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Ok a few weeks ago I bought new wheels for my car...Took them to a local tire shop and had them swap out the wheels and put back my tires which are also practically new on the car.
I have a vibration a 70 mph coming from the rear of the car and I am assuming the tires are not balanced correctly. Brought them back and the tire shop said its the best they can do.
Should I bring them to the dealer to have the balanced? Is there such a thing as high speed balancing?
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First off I would ask for a refund, Did he give you an idea why that was the best he could do?
Are your wheels ok? Find a shop with a road force balancer.
First off I would ask for a refund, Did he give you an idea why that was the best he could do?
Are your wheels ok? Find a shop with a road force balancer.
Wheels are fine I am told I just think the shop is questionable. Only changed me $100 to mount 4 tires and balance them. I guess you get what you pay for.
Like Bill said find a shop that does Road Force Balancing, it also will tell you if you have a bad tire, happened to me recently with brand new Nitto NT420S tires I purchased for my truck. tire was 35lbs out of round, could not balance so had to get replaced.
Don't take it to the dealer. Take it to a higher end suspension/wheel shop with a calibrated Hunter brand road force balancer.
They should be able to get your balance right and tell you if your tire is out of round (even if it is, the high end shops have pretty cool tricks they can do to alleviate that)
Firstly, Road Force balancing is a must. You can find a shop that has the equipment by going on the Hunter website and looking up your area.
Secondly, what make of wheel did you get? Are they new or used? Are they cheap knockoffs or higher end brand? All these factors can influence proper balancing.
One more thing. Make sure you removed the OEM press-on clips from the wheel studs before installing the new wheels. These clips are installed at the factory to keep the rotors in place during assembly. The OEM wheels have enough space to clear them. A lot of aftermarket wheels do not.
This pic is not a C5 but just for illustration purposes:
Last edited by Cybermind; Jul 1, 2014 at 09:16 AM.
Another vote for the Hunter Road Force Balancer. I swear by it for all of our vehicles. I had a similar experience where the Hunter machine identified a defective tire that was brand new.
Google it to get to the Hunter site and you can see what it is capable of doing.
Another vote for the Hunter Road Force Balancer. I swear by it for all of our vehicles. I had a similar experience where the Hunter machine identified a defective tire that was brand new.
Google it to get to the Hunter site and you can see what it is capable of doing.
One more thing. Make sure you removed the OEM press-on clips from the wheel studs before installing the new wheels. These clips are installed at the factory to keep the rotors in place during assembly. The OEM wheels have enough space to clear them. A lot of aftermarket wheels do not.
This pic is not a C5 but just for illustration purposes:
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Those clips were on all four of my rotors. Have you ever done the brakes on the car? If not this could be the first place to look. Clips will not allow wheels to sit flat on the rotor hats.
Last edited by Black 03 Z06; Jul 2, 2014 at 02:34 PM.
Tire Balancing
