High-speed balancing measures and corrects the dynamic balance of the tire and wheel that's felt as a shimmy on the highway between 65-75 mph.
Road force balancing measures the uniformity in the tire and wheel assembly, detecting bulges and hard spots normally missed by regular tire balancing machines.
So if your new tires shimmy on the highway, or don't feel as smooth as they should, you probably need road-force optimization using a road-force wheel balancer, like the Hunter Road-Force Elite.
At Kenwood Tire, we use the Hunter -Road-Force Elite wheel & tire balancer to measure and optimize every new tire we install -- That's because tires and wheels are not perfectly round and randomly mounting a tire, without knowing where to position it on the wheel is causes vibrations, even when the tire is high-speed balanced.
And we only want to do the job once! If your tire shop says the tires are OK, but you've still got a shimmy, they're probably not checking and optimizing the road-force.
When a chain store put 4 new General tires on this 2007 Mustang, there was a vibration around 65 mph. After going back 3 times, wasting time, they were referred to us.
This is how we found and fixed that the vibration, which was due to excessive road force variation in 3 of the 4 tires...
This is how we optimize the tires by match mounting.
The end result was 4 tires performing as they should and a happy customer!
At Kenwood Tire & Auto Service, we check the road-force and optimize every new tire we install. It's included in your price and the only way we can be sure you're getting the most out of your tires.
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