It is preferred to do "Road Force" balancing on stock size Evo tires?
Or is traditional dynamic balancing fine?
Thanks.

Wayne

 

If you have a place local that does it at a reasonable price, you might as well do it. I have had trouble with a couple cars not being able to get the balance right on a standard machine, but most of the time it is down to user error. I found a place that does it at the same price as everyone else for a regular balance, so I go there now but I would just go to wherever they know wtf they are doing regarless of what machine they use

 

Traditional balancing has worked ok forever. However, only a Road Force machine can help detect potential tire uniformity issues that cause vibrations that are not balance-related. You can read more about the machine here

Road Force Balancing

And check installers below in your area that may offer this type of service

Tire Rack Installers

 

Thanks, I am looking for an installer in my neighborhood with a Hunter. I am in Redondo Beach, CA. I could go to Signal Hill per those listed on the Tirerack site, but I am swapping tires and with the new tires, the old tires and the spare rims I may have to make two trips.

Wayne

 

Neal, you should have an easier way to find the road force balancing machines. I had to click on each installer that had a link, and none of them had one.

I am in the Valley in LA, CA

 

I remember a tire shop that used to do some thing similar to "aligning the high point of the tire with the low spot of the rim"

What they did was to assemble the tire and rim, and checked the amount of weight needed. then they defated the tire and rotated it 1/4 in the rim clockwise. they checked again the weight requirement and if it was higher they rotated the tire 1/2 turn counterclockwise. Usually the weigh requirement went much lower than if these procedures were not done. This is due to the balance of tires and rims are different.

At that time it was feasible to do it since tire installations were cheap, unlike todays prices.

 

Just found this for those looking to find an installer that has one of these machines:

http://www.gsp9700.com/pub/search/findgsp9700.cfm

 

Thanks atlvalet. Gotta remember you can search for almost everything on the internet. I can see one of my local places with a 9700 from my window now.

 

thanks for the great info