Stick On Wheel Weights - Question in regards to Proper Balancing!!
04-16-2013, 09:56 PM
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Stick On Wheel Weights - Question in regards to Proper Balancing!! Hey guys! I had a buddy take his wheels to a wheel shop today for mounting and balancing.
When he picked up his wheels everything seemed fine till he got home and noticed that one had a wheel weight that looked damaged! Would this cause improper balancing and the wheel shop just used old wheel weights and said good enough???
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When he picked up his wheels everything seemed fine till he got home and noticed that one had a wheel weight that looked damaged! Would this cause improper balancing and the wheel shop just used old wheel weights and said good enough???
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04-17-2013, 08:32 AM
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Thanks guys. I showed him the thread lol. I guess his main concern is it was $20 a rim for just balancing. So he is a bit ticked off that it looks like used wheel weights they used. He does keep the inner wheel clean at all times as the car rarely gets driven.
04-17-2013, 08:38 AM
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Just be thankful it is sticking...I've had a shop try to balance the wheels on my Viper, and they decided that sticking new wheel weights over the old adhesive would be a good idea. Two of the wheels had the weights fall off after washing them...I spent a few hours carefully removing the old adhesive, and resticking the weights right back where they were with better tape.
I won't ever use that place again, even if it was only for my daily beater. They claimed that they worked on Porsches and Ferraris all the time, so a Viper would be no problem
I won't ever use that place again, even if it was only for my daily beater. They claimed that they worked on Porsches and Ferraris all the time, so a Viper would be no problem
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04-20-2013, 08:03 AM
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Just be thankful it is sticking...I've had a shop try to balance the wheels on my Viper, and they decided that sticking new wheel weights over the old adhesive would be a good idea. Two of the wheels had the weights fall off after washing them...I spent a few hours carefully removing the old adhesive, and resticking the weights right back where they were with better tape.
I won't ever use that place again, even if it was only for my daily beater. They claimed that they worked on Porsches and Ferraris all the time, so a Viper would be no problem
I won't ever use that place again, even if it was only for my daily beater. They claimed that they worked on Porsches and Ferraris all the time, so a Viper would be no problem
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If it only took 3/4 of an ounce to balance, I'd say they did a good job.
On my motorcycles I make a permanent mark on the bare wheels at the heavy spot. Then aline, or have the shop aline the light mark on the tire (the yellow dot) with the heavy mark on the wheel. I usually only need a very small amount of weight and fairly often no weight at all. I don't think that would happen on an auto wheel/tire often, but I wish I had a way to do that with my car wheels. Fewer weights are less to fall off and less adhesive to clean off when changing tires, which on sport bikes is every 2 - 5K miles so you get lots of practice.
On my motorcycles I make a permanent mark on the bare wheels at the heavy spot. Then aline, or have the shop aline the light mark on the tire (the yellow dot) with the heavy mark on the wheel. I usually only need a very small amount of weight and fairly often no weight at all. I don't think that would happen on an auto wheel/tire often, but I wish I had a way to do that with my car wheels. Fewer weights are less to fall off and less adhesive to clean off when changing tires, which on sport bikes is every 2 - 5K miles so you get lots of practice.
