New wheels for our buggy.

Q-Dog · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 5:50 am Post subject:

Went to a tire shop yesterday afternoon to mount up the wheels. New tires up front and reuse the old tires from the rear for now. Problem: the shop could not balance the wheels on their machine. And they couldn't really explain why. Basically said their balance machine couldn't do it and I need to try a different shop.
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VOLKSWAGNUT · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 7:24 am Post subject:

Thats a lame excuse.
Somebody doesnt know how to balance then... Rolling Eyes

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They will need stick on weights to be dynamically balanced.
Nothing high tech or odd about your wheels..

Maybe they didnt have the weights..

Take them to a reputable tire shop that sells Kustom wheels..

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Q-Dog · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 2:41 pm Post subject:

Mounted. Didn't install the caps yet because I may need to try another shop to get them balanced better.

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VOLKSWAGNUT · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 3:15 pm Post subject:

You take a picture.. and dont even wash the BLUE off the white letters...
Geeezzz...

Laughing

Looks great... !!! Wink

Soooooooo much better already!

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joescoolcustoms · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 5:24 pm Post subject:

Wheels make a car.

That buggy is soooo made!

But, we are in desperate need of a 3/4, front and rear shot of the buggy to get the full effect.
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Q-Dog · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 5:56 pm Post subject:

Alright, alright! I hope to get her all cleaned up in the next couple of days. I'm gonna need to lower the air in the tires too. The shop inflated them all to 36 psi.
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andygere · Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 10:06 pm Post subject:

Looks great, what are the tire sizes?

Q-Dog · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 4:26 am Post subject:

Front: 205/60/15 - 6" wheel. Rear: 245/60/15 - 8.5" wheel. I wanted a 195 for the fronts but it seems like BFG isn't making them any more.

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VOLKSWAGNUT · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 5:19 am Post subject:

scarter302 · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 6:10 am Post subject:

look for a road force balance machine. a quick google search should find plenty located around you.

Q-Dog · Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 7:09 am Post subject:

I think they still have BFG 195 in a blackwall, just not in white letters. When I checked a couple years ago they still had the 195 and All the shops I called last week still had the 195 white letter listed on their computers, but their distributor showed zero stock. Maybe they will make another run of them, but everyone I talked to said this usually means they discontinued that size.

The 205 doesn't look all that much bigger on the 6" wheel and the shop had them in stock. If I would of had to wait for them I probably would have kept the 195 I had ... but I REALLY wanted the white letters. When I need to replace the rears I may go up to 255.

Road force balance ... that's what the last shop said I needed. I spun the wheels last night to check for runout and they look great, but one of the rear tires looks way out of round. They were fine on the other wheels. Odd. So I looked closer and it looks like it may not be seated properly ... like the bead rolled under a little instead of seating against the rim. There is no bulge in the tire so I don't think a belt has broken.
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