Tire Balance
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Burning Brakes
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Tire Balance
Have any of you had your tires "Road Force Balanced" I was wondering if it made any difference and could you tell a difference - any comments and or advice are appreciated.
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Yes, sometimes a regular balance will be just fine. But a road force balance might be a little smoother. If there's any unusual vibration after a regular balance, the next step is to take the wheels off and have them road force balanced. Discount Tires uses road force balancing on Corvettes without any additional charge I can notice.
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A road force balance is supposed to be the most accurate. If someone in your area has the equipment, that would be the way I would go.
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Drifting
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From: Springfield VA
I highly recommend a road force balance for your Vette as well as any other vehicle you own. I always have this done on my Vettes. In fact, bought new Michelins for my GS from Tire Rack and had their mobile service install them, but their mobile service does not offer road force balancing. I took my GS to a tire shop and had them road force balance -- the extra $$ was worth it to me. Good luck.
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Sure, go for it. But that said, we balanced our Bonneville racing tires with an old bubble-balancer for years without a single hiccup. They were good for 230mph. So, I guess if done right even that would still work on the street. 
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If you go to a Roadforce balancer be sure to specify that he use the 'Bullseye' function. I retired 12 years ago but that was the name of the function I used until then. The balancer is set up to allow a certain tiny amount of imbalance and call it good. They have 2 or 3 choices. My 12 yr memory may not be accurate here but the 'Automobile' function may allow 6grams imbalance and the 'Truck' function may allow 10grams and still show it is balanced on the printout. The operator chooses which function to use