DBS wheel balancing
Discussion
V8V12VTECwoollie said:
Thoroughly recommend WIM in Chesham. Very knowledgeable and thorough. The main advantage of using Works Service is that they have one of the only Hunter Roadforce machines in the country and that is by far the most accurate way to get the balance correct.
Guess where most S2000's have been done 
I don't think they'd allow them into WS! WIM is excellent for geo work. AMDBSNick said:
The "only" place to have this done in the Midlands is Center Gravity in Atherstone. Not too far and he will give you a courtesy car. The best money you will ever spend on your car 
A courtesy car for getting your wheels balanced?How much does he charge for that (max. 20 minutes, including having a tea break) job?
simonpa said:
A courtesy car for getting your wheels balanced?
How much does he charge for that (max. 20 minutes, including having a tea break) job?
On my old DB9 it was a good 45 mins on the Hunter Machine. I suppose the courtesy car is for those that want to leave it there for the day How much does he charge for that (max. 20 minutes, including having a tea break) job?
AMDBSNick said:
The "only" place to have this done in the Midlands is Center Gravity in Atherstone. Not too far and he will give you a courtesy car. The best money you will ever spend on your car
Hahahahahaahahahaha, no human, really, please carry on. He quoted something like £350 for an alignment, genuinely laughed hard at the quotation, infact we all did. Took it to WIM instead for £80.AMDBSNick said:
Another with no idea
I think you're making the DBS out to be some sort of exotic machine full of scary mystique. It's just a car with very conventional components bolted onto the grubby side of the chassis. Some have had issues in the past not understanding the elimination process of tracking down a wheel wobble, but the basic premise of rotating mass balance is the same as a Fiesta. The initial question in the OP was where to get the wheels balanced in Derby. And wheel balancing is a very straightforward and methodical process, but requires attention to detail on to be perfect.
Once the wheels and tyres are confirmed to be true and subsequently are weighted correctly, any other undulation is a fault or manufacturing defect elsewhere - often the unnecessarily large brake discs. This can sometimes be solved by balancing the wheel while it's mounted on the car as then you're attending to the whole rotating mass. Crude and with future servicing limitations, but not exactly ground breaking technology. It's not rocket science.
Impasse said:
I think you're making the DBS out to be some sort of exotic machine full of scary mystique. It's just a car with very conventional components bolted onto the grubby side of the chassis. Some have had issues in the past not understanding the elimination process of tracking down a wheel wobble, but the basic premise of rotating mass balance is the same as a Fiesta.
The initial question in the OP was where to get the wheels balanced in Derby. And wheel balancing is a very straightforward and methodical process, but requires attention to detail on to be perfect.
Once the wheels and tyres are confirmed to be true and subsequently are weighted correctly, any other undulation is a fault or manufacturing defect elsewhere - often the unnecessarily large brake discs. This can sometimes be solved by balancing the wheel while it's mounted on the car as then you're attending to the whole rotating mass. Crude and with future servicing limitations, but not exactly ground breaking technology. It's not rocket science.
I bow to your superior knowledge. I was on about full Geo for those of us who actually use our cars enthusiastically The initial question in the OP was where to get the wheels balanced in Derby. And wheel balancing is a very straightforward and methodical process, but requires attention to detail on to be perfect.
Once the wheels and tyres are confirmed to be true and subsequently are weighted correctly, any other undulation is a fault or manufacturing defect elsewhere - often the unnecessarily large brake discs. This can sometimes be solved by balancing the wheel while it's mounted on the car as then you're attending to the whole rotating mass. Crude and with future servicing limitations, but not exactly ground breaking technology. It's not rocket science.
AMDBSNick said:
Sump said:
Hahahahahaahahahaha, no human, really, please carry on. He quoted something like £350 for an alignment, genuinely laughed hard at the quotation, infact we all did. Took it to WIM instead for £80.
Another with no idea
OP for balancing just call around and find someone who has a Hunter Roadforce. It'y by no means the only machine that can balance your wheel but it's a very expensive machine to purchase over other wheel balancers. Therefore it's reasonable to derive that the shop is pretty serious about their gear and would know what they are doing.
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