I searched and read through the home tire balancing threads but those were all for bigger tires... just wondering how it works on more reasonable passenger tires. Going to try it on my

155/80/13 M/S and was thinking 1.5-2 oz

 

as well as

 

185/70/14 M/S and was thinking 2-2.5 oz

 

Those are both winter blizzak tires not mudders.

 

Basically just wondering if this technique works for passenger tires and exactly how much to use as the guide was for bigger tires.

 

Thanks and sorry my ignorance... but i DID searches.

Well,

 

I've yet to see any charts for small passenger car tires, but, I see a pretty good pattern on all the charts I've seen. Smaller tire - Less weight

 

The 225 - 235 75 range calls for 3 oz.

 

You are dealing with about 1/2 to 2/3 as much rubber.

 

So..... I'm gonna say that I'd personally go with about 1.5 - 2 oz.

 

maybe 2.5 if the have a deep tread cap.

 

I'd be willing to be it will work out for you.

Hmmh. I think I'll try 1.5 and if that works on the 13's then do 2 oz on 14's. I'll let you know how it goes.

 

worst case scenario I quit being a dirtbag and take them in to get balanced correctly:rolleyes:

Please post your results when you get it figured out. I'm sure many of us are interested.

well. I won't be doing the 14's till spring. I didn't have time and am driving up the pass tomorrow in a foot of snow.. and when i did that a few days ago it was sketchy...

It sucks. I paid 77.00 for a mount and balance and he broke one of my lug studs that I didn't have the nut on (because the thread was mess up) It just needed a little re-threading....

 

My mom took it there... total ripoff.

 

let you know on the 13's this weekend hopefully.

uh-oh. So I got the suuby running good today and got the 13's on there on white spoke wheels.. however

they BEARLY clear the caliper with front brake pads @ around 20%. That sucks. This is the part where I grind a bit out of the caliper ??

 

I used 50 grams (about 1.75 oz) of airsoft bbs. Cost 30$ to get mounted and "balanced" vs. 80$ for the legacy w/ normal balancing (doh)

 

I'll post back tomorrow after I get her to highway speed!!

A pic or two:

 

 

woah. balancing with bbs? that's crazy cool.

 

 

yea i work for a tire shop and balancing any real big truck tire is a major pain. or these stupid huge rims with the sticky weights. argh i hate sticky weights! lol.