Wheel balance weights

[Bent]

When you upgrade your wheels from stock to something a little nicer, what are the options for balancing?

Is there a better, more attractive alternative than the ugly clamp-on weights that tire shops install - the ones that cause your rims to get scatched and oxidize within seconds?

[JoshM]

You can have them put on the inside lip of the wheel, or on the barrel of the wheel.

[C91BLX7]

sticky weights

[Losiracer2]

at discount tire, we use tape weights that go inside the wheel. You can even use them on stock wheels, it just won't give you as good a balance. The key is to balance the tire on the inside and outside of the wheel, throughout the width of the wheel to get the best balance. Sometimes this isn't possible b/c the lip of the wheel is too far inset so you can only "statically" balance the tire. The best balance is a dynamic balance.

But most aftermarket wheels use a clip on the inside and a tape towards the outer part of the wheel since they've got nothing to clip the weights onto the outside. Or you can go tape/tape or just single tape down the middle. On my wheels for instance, I've got a clip weight on the inside and a tape towards the outside. This gives me a dynamic balance.

[bcjammerx]

I've seen guys with nice chromed rims with hammered on wheel weights on the outer ring... fucks 'em up

make sure you check the shop out first...you don't want that happening