Looks like I finally found a mint set of blades

Anyhow, looking at the pics of the blades they have the outer lip clipped weights. I really don't care for those since they take away from the look of the wheel, IMO. Is it safe to use the sticky weights are placed on the back side area of the wheel?

Thanks for any info. Searched several options and found nothing related

 

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Yes.

 

not going to balance as well though

 

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I have the wheels on now. I have a very slight vibration on the steering wheel. Nothing worth talking about though.

 

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Anyhow, looking at the pics of the blades they have the outer lip clipped weights. I really don't care for those since they take away from the look of the wheel, IMO. Is it safe to use the sticky weights are placed on the back side area of the wheel?

Thanks for any info. Searched several options and found nothing related </TD></TR></TABLE>

I would assume the stuck on weights are safe, as many aftermarket wheels dont have the area on the outside to clip on a weight.

I had my blades balanced with 2 weights in the inside, none on the outside, and they managed to throw a weight. So even the clip on weights can come off.

 

depending where you go to have you wheels balanced, you can get clip on weight in the inside of the rim and sticky weights for the outside. I work at tirewarehouse and we use this method when it comes to custom rims

 

then you know that the best way to balance a tire properly is to use clip clip;

 

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Not necessarily. Especially for high-speed and track applications, stick-on weights are better, because the centrifugal force of the rotating wheel presses the stick-on weights onto the wheel, but pulls the clip-on weights off the wheel.

 

i guess it depends on what kind of clip weights you use. from my experience, the closer you can get the wegihts to the tire the better. next time when you blance, see what happens when you put the weights closer and closer. so instead of putting it on the lip, place the two weights closer. you'll find that the machine will have some trouble figureing out how much weight your tire really needs.

 

most important is to have the weight as close to the edge of the wheel as possible. Next, you want to make sure the wheel is balanced dynamically (front and back). this can be achieved by placing tape weight right behind the spokes and and the rear edge of the barrel. If done properly you should not have any problems. Just tell your tire shop you would like them to use a "dynamic tape weight" type of balance.