Feel a buzz through the wheel once the Alcester Road opens up past the Maypole towards M42 J3? In Kings Heath the balancer comes to the car, so the wheel is weighted on your drive.
Around the High Street a balance fault stays hidden, because traffic rarely lets a car get going. It shows on the run south: the A435 beyond the Maypole island, the approach to M42 J3, or the Outer Circle once Vicarage Road clears. The speed cushions in the terraces behind the High Street and the potholes towards Druids Heath are what knock weights loose, and a tyre worn in uneven dips on one shoulder often has a balance story behind it.
On a Brandwood or Highbury drive the fitter lifts one corner at a time and fits the wheel to the van's electronic balancer. The machine spins it, shows where it runs heavy, and new weights are placed on the rim to cancel it out. If a tyre is bulged or badly cupped, balancing will not rescue it, and the fitter tells you so before any work goes ahead. Price is set on the call.
Driveways in Brandwood and Highbury are best, followed by a legally parked car on a terrace near Kings Heath Park. Bus lanes and loading bays on the High Street, and the Maypole island itself, are out of the question.
| Near | Kings Heath High Street, Kings Heath Park, Highbury Park |
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| Typical arrival | A long run from London: allow 2 to 3 hours |
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Not every shake is imbalance. Pulling gently kerbwards along the High Street is a different complaint, and so is a steering wheel left crooked on a dead straight road: both point to alignment, a garage service we do not provide. What balancing does cover: wheels wearing new tyres, a tyre refitted after a BS AU 159 puncture repair, a weight lost to a Kings Heath speed cushion, and the patchy wear that follows an unbalanced wheel left too long.
Kings Heath wheels balanced at the kerb or on the drive, then torqued and checked.
