Wheel Weights?!?

Originally posted by 94_AcCoRd_EX
When I had wheels on my GTi, I talked to the tire place about their balancing techniques. They said that the further toward the outside of the rim the wieghts are, the better balanced the wheel can be. I don't know if they were just blowin smoke, but that's what they said.

I would think that the best place to put balancing weights would be along the plane that is causing the lack of balance....thus if you were free to put the weights anywhere on the wheel, you would achieve better balance than limiting yourself to an inner or outer edge.

For example, if the wheel is out of balance due to a dent on the inner lip by the tire, then I would suspect that the best place to put the balancing weights would be on the inner lip by the tire.

Although if you get a wheel balanced, regardless of where the weights are put, it's still a balance wheel....as long as it's balanced properly with respect to its axis of rotation. One would have to be some kind of idiot to balance it in some other manner....unless you're trying to use the wheel for some purpose other than to support a tire for a car.

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