Wheel weights: on rim or taped inside

[Shadowyng]

I have the taped weights on for a year and at 120 they do a godd job of sticking to where they were put....and I can't imagine the amount of heat you are worried about won't leave your tires in a puddle before the adhesive gets loose.

[mohrds]

I always get inside, glue on weights. They hold up perfectly through bumps, winter, summer, rain, snow, sleet, hail, etc.

I know this may start a flame war, but as for the amount of weights, a better quality tire (More $$$) will be better balanced and require less weight than a lower quality tire.

If you ever get a chance, have your empty rims spin balanced. I bet they will be close to perfect. When I had mine repaired/refinished they balanced the empty rims for me just to see how they were.

Doug

[svxjoe]

Tack-wieghts are tacky!

Tape-weights should lie flat and hardly be seen. These look much better, and can be placed anywhere on the inside of the rim(Near face of rim or back of rim).

Tape weights are more reliable when it comes to staying on. Tack-weights are subject to anything the outside of the wheel may encounter... potholes, curbs, etc.

The Adhesive for tape-weights is pretty damn strong. I know because the shop that rotated and rebalanced my tires (I have them remove all weights and start fresh) they left the adhevsive backing strip from the back of the weights on my rim. They had to remove the old tape-weights using a chizzle of somesort and were to lazy to clean up the sticky strip left.

[mohrds]

Originally posted by svxjoe
Tack-weights are tacky!

Tape-weights should lie flat and hardly be seen. These look much better, and can be placed anywhere on the inside of the rim(Near face of rim or back of rim).

Just for clarification, Tack-weights are the kind that you hammer onto the lip and tape weights are the glue on kind that I was talking about, right?

I just want to make sure there aren't other types of weights I'm unfamiliar with.

Doug

[subymtnguy]

When I bought my new Yoko's a few months back, I had then use adhesive weights on the inside for cosmetic reasons. They DON'T come off easily.

When I was a kid, I remember a "Hunter" spin balance where the wheels were spun on the car (very fast). There was a round piece with weights in the center, that clamped on the outside of the wheel. The operator would lean his forearm on the fender, and slide the weights with his other hand.

You could see and feel any out of balance. As the weights were adjusted (on the ouside clamp thing), you could see and feel any vibration magically dissappear to nothing.

It seemed to me that this was the best way to balance, as it would balance the wheel on the axel, and would compensate for weak suspension parts etc. This thing was GREAT!

Does anyone remember this "Hunter" balance?? ...Or am I just showing my age again....