So I have a vibration that shows its ugly head at about 80 mph. I decided that step one would be to take the tires off and check the balance. I took them to COSTCO, because believe it or not they probably put the most care into their work for a tire shop. Nitrogen in the tires as well as torque wrenching by hand twice. Anyways they simply could not get the rear wheels on the machine. First they tried to shim them away from the machine but they would simply not seat properly with their adapters. They somehow were able to do the front wheels and one wheel was significantly off and one was perfect. They charged me a whopping eight dollars for the service, I love COSTCO.
So I'm bummed they couldn't do the job and I'm on my way to another tire shop. It's Sunday and most seem to be closed, I find "Just Tires" is open and proceed with caution. First thing the guy tells me is that COSTCO guys don't know what their doing, thats indicator one that he's full of @&$#. He claims they've done many Vipers, so I say okay, then he tells me that it costs $36 to balance two tires. Mind you we're talking about two tires that are already mounted washed waxed and in the back of my pickup. He says nobody will touch a Viper for less, now I'm getting really annoyed, but I wanted to check the balance so I agree to the price.
I look at their machine and it's the same one that COSTCO uses. He claims it's no problem, and within one minute it's obvious he's having the same problem COSTCO had. He jurry rigs it in place and it's wobbling because it's not seating on the back of the hub properly. He claims he can correct for it and balance it anyway. I'm like take the rim off right now! Your not doing anything else.
Long story to my point, who knows what is required (proper machinery) to do these wheels justice. Personally I believe If I wasn't as mechanically inclined as I am that they would have done some B.S. balance job and handed them back to me. Any first hand factual input would be appreciated, Thanks.
So I'm bummed they couldn't do the job and I'm on my way to another tire shop. It's Sunday and most seem to be closed, I find "Just Tires" is open and proceed with caution. First thing the guy tells me is that COSTCO guys don't know what their doing, thats indicator one that he's full of @&$#. He claims they've done many Vipers, so I say okay, then he tells me that it costs $36 to balance two tires. Mind you we're talking about two tires that are already mounted washed waxed and in the back of my pickup. He says nobody will touch a Viper for less, now I'm getting really annoyed, but I wanted to check the balance so I agree to the price.
I look at their machine and it's the same one that COSTCO uses. He claims it's no problem, and within one minute it's obvious he's having the same problem COSTCO had. He jurry rigs it in place and it's wobbling because it's not seating on the back of the hub properly. He claims he can correct for it and balance it anyway. I'm like take the rim off right now! Your not doing anything else.
Long story to my point, who knows what is required (proper machinery) to do these wheels justice. Personally I believe If I wasn't as mechanically inclined as I am that they would have done some B.S. balance job and handed them back to me. Any first hand factual input would be appreciated, Thanks.
