Wheel Weights Balancing Question

Mach1er · 05-05-2014, 08:10 PM

I recently got new tires and the tech who took the old wheel weights off left most of the sticky foam padding that secured them on the wheel. I'm probably being paranoid, but is the weight of this foam stickum pad (maybe a 4"x1" strip) significant enough eight to alter wheel balancing?
I'd like to clean it off with Goo Gone, but don't want to mess with the balancing.

Thanks, everyone!

Rob Daman · 05-05-2014, 08:14 PM

zero effect

Nitrous Garage · 05-06-2014, 10:42 AM

X2. Its pretty much double sided tape and weighs nothing. Go ahead and rub it off

VMRWheels · 05-06-2014, 12:01 PM

The left over foam tape will not cause your wheels and tires to be out of balance.

Mach1er · 05-07-2014, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Rob Daman

zero effect

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Originally Posted by Nitrous Garage

X2. Its pretty much double sided tape and weighs nothing. Go ahead and rub it off

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Originally Posted by VMRWheels

The left over foam tape will not cause your wheels and tires to be out of balance.

Thanks, everyone. Now I can get on to fixing them up.

N88888_dawg · 05-07-2014, 12:05 PM

A pebble stuck in your tread would cause more vibration lol

Gary@TireRack · 05-08-2014, 11:46 AM

My experience is that there is no effect from such a small bit of material.

New21er · 05-08-2014, 04:58 PM

Small thread jack here. Why are tire shops so reluctant to balance wheels where spacers are used?

davis449 · 05-09-2014, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by New21er

Small thread jack here. Why are tire shops so reluctant to balance wheels where spacers are used?

It's not about the "balancing". It's an installer liability thing. Basically, the assumption is that spacers are a hazard on a car. Now, most of us enthusiasts should know this is not true. They are not a hazard when spec'd correctly (should be hub centric and of excellent manufacturer quality), installed correctly, and torqued correctly. However, if you're a tire shop owner, the majority of people coming in are probably using non hub centric, POS spacers that are not any of the above listed items. Therefore, they can be considered a hazard and it's easier for the shop to simply say "we won't work with them" to avoid liability should the wheel fall off while driving and cause an accident because, at that point, the hardware itself could fail and the car's owner point the finger at the shop that installed\reinstalled them.

VMRWheels · 05-09-2014, 11:39 AM

+1

Comes down to liability.

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Rob Daman Captain 32 Rep 826 Posts Drives: 2007 E90 335i Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: OC, CA USA iTrader: (2)	zero effect
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Nitrous Garage Major General 206 Rep 6,811 Posts Drives: E82 135i / E92 328i / E60 550i Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Pomona, California iTrader: (0)	X2. Its pretty much double sided tape and weighs nothing. Go ahead and rub it off
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N88888_dawg Private First Class 8 Rep 166 Posts Drives: none Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: UK iTrader: (1) Garage List 2008 BMW 135i [0.00]	A pebble stuck in your tread would cause more vibration lol Last edited by N88888_dawg; 05-08-2014 at 11:58 AM..
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