If you know me you know I like to do my own work. I also feel that nowadays our culture favors quantity/profit over quality. I had been eyeing a tire changer and balancer for some time ever since I found that reasonably good quality can be had for an affordable price. Given the looming threat of tariffs I decided to pull the trigger on a setup. If you research these units you might come to the conclusion (like I did) that most of these units are very similar, possibly coming from the same source. Whether true or not I watched a ton of videos and read many reviews before making my decision. A big factor in my case was making sure that I could get the unit delivered into my garage as I don't have the equipment necessary to haul the unit from the street to my driveway. The seller I used offered an add-on delivery package to address this need.
I bought a combo consisting of a tire changer and a dynamic balancer. The seller had a store in both Amazon and eBay; I got a slightly better deal from the eBay store.
The unit was shipped quickly and I was contacted to coordinate delivery within 10 days. The person who delivered my unit used an electric pallet jack to effortlessly move the two crates up my driveway and right into my garage. As a bonus he knew a bit about Nissan cars and we had a short enjoyable chat.
Given the space I have available in my garage I chose to mount the changer on heavy-duty castors with good brakes. This allows me to wheel the unit into a nook when not in use but move it into the open bay when I needed to use it. The unit is heavy enough that maneuvering the changer requires a bit of muscle even on wheels.
Within no time I had the unit ready for a test run and it did not disappoint. I had watched a few videos on the process so nothing was unexpected.
After moving some things around I found a spot for the two units to live. Following many of the recommendations I mounted the balancer to the floor for better results.
