Road Forced Balanced info

[Rado]

I have heard alot about getting our tires Road Forced Balanced, Never really heard of it before and YES I am a Old Fart lol, Found this video explaining it and found it interesting ! Does not take much to entertain us Old Farts lol
http://www.motorweek.org/features/go...orce_balancing
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[DRkNESS]

I have heard this often but the shops that I used to go to do not have them and they seem to do well lol.

 

[Rado]

I never heard of it before either, till I read about here,, The machine looks to really fine tune a balance ! I do not know if they have them around here ! I will look next time, But either way I think it is interesting

 

[JB1]

I always have mine road force balanced. If you go to the Hunter website they will locate you a shop with the equipment although most of your discount tires have them

https://www.hunter.com/wheel-balancers/road-force-touch

https://www.hunter.com/gsp9700

 

[Pull Ya]

I'm sure there is an extra charge for this. Does anyone know how much more it is than regular balancing?
Jay

 

[huntergreen]

Just my opine, but unless you are having an issue, no need to go out of your way for this.

 

[moparpeetie]

I'm sure there is an extra charge for this. Does anyone know how much more it is than regular balancing?
Jay

it usually runs $80-$100 to road force balance all four, depending where you go.
I'm lucky...I know a guy and it cost me $40, same as regular balance!
Hell yeah!!!!

 

[jljbtm]

I don't think our big tires need this type of balancing unless your having a balance problem, I have had it done only on my Miata and it made a big difference.

 

[JPT]

I have done road force balancing on my Audi. For that specific car I would get shaking around 80-90 that only road force balancing cured.

 

[unxpctd]

I used to own a 500hp supercharged 2004 Mercury Marauder. I had the stock rear rims widened to fit huge Nitto 555R's. I went through 3 sets of those in 25-30K miles (they are a very soft street legal drag radial). Each set I had road force balanced prior to purchase. Never had an issue.

Its not too expensive if I recall and worth the money for more of a performance standpoint. I'm not sure I'd be doing it on a set of pickup tires...but that's me.

 

[JB1]

Bought some tires at discount years ago and they did the normal spin balance, drove off and at hwy speeds I got some vibes, took it back and they did the road force balance for free and no more vibes, rode very smooth. Since then I always get road force balance, why risk having to come back and wasting my time for a few dollars. I would rather have it done right the first time.