Wheel Balance

[black33gtst]

Hi Guys,

Just after some info.

Had my series 1 r33 gtst in for a safc2 fitting and dyno car has been a bit shaky sitting at 100 km/h so asked them to do a wheel balance as well. They charged me $120 for wheel balance am i being unrealistic or is $120 for wheel balance way over the top?

Also the balance hasnt fixed the vibrations at 100 seems fine at other speeds just vibrates around 100 any ideas on problem?

[(B1) MR_fanny]

if you have already paid for the service then i think its too late. did the tuner balance your tyre? probably not rocket science by i would have left it to the pro tyre places to do it so you can bring it back for them to adjust again seeing as it wasnt fixed in the first place. the vibration might not even be tyre related.

[black33gtst]

wheels were removed at the workshop and sent out to a tyre place for balancing

[Abo Bob]

Check things like caster rod bushes and go back to that place and tell them that $120 for a wheel balance is a ripoff. $10-15 per wheel max.

[tek_01]

*cough* rip-off *cough*

Thats dirty to charge that much if it was only a balance

[abcent]

definate rip off. $10 per wheel is the norm these days, maybe $15 at some expensive place. But id say the tune place would pay that cost, then charge you a little extra so they make money out of it, but $120 is just robbery.

chould you have a flat spot on your tyre? or scolloped inner edges (but that would also be noisey)? or a buckled rim? No balancing will get rid of that?

[BHDave]

you are paying to have the workshop remove the wheels and send them off to the tyre place, then paying for the balance, then paying the workshop to pick up and reinstall. remove and reinstall of wheels would be about 30 minutes, plus say 10minutes each way for the tyres to be dropped off and picked up.

So an hour of workshop labour time plus a balance. It's reasonable.