Wheel experts weigh in

[OldGray320i]

Looking at buying some momo wheels ("Pre-owned"), and have a question about required balancing weight(s).

3 of the 4 wheels had only 3-5 weights (for dynamic balancing, stuck on back side of wheel) but the 4th took what looked to be nearly a dozen

Is this indicative of a defect in the wheel, or just an outlier?

Not familiar with how much weight the "average" wheel requires or variation wheel to wheel, but it has me a bit nervous. Buy them or run for the hills?

[JTapper]

That's a lot of weights on a wheel. Doesn't mean it doesn't balance out, but definitely indicative of some sort of wheel damage.

1-3 weights on a wheel seems about normal.

[F34R]

A band in the tire could be bad. Remove the tire on the said rim and get them to spin balance it.

[dkbmxer002]

could also have been the person performing the balancing being lazy....