For more than 3 years I've never been able to get perfect front wheel balance despite 3 sets of 235/40 18" tyres on BBS RSIIs and various attempts to re balance them all unsuccessful. Finally after a couple of months with new tyres balanced when fitted but not right and still unbalanced I began to think I must have a buckled wheel. The fact that the wheel where I sensed most vibration from was covered in a stack of weights kind of worried me. A 600mile round trip to the Emerald isle last week convinced me something had to be done about it.

 

The latest attempt at a new place finally cured it. I asked the young guy (he had an astra with viper stripes and a playstation & TV in it) to check if either front wheel was buckled. Nope both OK. He checked the balance as was and both wheels were out with unbalance 25/35 grams plus. The wheel with all the weights was actually better with them cleaned off. The guy re balanced and got it down to 5 grams and said I wouldnt feel that. Could he reach zero? I asked. Sure he said and went on to do so on both wheels. Car feels totally different - no vibration zone to drive through between 70 and 85 which kind of encouraged you to go faster than you should.

 

So respect to this guy, he knows his stuff and used pucka calibrated equipment. Sod all the other twats who coulnd balance anything bigger than 13". Seems that the bigger the diameter wheel and width the more critical it is to get a zero balancing.

 

Now Ive gone and cracked the weld on one of the zorsts - another job to do

Glade you got it sorted mate, bet that's a load off your mind

 

Neil