Wheel Balancing...fair price?

arcon5

Doesn't sound like that bad a price to me. They can't be making much money out of that anyway. It would take as long to get the car in and wheel off as it would to balance the wheels. 10-15 minute turnaround from getting in the car to parking it up again. Works out at about the going rate per hour.
Most places offering it cheap will not be making much, but it gets customers through the door.

bigjl

Not the cheapest.

£15 is what you would pay for Road Force Balancing.

And in my experience mechanics are more likely to sell a car on with a potentially expensive fault as they spot it sooner than some drivers.

And realise how expensive it is to fix

gazfocus

I've come to the conclusion that you're all just trying to scare the jazeebers out of me haha....bury head in sand moment.

bigjl

When it comes to used cars trust nobody.

gazfocus

bigjl wrote: »

When it comes to used cars trust nobody.

genuinely I think it's a good car. Will just have to pop it in to get checked over I guess.

molerat

I paid £5 for a balance and £7.50 to break bead, clean rim, new valve & balance

eliz293

If you buy fully fitted tyres there is wheel balancing usually included. Fully fitted prices usually include your selected tyres, standard rubber valves, fitting, balancing, disposal of your old tyres and VAT.

Norman_Castle

The guy I bought it off was a mechanic so doubt he would've sold it with any known faults.

As you've just bought it ask him about this fault. Private or trade sale?. How likely is it this fault has developed in the time you've owned the car?

Swapping the wheels front to back may make a difference and either confirm or rule out wheel inbalance as the cause.

gazfocus

Norman_Castle wrote: »

As you've just bought it ask him about this fault. Private or trade sale?. How likely is it this fault has developed in the time you've owned the car?

Swapping the wheels front to back may make a difference and either confirm or rule out wheel inbalance as the cause.

I've booked the car in to the garage for Saturday morning to get checked over so will see what they say.

It was a private sale unfortunately so no comeback from the seller if it turns out to be a bigger issue but the issue has been there since the first time I went on the motorway in the car.

The car is absolutely fine at lower speeds, so the issue isn't apparent unless I'm going 70mph so never would've shown up on a test drive anyway.

Spicy_McHaggis

gazfocus wrote: »

I've booked the car in to the garage for Saturday morning to get checked over so will see what they say.

It was a private sale unfortunately so no comeback from the seller if it turns out to be a bigger issue but the issue has been there since the first time I went on the motorway in the car.

The car is absolutely fine at lower speeds, so the issue isn't apparent unless I'm going 70mph so never would've shown up on a test drive anyway.

I hope those expensive wheels aren't buckled.