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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: Khare on 07 March 2009, 21:41

Title: wheel balancing
Post by: Khare on 07 March 2009, 21:41

need to get my wheels balanced. how much should I expect to pay for all 4 wheels?

Title: Re: wheel balancing
Post by: boneybradley on 07 March 2009, 21:49

depends on how friendly you are with a tyre place but about £20 should be fine

Title: Re: wheel balancing
Post by: Khare on 07 March 2009, 21:56

Quote from: boneybradley on 07 March 2009, 21:49

depends on how friendly you are with a tyre place but about £20 should be fine

blimey! read somewhere on the internet that it should be about £3 per wheel.
Not friendly with any tyre places, so i'l be taking the full blow.

Title: Re: wheel balancing
Post by: davero on 07 March 2009, 23:17

Yea about £3 a wheel

Title: Re: wheel balancing
Post by: Wayne on 08 March 2009, 00:27

My local place is around £7 per wheel.

Title: Re: wheel balancing
Post by: davero on 08 March 2009, 01:07

I go through a lot of tyres on my company car(3 so far this year), my local kwik fit charge £3.50 a wheel and they dig the arm in.

Title: Re: wheel balancing
Post by: boneybradley on 08 March 2009, 01:11

another thing to check is are they using stick on (hidden) weights or tap on (that attach to the rim edge :sick:)

Title: Re: wheel balancing
Post by: Khare on 08 March 2009, 09:46

Quote from: boneybradley on 08 March 2009, 01:11

another thing to check is are they using stick on (hidden) weights or tap on (that attach to the rim edge :sick:)

im going for the stick on the inner part of the wheel one. On the outside it looks gash.
I'l try going to various tyre places tomorrow and finding the cheapest price.