06-22-2011, 08:40 AM | #1 |
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New wheel weights on stock wheels and tires? Please educate me
Please pardon my ignorance here but I'm looking for some clarity. I just had my winter tires (Pirelli Scorpions) removed from my stock 20" MS wheels. I put the original stock summer tires (Pirelli P 0's) back on. When I picked up the car, I realized they put wheel weights all over the wheels (at the front edge of the wheel where they are an eyesore). So my question is...stock wheels, stock tires, and I never had wheel weights before (or at least they weren't visible), why do they need to be on there now? Thanks in advance.
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06-22-2011, 09:11 AM | #2 |
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I think it has to do with when they are balancing them. They actually took some of mine off when I got new tires.
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06-22-2011, 09:26 AM | #3 |
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Yup, I know it's to balance the wheels, just curious why now since it's the original wheels and tires. What changed that they need weights now?
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06-22-2011, 09:32 AM | #4 |
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The original weights were probably the stick on type, hidden in the barrel. Sounds like you have clamp on weights now.
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06-22-2011, 09:43 AM | #5 |
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A...Wheel Barrell? Haha. What do you mean "hidden in the barrell"? The weights I have now are like this, but bigger and uglier.
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06-22-2011, 09:57 AM | #6 |
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Your factory wheels did have wheel weights on them. Stick-on type, like shown in that photo above. If a tire place used hammer-on weights on the front of your wheel lip, they just ruined your wheels and should be buying you a new set. NEVER use hammer-on weights on any smooth lip wheels.
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06-22-2011, 10:19 AM | #7 | |
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Barrel is another term for the cylinder part of the wheel. I could be spelling it wrong though. |
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I bet the wheels did have weights originally, they were just hidden well or placed behind a spoke? My question remains...what changed that they put them on now? If there were weights already on there and it's the same wheels and tires, why did they need to add and/or move them? |
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06-22-2011, 10:25 AM | #9 |
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Not my photo, just one I grabbed from the web for reference. I think it was an article from Jalopnik making fun of Chevy for their wheel and caliper weights.
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Nine Ball will be able to explain it better than me!! |
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06-22-2011, 10:50 AM | #11 |
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Exactly. The wheel and tire are balanced as a combo, and it also depends on how the tire is situated (rotated) on the wheel. Every wheel and every tire has a heavier point on them, none are perfect. They have to be rebalanced each time you put a new tire on. Your winter tires likely had their own set of balancing weights (hopefully). No two tires are the same.
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06-22-2011, 10:57 AM | #12 |
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Fair enough, thanks guys. I guess I just have to live with the new ugly weights.
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06-22-2011, 11:26 AM | #13 |
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Some shops can balance the tires in a way which allows them to rotate the tires on the wheel to find the optimum balance and use less weights. I believe it's called "road force" balancing.
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