Regular Balancing or Roadforce Balancing?

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Fire0nic3FX

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Was wondering if road force balancing was worth the extra money to do over regular balancing for my new tires? My tire shop offers road force and people swear by it that it makes the tires ride smoother over regular balancing since it's actually checking for any highs or lows in the inner barrel of the rim. I think it costs like an extra $70-$90 over regular balancing and was wondering if it would be worth it?

Don't want to waste money really. :smile (2):


By the way never really noticed any vibration or whatever while driving with regular balanced tires.
 
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Never had roadforce in any car I've had.. no issues with regular balancing with my 22s.. it's likely better, but I would only do it if I had a funky vibration I couldn't get rid of.
 
My W/T shop uses a Road force balancer only and it is dead one BUT the price is not that much more than regular balancing........
 
Only if you have balancing issues or hard to balance wheels/tires.

I get it, I like knowing the road force #, lower the better.
 
i cant believe they charge any different for road force balancing.. at the shop that i worked at it was the same price.. it was actually the same effort whether to road force or reg balance.. it would take maybe 30 seconds more to get a reading and it was dead on, but any real experienced tire dude could balance a tire properly without the use of a road force and you wont feel any difference.. The only time the roadforce comes in handy is when you have a tire that has been balanced and requires a large amount of stick-on weights which means theres high and low points on the tire (heaviest n lightest part of the circumference) which the roadforce detects. In that case the machine will tell you ok, u need to pop the beed and rotate the tire how many degrees on the rim.. For the most part tho the tires come marked with yellow dots on the sidewall which indicate that that spot is the lightest spot on the tire and should be lined up with the valve hole of the rim to compensate for the weight difference.. excuse grammatical errors, i'm a pitcher and a half deep in of sangria (brazilian joint i went to for dinner)
 
Wow really good info there mbarb!

Looks like I'm sticking to regular balancing instead of roadforce. By the way you describe it the extra money spent doesn't sound worth it. I'm already spending money money on alignment and mounting so the extra $90 or whatever they charge for roadforce doesn't seem worth it. My tires right now only use one stick on weight so highs and lows shoudn't be "that bad".


Thanks again!
 
no prob, i never said it isnt worth it but ur paying a premium price even tho u may not need it.. the roadforce is amazing equipment and gives out detailed readings but you can get an accurate balance with a regular balancer as well.. the only way i see it fit is if you have a set of wheels that dont really balance well and require alot of weight to counterbalance.. in that case it well detect the balancing of the wheel with the tire mounted on and also detect the high and low points on the tire to give you a more accurate reading.. (its like this big roller thing that pushes against the tire and when the tire spins this roller detects the information)

i also see it fit if you have an expensive sports car that you'll be riding at extremely high speeds or on a track where heavy vibration at higher speeds is crucial no-no
 
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