I just got my Oem Type R wheels painted champ white and I am really dreading having to stick some wheel weights on there when I balance them, anyway around this to avoid damaging the paint should the weights ever have to come off for a re balance or otherwise? I want them balanced and will take a scratch or two if needed, but I would like an alternative if possible. Thanks guys!

 

Your options are:
1. Wheels are magically balanced and don't need them.
2. Just not put weights at all and have a nice vibration while driving.
3. Sticky weights inside the barrel of the wheel.
4. Or have your weights mounted on the inside lip of the wheel. (I've done this one)

 

So i just mount em on the inside lip? Just hammer them on there and it works? I mean I imagine it would but it just seems too obvious lol

 

I have tape weights on my powder coated GSRs (the kind they use on the inside for aftermarket wheels) and had no problem with them.

If ever you need to re-balance them, I take the time to take off the weights myself (carefully without scratching/gouging the wheels) so all they have to do is use tape weights again (without the tire place having to use a screwdriver or something to remove the old weights).

 

sticky weights, you don't need rim weights, you don't hammer on anything you peel and stick

 

yeah just ask for double sticky balance. and then theyll balance both sides with stick on weights and your good. putting weights on the inside lip is static balancing and its not all that accurate but it works if the rim and tire are reasonably true already. just get a tire shop to balance with stick ons and youll be good

 

Just use sticky weights. You can't only use weights on the inside lip because the wheel will still not be completely balanced.

 

Thanks a lot guys, I'll look into the sticky weights.

 

Well, I will be getting my wheels re-balanced soon then. >_>

 

yeah cause when u balance them, the comp tells u to put them on the inside or the outside, so I thought about it and I guess it wouldn't make sense.

 

any good tire shop can either use a hammer on weights or sticky weights for the same results. also if the shop knows what ther are doing you can balance a rim with weight only on the inside(static Balance) and finally if you can find a shop that has the equipment there are special weights you can use on the inside of the tire itself to balance the assembly.

 

Not true. I mean, they can put weights on it, but it will only be a partial balance, and you may still run into problems with vibrations etc. It's a halfway job, and halfway is half-assed.

 

weights on the inside.. FTW!

 

i didn't bother balancing my last 4 sets of rims ( volk, ssr, rega, mf10 ), didn't feel any vibrations, guess i've been lucky

 

as long as your rims are not bent there shouldnt be an issue with using single weights on the inside of the rim. alot of people dont like to put sticky weights towards the face of the rim because you can see them through the spokes. i have balanced a lot of 20"-24" rims with single weights without any complaints

 

kind of

older machines didn't do the inside outside balance like most places do now a days. a lot of 80-90s spin balancers only give one correction