Wheel balancing in or around Gravesend

Wheel balancing in or around Gravesend

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Pied Piper

Original Poster:

1,388 posts

252 months

Wednesday 8th July 2009
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Any recommendations?

had them done at Watling Tyres before and still wheel wobble at 70mph.

Red Devil

13,152 posts

213 months

Thursday 9th July 2009
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Balancing may not be enough. There could be other issues.
Nip through the Dartford tunnel and get a proper 4 wheel alignment check from these guys.
http://www.elitedirect.com/06a-alignment/index.htm...
Excellent service and you can get some good tucker from their cafeteria while you wait.

scotal

8,751 posts

284 months

Thursday 9th July 2009
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I'd second the elite recommendation. Got very good service form them recently.

Do not whatever you do use the tyre place in Longfield that begins with F.
Cowboys of the highest order.

rm1000

1 posts

169 months

Saturday 28th August 2010
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I'd also like to second (?third) that recommendation. I been bothered by a steering vibraiton on my 911 at, lets say, quite high speeds and found these 2 posts so went along to Elite (5mins from Lakeside). I live in one of the villages outside Gravesend so it was reasonably close.

Firstly, I met their manager - a chap called 'H' - very friendly, profesisonal and knowledgeable. I had the alignment checked and then had front and rear suspension aligned to get it exactly right. They noticed that the back wheels were almost worn to the limit and so i had these changed to. I had the front wheels rebalanced to. The drive home was awesome. A totally different experience.

Lets just say these guys have a totally pro set up and know exactly what they are doing and take the time to do it well. I need my front tyres changing next year and I'll be going back there just to make sure the balancing is done right.

Really impressed.

ncs

3,972 posts

287 months

Wednesday 1st September 2010
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Blimey....Cath must have been pushing bloody hard to get it to 70mph biggrin

nerd

Rs2oo

2,200 posts

203 months

Wednesday 1st September 2010
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Had same problem 3 years ago with Watling Tyres. balanced the wheels on my Supra the day before we went to Le Mans and they did a st job. Wheels wobbled wike Jordans tits anything over 80 mmph.

Cant recommend Andy at Ash Tyres - 01474879273 enough

Local to you, Top man, honest and good at his job. Excellent prices on tyres too, been going there for years but ask me first as I will get a better price out of him than you will as he wont know you.



Edited by Rs2oo on Wednesday 1st September 23:11

Pied Piper

Original Poster:

1,388 posts

252 months

Wednesday 1st September 2010
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ncs said:
Blimey....Cath must have been pushing bloody hard to get it to 70mph biggrin

nerd
Just over a year to get a response, your stalking is slacking sir. biggrin

It was so long ago can't even remember what car it was for.

ncs

3,972 posts

287 months

Thursday 2nd September 2010
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Didnt notice the date...rolleyes

Did you get your engine sorted this week?

nerd