03_AP1

I just got some new Prodrive rims, and everything mounted an balanced a few days ago. Well I noticed the rather LARGE strip of sticky weights sitting on my driveway. I know which wheel they came off of, but I couldn't tell where on the wheel they used to be, no sticky residue or anything.

However, I've driven the car up to 120km/h and I feel absolutely no vibrations whatsoever. The tech who did it said he had a lot of trouble balancing that one rim in particular, and had to use ALOT of weights to get it close. But without the weights, they "feel" fine.

Should I take it back and get re-balanced? Or am I ok?

bullitt5897

get it re balanced... at no extra charge as they couldnt get it right the first time... the weights should not come off...

Sinji

have them check if the wheel is straight. with my experience, wheels that are hard to balance and take alot of weight usually are bent. i do suggest getting them rebalanced eventhought they feel okay...

AP2

also, the weights probably fell off because they didnt clean the wheel properly. secondly, what kind of tires do you have? sometimes a tire can be out of round or have a defect that might make it difficult to balance.

Jim@tirerack

I agree with the rebalance. You can also have them spin the tire 180 degree's and rebalance. That can reduce the weights that are needed a lot of times.

PanteraKitty

Weights fell off?? Did you take them a dirty wheel or did you use too much Zaino on your wheels? Zaino Z2 clearcoat poish is just slicker than snot on a doorknob and tape weights have a hard time sticking to it.

03_AP1

thanks for the advise - wheels were brand new out of the box (Prodrive PFF7) and the tires are 235/40/18 Falken RT615's.

WyattH

That's good. Never heard someone say that. I always say "slicker than snot on an onion skin".