Wheel Balancing Heidelberg West

Experiencing bad vibrations? To help ensure a smooth ride and tyre longevity, TopGear Wheels & Tyres offer wheel balancing.

What is Wheel Balancing?

Wheel balancing is a attune for your wheel-tyre set. The process evenly distributes weight around the entire circumference of the unit to ensure that the tyres and wheels spin correctly and without vibration. Balancing your wheels reduces potential vibration felt in the steering wheel, seat, or floorboard and aids in accurate tyre treadwear.

Signs of Unbalanced Wheels

The vehicle pulling towards left or right.
Uneven or rapid tyre wear.
The steering wheel isn’t aligned with the direction of your vehicle.
Squealing tyres.

Benefits of Wheel Alignment

Safe and predictable vehicle control
More comfortable vehicle ride
Reduced driver fatigue from making continual steering corrections
Improved fuel economy and maximised tyre mileage

What our Customers Say

Byron Finney

Absolutely Fantastic customer service! I even came at what would normally be an inconvenient time and they sorted me out on the spot and now I’ve got me some shiny new tires! Couldn’t be happier!

Suzie FILIPPOUSIS

Waz and the crew at TopGear Wheels & Tyres are absolutely amazing people, highly recommended! Not just great at what they do, but they also make you feel very welcomed and comfortable 🙂 Definitely made me leave with a smile 😊

Jimmy Gligorovski

Brilliant same day service. Waz awesome to deal with very friendly service.

Petre Kolevski

Received the best service and within 30min my car had 4 new tyres fitted and wheel alignment done. Definitely be my go to place!! Thank you

Adrian Madeley

Fantastic and friendly. Great price and super fast service. Thanks to the team.

Manic Zoot

Needed to get a move on quickly and they swapped tires like a formula one team. Great service, many thanks!

Ollie

Great advice, great service and a great price. Need I say more? TopGear Wheels & Tyres went above and beyond my expectations today.

Maria Manago

Excellent customer service ,had my car back on the road with four new tyres ,highly recommend.

Shania Edwards

Great service rang up the got the car in within a hour and 30 mins later it was done and the guy was very thorough showing what was wrong with the tyres I’ll definitely go back

Joe Darby

Excellent service. Very helpful. Great communication. Highly recommend. Definitely would visit again.

Wheel Alignment in Heidelberg & Surrounding Areas

At TopGear Wheels & Tyres, we use an alignment machine to check your vehicle’s current alignment and as necessary, make adjustments for the overall safety of your vehicle.

Thrust alignment

Thrust alignment is where the front wheels of an automobile are aligned to the rear axle. It’s called a thrust alignment because the term “thrust” refers to the direction in which the rear wheels are pushing. This direction should match as closely as possible to the direction that the front wheels are facing when positioned forward; a mismatch here can create undue stress on your car’s suspension system and wheels, as well as reduce power and your likelihood of getting good gas mileage.

Two-wheel alignment

Only deals with the two front wheels. These wheels are aligned straight toward the geometric centre of the automobile, and the rear wheels and thrust direction are left alone. The theory is that the rear wheels should already be aligned with the center of the car. Depending on what type of car you have, a two-wheel alignment may be all you need. In fact, before the widespread use of front wheel drive came into play, the two wheel alignments were the only alignments done for almost all cars on the road.

Four-wheel alignment

Much as the name suggests, all four wheels on both axles are adjusted so they are parallel to each other, the ground, and the thrust angle of the car. Generally, the four wheel alignment should be done whenever possible and applicable, depending on the vehicle.