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      06-24-2011, 09:33 AM   #177
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Advan shop do it 36/36 for me. mlai I believed you have 34/36 before, right?
Really? Haven't checked when they did it. But after a few months, I checked a few days ago, more like 29/32 for me. I pumped up to 32/32 now.

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No. They did 38/38. And I have the distinct feeling that they screwed up balancing at the least the rear wheels twice! I feel vibration in the seat after both times at speed over and around 110km/h. And after WK rebalanced the wheels, no vibration until around 140km/h
You did your balancing there? When I asked them they told me to do it after a week or so. But I haven't done it since then. May be I'll do it at WK with my other mods and repair there.
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      06-24-2011, 09:46 AM   #178
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Really? Haven't checked when they did it. But after a few months, I checked a few days ago, more like 29/32 for me. I pumped up to 32/32 now.
I think all wheels and tyre shops do balance the wheels before they install on your car. I haven't met any shop that mount the wheels without balancing them. If there is any, they are asking for trouble. For even if the wheel is perfect, when combined with tyres, balance will be off because tyres will never have perfectly uniform weight distribution. So most likely, they balanced the wheel/tyre combo once, when they mount it on your car. To be really anal, balancing should be done once mounted on the car, which includes the brake rotor assembly. But that will require some very fancy and bulky equipments.......


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You did your balancing there? When I asked them they told me to do it after a week or so. But I haven't done it since then. May be I'll do it at WK with my other mods and repair there.
Yes. A shop did mount and balance when they sold me the wheels. And they did it again when I complainted to them that the car vibrates at speeds of 110kph and above. They then adviced that PZero with pressure less than 36 will be noisy so they bumped up to 38.

And after that, still vibration and noisy WK did a better job with wheels and tyre assemblies.....
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      06-24-2011, 10:40 AM   #179
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I think all wheels and tyre shops do balance the wheels before they install on your car. I haven't met any shop that mount the wheels without balancing them. If there is any, they are asking for trouble. For even if the wheel is perfect, when combined with tyres, balance will be off because tyres will never have perfectly uniform weight distribution. So most likely, they balanced the wheel/tyre combo once, when they mount it on your car. To be really anal, balancing should be done once mounted on the car, which includes the brake rotor assembly. But that will require some very fancy and bulky equipments.......




Yes. A shop did mount and balance when they sold me the wheels. And they did it again when I complainted to them that the car vibrates at speeds of 110kph and above. They then adviced that PZero with pressure less than 36 will be noisy so they bumped up to 38.

And after that, still vibration and noisy WK did a better job with wheels and tyre assemblies.....
Oh, sorry bro. I just got mixed up with balancing and alignment. What was I thinking. Sure they balanced the tires. Mine are fine, no vibration over 110km/hr. Yeah my Advan Sport are quite noisy. May be I'll pump up to 36 and see how it goes.
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      07-19-2011, 11:55 AM   #180
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Eibach's too stiff for you?! What happened to all the ravings about ride comfort

After looking at the prices of the Eibach's and ACS springs. I ordered the Eibach pro kit at a great price point.
May I ask where u got ur Eibachs from( and the product #)? I cant seem to find them. Thanks
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May I ask where u got ur Eibachs from( and the product #)? I cant seem to find them. Thanks
Impossible to get int he US at the moment, I ordered them and my order went to backorder and got cancelled. I called pretty much every shop I found with them with the same answer. I went with ACS springs instead. A bit more, but it's German . Still made by Eibach, but to different specs I'm sure.
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There are like a gazillion on ebay.de ..but might be a little more shipped to US
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