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Old April 29th 04, 07:03 PM
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Default Good Tire Balancing place in Bay Area (South)?


Hi, can anyone recommend a good tire balancing place in the Bay Area?
preferrably in the south bay?

I am looking for a place that would take the time and effort to get
rid of the last 10% of imbalance, which a lot of place would just say
it's not a big deal.

My car happens to be very sensitive to it. At 65mph, it's fine, at
80mph, the steering wheel has a slight shake feel to it. I typically
drives 80+ so this can get a little frustrating.

Thanks.

Raymond
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Old April 30th 04, 02:20 AM
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In rec.autos.tech davefr > wrote:

> Try Costco.


> I saw their procedure for tire balancing and was pretty impressed.


> They give it one spin cycle and apply a weight, then they do another
> spin cycle to fine tune the weight, then they give it a third spin to
> make sure it's totally balanced.


Which Costco did you go to? I got the impression they are usually way
overbooked to be able to spend reasonable effort on it.

I've tried both SF and Foster City ones (heck got my tires from the SF
one). The just don't seem to do too good of a job. Both times, the
steering wheel / seat starts to shake at 60+ speed, very noticible.

I then went to America's Tire Co in Santa Clara. They did a much
better job, however, I still sense some minor shake at 80+ speed.

Raymond
 




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