Wheel and Tire Help Please
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Wheel and Tire Help Please
I got my tires put on my new wheels fri I ask the guys to put the weights in the back of the wheels so you could not see them. This is what I got. I do not know much about this sort of thing but you can clearly see the weights. In your opinon could it have been done differently?
Thanks in advance
Thanks in advance
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thats pretty much standard.....for placement....... although thats alot of damn weights 
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Kind of hard to conceal weights anywhere on that style of wheel.
What is the finish of the inner barrel? They do make chromed stick-on weights for just this reason.
What is the finish of the inner barrel? They do make chromed stick-on weights for just this reason.
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Originally Posted by pewter99
thats pretty much standard.....for placement....... although thats alot of damn weights
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Slolane,
There is a possible way to make this better, you sure have a lot of weight on that wheel, I don't know if the others are that bad. Call around your area and find a tire shop that has a Hunter Model 9600 "Road Force" balancer (not a 9500- make sure its a road force balancer) or search web for that balancer, the company usually list who has it installed and there is more info on this type of balance. This balancer is used to balance the tire to the wheel for the best position before the weights are applied, tire ON wheel are rotated so the heavy spots in the tire and the wheel are not together but cancelling each other out as much as possible. All this is done while spinning the tire/wheel while applying pressure (road force) to the set up to allow for any balance changes that may occur under simulated driving conditions (weight) on the car. Their are many of these machines around, it may save you a lot of weight. This can also be accomplished somewhat through trial & error by rotating the tire about an 1/8 or 1/4 turn for a complete rotation and note where the best balance is found before applying the weights, most shops don't want to fool around this way, its too much trouble (but you still would be without the road force effect). The road force balancer will also tell you if the tire or wheel is excessively out of balance to the point of being defective and/or returnable according to the mfg. standards. Your profile is not filled out and I cannot see what city your located in to help you any further if possible. Good luck.
There is a possible way to make this better, you sure have a lot of weight on that wheel, I don't know if the others are that bad. Call around your area and find a tire shop that has a Hunter Model 9600 "Road Force" balancer (not a 9500- make sure its a road force balancer) or search web for that balancer, the company usually list who has it installed and there is more info on this type of balance. This balancer is used to balance the tire to the wheel for the best position before the weights are applied, tire ON wheel are rotated so the heavy spots in the tire and the wheel are not together but cancelling each other out as much as possible. All this is done while spinning the tire/wheel while applying pressure (road force) to the set up to allow for any balance changes that may occur under simulated driving conditions (weight) on the car. Their are many of these machines around, it may save you a lot of weight. This can also be accomplished somewhat through trial & error by rotating the tire about an 1/8 or 1/4 turn for a complete rotation and note where the best balance is found before applying the weights, most shops don't want to fool around this way, its too much trouble (but you still would be without the road force effect). The road force balancer will also tell you if the tire or wheel is excessively out of balance to the point of being defective and/or returnable according to the mfg. standards. Your profile is not filled out and I cannot see what city your located in to help you any further if possible. Good luck.
Last edited by tsts; Mar 5, 2006 at 06:26 PM.
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When you put a tire on a wheel, and it needs that much weight, you take the tire off the wheel and check the wheel without the tire. if the bare wheel needs that much weight then there is a problem....
If the wheel is good then moving the tire 90 degrees on the wheel should help, a Good tire shop will do this instead of just piling on the weight. It's the difference between a guy making 8 dollars an hr and a pro making 18 an hour changing tires.
Ive seen many Non OEM replica wheels take alot of weight. Cheaper wheels have much less quality control.
If the wheel is good then moving the tire 90 degrees on the wheel should help, a Good tire shop will do this instead of just piling on the weight. It's the difference between a guy making 8 dollars an hr and a pro making 18 an hour changing tires.
Ive seen many Non OEM replica wheels take alot of weight. Cheaper wheels have much less quality control.
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Originally Posted by Evil-Twin
When you put a tire on a wheel, and it needs that much weight, you take the tire off the wheel and check the wheel without the tire. if the bare wheel needs that much weight then there is a problem....
If the wheel is good then moving the tire 90 degrees on the wheel should help, a Good tire shop will do this instead of just piling on the weight. It's the difference between a guy making 8 dollars an hr and a pro making 18 an hour changing tires.
Ive seen many Non OEM replica wheels take alot of weight. Cheaper wheels have much less quality control.
If the wheel is good then moving the tire 90 degrees on the wheel should help, a Good tire shop will do this instead of just piling on the weight. It's the difference between a guy making 8 dollars an hr and a pro making 18 an hour changing tires.
Ive seen many Non OEM replica wheels take alot of weight. Cheaper wheels have much less quality control.
That's crazy to have that big of a weight. Tire need's to be rotated and rebalanced!