wear on the center tread).
Interesting, I just ordered a set of Hankook Ventus Evo's from tirerack and am getting them put on saturday. Should i get an alignment at the same time? I'd assume they would be balancing the tires correctly when putting them on initially, right? (BTW I'm around 50k miles.)
 
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