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      01-11-2012, 09:15 AM   #303
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Drives: 2008 135i
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Location: Jackson, NJ

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Originally Posted by JB135MDCT View Post
What is your tire change set up, I'm looking to get a manual setup for my garage and a motorcycle wheel type balancer.
A few years back, I found one on Ebay being sold by a shop that was going out of business near Philly. I believe the brand is Atlas, and it looks pretty much like this one:


IIRC, I paid $550 for it (about $1500 new), and it was barely used. It has MORE than paid for itself by now. I have changed more than 50 tires with it so far.

For balancing, I just use an old-school bubble balancer. I've had better results with that than the electronic balancers. Plus, it takes up very little space in my garage. Not to mention it was free; a leftover from when my father had his own shop.

Oh, even found an image of my exact one:
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