DBS wheel balancing

DBS wheel balancing

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V8 Animal

Original Poster:

5,975 posts

216 months

Monday 20th April 2015
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Sorry I've mentioned this before,
But I really need to get my balancing done on my wheels before my trip to Spain.
I've been told to take it to works which is a 200 mile round trip and a day off work.
Surely it's not that difficult,?
I'm in Derby.

shropshireAston

204 posts

135 months

Monday 20th April 2015
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Hi... Stratstone derby sorted mine out while it went in for seat recall.
It was a little out "just over the national speed limit while overtaking" :-) but they did sort it ok and now smooth as a smooth thing.

V8 Animal

Original Poster:

5,975 posts

216 months

Monday 20th April 2015
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Ermm they did mine on my previous DBS and it was poor.
Apparently 20 inch wheels tricky?

DB9VolanteDriver

2,623 posts

182 months

Tuesday 21st April 2015
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V8 Animal said:
Ermm they did mine on my previous DBS and it was poor.
Apparently 20 inch wheels tricky?
Not the wheels, but the discs.

Jon39

13,297 posts

149 months

Tuesday 21st April 2015
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Rare for me to be up at 4am.
Man flu.

If you do any trips along the M40, Chesham Tyres have all the high tech kit, and are very careful (no crowbars).

They are used by the local Aston dealer, and other premium dealers.
Laser geometry equipment too.

alscar

5,293 posts

219 months

Tuesday 21st April 2015
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Jon , is that Black Boots in Chesham ?

AMDBSNick

7,077 posts

168 months

Tuesday 21st April 2015
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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 yes

Jon39

13,297 posts

149 months

Tuesday 21st April 2015
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alscar said:
Jon , is that Black Boots in Chesham ?

Yes.

Blackboots, Wheels in Motion, Chesham Tyres, at the same premises on a factory estate.



V8V12VTECwoollie

4,363 posts

151 months

Tuesday 21st April 2015
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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.

AMDBSNick

7,077 posts

168 months

Tuesday 21st April 2015
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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 wink

V8V12VTECwoollie

4,363 posts

151 months

Tuesday 21st April 2015
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AMDBSNick said:
Guess where most S2000's have been done wink
WIM of course smile I don't think they'd allow them into WS! WIM is excellent for geo work.

simonpa

379 posts

289 months

Tuesday 21st April 2015
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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 yes
A courtesy car for getting your wheels balanced?
How much does he charge for that (max. 20 minutes, including having a tea break) job?

Jockman

17,990 posts

166 months

Tuesday 21st April 2015
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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 confused

AMDBSNick

7,077 posts

168 months

Tuesday 21st April 2015
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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?
Oh dear, you really don't understand

ds2000

2,709 posts

198 months

Tuesday 21st April 2015
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AMDBSNick said:
Oh dear, you really don't understand
+1

Sump

5,484 posts

173 months

Tuesday 21st April 2015
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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 yes
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

7,077 posts

168 months

Tuesday 21st April 2015
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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

Impasse

15,099 posts

247 months

Tuesday 21st April 2015
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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.

AMDBSNick

7,077 posts

168 months

Tuesday 21st April 2015
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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

Sump

5,484 posts

173 months

Tuesday 21st April 2015
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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
Oh my friend, never say that on the internet. You just never know who is on the receiving end roflrofl

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.