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Have you tried replacing the grease inside the unit? It's one of the first things I did to mine and made a huge difference in noise and vibration. The 5" backing plate and pads also help as well as any vibration isn't amplified by the larger pads. I use some Lucas sticky red synthetic grease in mine and it runs much smoother know. You'll also be able to make sure the counter weight is properly tightened when you have it apart.
See my edit. My unit I could not do the mod. Stripped the damn screws trying to do so to the point that now I am just stuck with how it is. At this point if I decide that the paint correction is something I want to do myself, I will take a look at some better models.
Oh and better believe my black CX-5 needs some paint correction. Sadly, trying to do so with the HF DA last year killed any enthusiasm I had for trying to do it myself.
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