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If not ordering a tire package make sure you do your homework on who touches your wheels and tires, most of these places say they handle high end wheels all the time and dont. They can really mess you up guys!
As for weights from tire rack and hunter!
Why do wheels and tires have to be balanced?
Tires are made up of internal beads, body plies and belts that are encased in rubber, assembled and cured. Alloy wheels are cast, cooled and machined. And even though both are built to tight tolerances, there is bound to be some unavoidable weight imbalances during the manufacturing process.
How many wheel weights are too many?
While there is no industry standard, the general consensus of what is too much weight is when it takes more than 1% of the assembly weight to bring it into balance.
Let's take a test example of one incident I recently encountered when a customer expressed concern that 15 wheel weights were used on his 19" BMW wheel and tire package. Is 15 weights too many? Let's find out.
Each stick-on weight is a quarter of an ounce
15 weights on one wheel = 3.75 ounces
19x8.5 wheel weight = 27.5 pounds
235/35R19 tire = 24.0 pounds
Total package weight = 51.5 pounds or 824 ounces
1% of that = 8.2 ounces
15 weights (3.75 ounces total) is very reasonable given the total weight of the wheel and tire in this example.
man, it look a lot of weight to balance those things, huh?
That's what I noticed right away. I have to admit they do look cool though. Wonder what the full specs are? Seems like the offsets on aftermarket C7 wheels are always a little lower than I think they should be.
05-24-2017, 01:18 PM
Forgeline VX1's installed
Nice choice they look good.
