OK, so on the stock wheels, the face of our wheels were not designed to have weights stuck on the lips (thank God!) so normally wheel weights are put on just inside the face with sticky tape. In the rush that I was in, I went to a different place to balance my wheels, and they did a "static balance" on it. They only put weights on the inside lip of the wheel and didn't put on any sticker weights at all. Is this really a method that people use and how affective is it? Should I go and get a proper one done? Thanks.

 

i get stick ons and you place in different locations depending on wheel.


either way is fine... just stick ons are easier on the wheel.. tap ons provide better balancing but i dont wanna scratch wheel

 

A static balance with today's new rims and tires simply is not a good idea. You should get a dynamic balance that spins the tire up to 60 mph and higher. A wheel/tire needs to be balanced not only across the face of the rim but also across the width of the rim. A static balance can't do this.

 

A static balance only balances the tire vertically, basically if you have circle that isn't weighted evenly the heavy part will go to the bottom because of gravity. There are other forces that are measured when dynamic balancing and alot of the machines can even hide the weights behind the spokes which is nice. I have balanced wheels both ways and most of the time both ways are fine.

 

It doesn't take any longer to Dynamic Alloy balance a wheel than it does to static balance the wheel.......Well I guess that depends on the place though

 

i let slo s2k do my wheels soo..... whatever he says i agree with haha


Charles AKA "slo S2k" the official tire mounter for the work wheel whore..

 

Riley I may have just obtained a new signature......ROFL

 

On the subject, I saw something on a type of balancing where they find the heavy point of the tire, and the heavy point of the wheel, and set them at opposite sides, minimizing the need for weights. Anyone know what this is called?

 

Road Force Variation......

And it doesn't necessarily reduce the amount of weight taken.