Re: Coupe GT vibration in steering wheel -Reply

[Brendan <bman@swva.net>]

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, and finally culminated in the balancing of them while on
>the car.  It was successful but a bit of a problem due to the amount of
>labor involved and the corresponding cost, not to mention tire rotation.  

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Interesting that this was costly for you... there is a shop about 30 miles
from me (shop is in Roanoke, VA) that does _all_ their wheel balancing on
the car rather than putting the wheels on a machine.  They do a respectable
job, and charge little more than most places charge for balancing on the
machine.

I haven't taken my Audi in for balancing yet, as it's not been a problem
since I bought the car in February, but I have taken previous cars there.
I find it well worth the extra drive and minimal extra $, since the results
are invariably better than machine balancing.  They also let you watch, so
I can see when they spin the wheels up on the car whether it's vibrating or
not, and they usually explain any unusual vibrations to you after they
solve them.

B