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Old Nov 24, 2013 | 09:44 AM
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Road Force Balancer - nissan dealer Baltimore

Does anyone know which nissan dealer has a road force balancer?

The place I bought it from says tires may be defective but they do not have a road force balancer to confirm..
Old Nov 25, 2013 | 05:03 PM
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Any truly professional alignment shop should have a road force balancing system. The normal problem is finding a shop that has a competent operator for the equipment. All Direct Tire shops have good alignment equipment, but there may not be a Direct Tire shop in your area.

Surely someone here on the org lives near Baltimore and has had a road force balance done. Anybody?
Old Nov 25, 2013 | 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by lightonthehill
Any truly professional alignment shop should have a road force balancing system. The normal problem is finding a shop that has a competent operator for the equipment. All Direct Tire shops have good alignment equipment, but there may not be a Direct Tire shop in your area.

Surely someone here on the org lives near Baltimore and has had a road force balance done. Anybody?
All Discount Tires have the Hunter Road Force machines but upon investigation they ( at least my local DT) NEVER use the road force balance and nobody there even knows how to operate it.


I had it done a a private shop that fixes BMW's Mercedes, etc and it was $50 per wheel and they couldn't balance out the tire vibration so $200 wasted.

You can find out on the Hunter Website who has the GSP9700 Road Force

I put in zip code 21201 and within 10 miles there are probably 50 shops that have it

http://www.gsp9700.com/search/findgsp9700.cfm

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Old Nov 26, 2013 | 07:29 PM
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thanks guys.

The issue is that I already forked out the money on the road force balancer test and it was confirmed that 3 out of 4 tires are defective (70lb force). Not at the nissan dealer

I needed this to be confirmed by Nissan such that warranty may begin investigating into new tires for me (~4,000 miles on them)
Old Nov 26, 2013 | 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Neub
thanks guys.

The issue is that I already forked out the money on the road force balancer test and it was confirmed that 3 out of 4 tires are defective (70lb force). Not at the nissan dealer

I needed this to be confirmed by Nissan such that warranty may begin investigating into new tires for me (~4,000 miles on them)
You bought the tires from Nissan ? They don't believe the test results ?



I'm not sure where you are in Baltimore but these Nissan dealers have a road force

Bob Bell Nissan Kia
7900 Eastern Ave
BALTIMORE, MD 21224
Phone: 410-288-2500

Norris Nissan West
8569 Baltimore National Pike
ELLICOTT CITY, MD 21043

Len Stoler Nissan
11405 Reisterstown Road
OWINGS MILLS, MD 21117
Phone: 410-998-3386

Sheehy Nissan
2542 Riva Rd
ANNAPOLIS, MD 21401
Phone: 410-224-0707

Bel Air Nissan
1506 Bel Air Rd
BEL AIR, MD 21014
Phone: 410-879-1133

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Old Nov 26, 2013 | 08:44 PM
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thanks.

I just noticed your car says 2013 g37x and your screen name is 13maxSV

what happened to the maxima?
Old Nov 26, 2013 | 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Neub
thanks.

I just noticed your car says 2013 g37x and your screen name is 13maxSV

what happened to the maxima?
In under 4000 miles I had to have the engine replaced, winshield was never installed correctly, several trips to the dealer that could not get rid of the constant interior rattles, moisture in tailights that I was told is normal and a bunch of other issues


I got basically the same deal I would have in Feb ( my car plus cash) so I jumped on it.
Old Nov 26, 2013 | 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by 13Maximasv
In under 4000 miles I had to have the engine replaced, winshield was never installed correctly, several trips to the dealer that could not get rid of the constant interior rattles, moisture in tailights that I was told is normal and a bunch of other issues


I got basically the same deal I would have in Feb ( my car plus cash) so I jumped on it.

nice, congrats on the new ride. Would it have been tough to say "lemon" the car through the state?
Old Nov 26, 2013 | 11:14 PM
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nice, congrats on the new ride. Would it have been tough to say "lemon" the car through the state?

Lemon laws needs 30 shop days in 2 years and then it's still a hassle.

I settled for a 8 year Gold Warranty as compensation, I should have asked for them to buy the car back
Old Nov 27, 2013 | 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by lightonthehill
Any truly professional alignment shop should have a road force balancing system. The normal problem is finding a shop that has a competent operator for the equipment. All Direct Tire shops have good alignment equipment, but there may not be a Direct Tire shop in your area.

Surely someone here on the org lives near Baltimore and has had a road force balance done. Anybody?
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