In fact there's a few things in the original post that arnt the best either. A tyre out of balance won't have that much effect on its wear like said. More wear on ball joints and such. I'd be more worried about wheel alignment, mostly toe angles. Especially more than with modern cars than with older...
Yeah ok think il do that. Can't drill out the holes on it because the spacing is too far out. Just tie wrapped the shock out of the way for now and putting up with a bouncy ride. Not that I would notice been SPOA