Just got the tires in for the launcher wheels from Rocket. My Discount tire store just has non chrome stick on weights so the question is with 155 60/15 tires would you normally balance these rims and tires knowing there might be a blemish?
I know on my "Gasser", if one of the fronts is out of balance at a buck fifty you sure as hell feel it
Yeh, you can use that spray on chrome paint, but then you would have to rebalance. Then you spray your new added weights, but then you would have to rebalance. Then you spray -----
Wheel weights 7 gram stick-on in Siver, Black, or Chrome available at J.P. Cycles, all you have to do is ask me, TR
No! Absolutely not! I balanced thousands of tires over the time I worked in tire shops and did front end work and spent many hours getting vibrations out of cars for very picky customers and while a bubble balancer is "traditional" it won't get the job done on a car that will hit 100+ Spun balanced by someone who really knows what he is doing with a good machine is a lot better. Spun balanced on the car with a strobe balancer and someone who really knows what he is doing is a hell of a lot better. And why would you even consider not balancing the tires unless it is a trailered fairgrounds poser that will never get driven on the street or track except to and from the power parking spot.
I mount my tires myself and never balance them. Truthfully I don't think you'll be able to feel much of a difference. Obviously we're talking about hod rods, not brand new Caddies. But maybe I'm just a trailer fairground poser and I've never had my truck anywhere near 125. That's just my experience I'm not saying you shouldn't. But I've never had any issues. PS I never balanced any of my drag/street bike tires and I was running mid 9's @ 150.
Death wobble while going through the traps at the track or anywhere on the street would not be fun. Could get expensive. Get them balanced...
don't balance them..then the car will look like a cartoon as each wheel bounces up and down off the ground.....just like on Roger Rabbit! wheeeeee
A tire that needs a big weight to balance goes back on the rack if it was for any of my cars! There's something wrong with the construction if they are very far out of true, like more than a small weight needed. Even balanced, they will come apart at prolonged high speeds.
Find a good shop with a Road Force balancer. They should be able to match mount the tire and wheel and even hide the weights behind the spokes. But, DEFINITELY balance..... Painted chrome wheel weights? Really????? Wahahhaaa
By all means check the balance. See if your tire shop can do a match mount as redtex59 suggested. They will check the balance and try to match the heaviest spot on the tire with the lightest spot on the rim to use the least amount of weight. You might be able to get to get by with no weight at all if your lucky, or at least get it close. The tire will need to be broken down a couple of times and rotated on the rim to get it right. Not all tire shops would be willing to take the time to do it though. IMHO it's not the equipment used but the guy using it that will get it right.
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