weights???????? Reply #180 – February 02, 2010, 06:07:54 PM actually you can place the outer dynamic weights behind the spokes,the machine will then tell you it is a little off, add or subtract weightuntil the machine zero's out. many wheels have a rolled outer edge so as not to place weights there..many of the new balancers will actually calculate and hide the weights for you..for the ones that say you can't get a "good" balance, come to oregon and we will show you. Quote Selected
Post up pics of your wheels.... Reply #181 – February 02, 2010, 09:19:41 PM Quote from: tire baron;309010actually you can place the outer dynamic weights behind the spokes,the machine will then tell you it is a little off, add or subtract weightuntil the machine zero's out. many wheels have a rolled outer edge so as not to place weights there..many of the new balancers will actually calculate and hide the weights for you..for the ones that say you can't get a "good" balance, come to oregon and we will show you.True, you can place them behind the spokes if there is room. Doing so does require stick-on weights however, and my experiance with those on a daily driven vehicle has not been good. Nonetheless, I would still question how good a balance you could get with these particular wheels as the weights would end up on or inside of the wheel's center in order to clear the bolt of its two piece design. On other wheels however, placing the outer weights inside of the spokes can work rather well. This is especially true when the vehicle will not see regular snow, sleet, and rain to cause the stick-on weights to fall off.Shiny Side Up!Bill Quote Selected
Post up pics of your wheels.... Reply #182 – February 03, 2010, 11:01:04 AM porsche, mercedes benz use adhesive weights from the factory, in our part of the worldall road race cars are mandated to use adhesive weights..put a clip on weight on a magnesium wheel and see what the zinc does..if your experience with stick on weightshas not been good, i suggest you find a good tire man, the balance is as good as thetech. tire baron (40 years) Quote Selected
Post up pics of your wheels.... Reply #183 – February 03, 2010, 12:32:52 PM Quote from: tire baron;309093porsche, mercedes benz use adhesive weights from the factory, in our part of the worldall road race cars are mandated to use adhesive weights..put a clip on weight on a magnesium wheel and see what the zinc does..if your experience with stick on weightshas not been good, i suggest you find a good tire man, the balance is as good as thetech. tire baron (40 years)Race cars are mandated to use adhesive weights not because the adhesive is better, but instead because the adhesive weights sit on the part of the rim that is parallel to the rim. As you know, Newton's First Law of Motion says an object (the weight) will stay in motion moves in a straight line with constant speed unless acted upon by an outside force. In the case of a normal weight, this outside force is the clip, in the case of a stick-on weight, this force is the rim itself.In the real world rims corrode however and stick-on weights don't work that well when there is corrosion present. Mercedes may use the adhesive weights, and maybe they work fine on a Mercedes powder coated rim. Then again, maybe they flake off as badly as the dye on the dash of my wife's SLK, or fall off as often as the door panels did until I glued the clips back on with the adhesive you normally use to glue on quarter panels.How well a clip-on weight works on a magnesium wheel is of no consequence to me, I own no vehicle that utilizes them.As for how accurately you can balance a wheel utilizing a weight set inside the centerline of the rim, I would like to see real literature from a balancer manufacturer that recommends this. The closer together you make the weights, the less accurately you can achieve a dynamic balance. This is not a matter of my opinion, but rather, as I understand it, a matter of physics. If you have a weight imbalance that is causing an inertial event that is at a diagonal to the vertical of the rim, you must have weights as far to the outside of the rim as possible to counteract it. In any case, I really do appreciate your input. If and when I have these wheels blasted and powder coated, I may very well go with your recommendation and use adhesive weights.Shiny Side Up!Bill Quote Selected
Post up pics of your wheels.... Reply #184 – February 03, 2010, 12:42:24 PM I use adhesive weights.To keep them on, I cover them with a piece of foil tape, like what you find at the hardware store for ductwork. Never lost a weight and the tape doesn't affect the balance. Quote Selected
Post up pics of your wheels.... Reply #185 – February 03, 2010, 02:03:07 PM did a 5 lug swap with a 9inbeforeafter Quote Selected
Post up pics of your wheels.... Reply #186 – February 03, 2010, 02:11:18 PM ...i think it looks mean and will look better when i slap some 4cyl springs in it (the 2nd pic had a empty engine bay) Quote Selected
Post up pics of your wheels.... Reply #187 – February 03, 2010, 04:50:58 PM Quote from: Chuck W;309104I use adhesive weights.To keep them on, I cover them with a piece of foil tape, like what you find at the hardware store for ductwork. Never lost a weight and the tape doesn't affect the balance.Cool... I'll most likely start using them once I have the wheels redone. Until then, I just don't feel like they are worth the effort of cleaning the inside of the 24 year old rims.All of this will need to wait until after we move to Tennessee though.Shiny Side Up!Bill Quote Selected
Post up pics of your wheels.... Reply #188 – March 06, 2010, 10:10:18 PM heres mine 15x8 aluminum american racing i believe idk Quote Selected
Post up pics of your wheels.... Reply #189 – March 06, 2010, 10:40:27 PM Do you have the other two wheels?Gotta have a 4 of a kind ya' know. Quote Selected
Post up pics of your wheels.... Reply #190 – March 07, 2010, 10:55:40 AM Quote from: vinnietbird;312965Do you have the other two wheels?Gotta have a 4 of a kind ya' know.Agreed. They look good though Quote Selected
Post up pics of your wheels.... Reply #191 – March 07, 2010, 11:13:54 AM yea ive got the other two, just not on yet cuz they still need tires, thanx for the compliment tho Quote Selected
Post up pics of your wheels.... Reply #192 – March 07, 2010, 07:01:08 PM 03 Cobra replicas, should have kept them... Quote Selected
Post up pics of your wheels.... Reply #193 – March 07, 2010, 10:56:18 PM :o I love them Quote Selected
Post up pics of your wheels.... Reply #194 – March 07, 2010, 11:33:23 PM Quote from: Whiteboy;313108:o I love themYup they look good on that beauty! Quote Selected
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