Wheel Weights, In or Out?

[MikesToy]

I wanted my weights on the inner side of the rim but Discount Tire claimed that it's better on the outer side of the rim so i can have better handling. Is this true?

 

[Clemsonfan15]

I wanted mine on the inside as well, but the manager told me that they can balance them better on the outside and since I have such a heavy tire it would be best to do it on the outside.

 

[MikeRiela]

same deal with me, i hate the weights on the outside but they also said its because of the tires.

 

[Mike07SE]

Did a rebalance myself using a Hunter 9500 and have no issues what so ever with my 265/70-17 BFG A/T's.

 

[rook]

Did a rebalance myself using a Hunter 9500 and have no issues what so ever with my 265/70-17 BFG A/T's.

What side are the weights mounted on?

I think it would be more important to have them outboard when dealing with wider wheels/tires in order to balance out and wobble associated with extra width.

My FJ wheels with 285's were balanced perfectly by the dealer with weights on the inside.

 

[Scoobs]

Mine are on the inside on both sets of wheels. My previous 2004 SE had them on the inside as well. No issues.

BTW rook I took your advice and got an OEM takeoff set of 17" FJ wheels to run in the winter. Have them on now.

 

[RonMAIDEN]

I've never had the weights on the outside and with my previous set of Nittos it wasn't a problem and no issues with my new Duratracs either at any speed.

 

[4RBob]

balancing with weights on only one lip of the rim is called a static balance.

a dynamic balance is better and usually requires weights on both the inside and outside lips. however, the weights that belong on the outside lip can be placed behind the face of the wheel (using sticky weights) but as close to the outside as possible. a good shop will place the weights behind the spokes of the rim so they can't be seen.

 

[Scoobs]

I always thought static balance vs dynamic balance had to do with the method used to balance the tire ie static means the tire is not rotated while balancing ( usually a bubble balancer ), whereas a dynamic balance involves rotating the tire on a spin balancer. It just so happens that a dynamic balance is more accurate and actually dictates putting weights on both sides of the wheel to take full advantage of the dynamic balance.

 

[4RBob]

I always thought static balance vs dynamic balance had to do with the method used to balance the tire ie static means the tire is not rotated while balancing ( usually a bubble balancer ), whereas a dynamic balance involves rotating the tire on a spin balancer. It just so happens that a dynamic balance is more accurate and actually dictates putting weights on both sides of the wheel to take full advantage of the dynamic balance.

ya, i may have butchered the true definition of the balancing methods. however, like you said and my point as well, to take advantage of a true dynamic balance, it will call for weights on both sides of the rim.

 

[Mike07SE]

What side are the weights mounted on?

I think it would be more important to have them outboard when dealing with wider wheels/tires in order to balance out and wobble associated with extra width.

My FJ wheels with 285's were balanced perfectly by the dealer with weights on the inside.

I did a dynamic balance with both inner and outer wheel weights inside of the wheel face. I don't see much of an issue with T4R wheels since they have a negative offset as it is.

I have done 'spoke matching' before, but didn't feel it was neccessary this time around since my stock Sport wheels had a deep enough groove behind the face to go unnoticed. The key to the dynamic balance is indeed to be able to get the weights to the outer most points of the rim. I also did perform a road force on my setup and had the tires force matched on the wheels. I had a max of 15lbs on one and somewhere between 5-10lbs on the rest (very unusual I thought). I got very lucky with these set of A/T's!.

 

[nunya]

I always have mine on the inside lip only. I have never had good luck with the stick on weights though. Always tend to have one fling off a front wheel when on the highway.

 

[Bluesky 07]

Resurrecting a 10-year-old thread in lieu of starting a new one. I'm about to PlastiDip my wheels so obviously the weights needed to be moved to inside the wheel. Discount Tire said "No problem!" even though it's only been 3K since my last rotation and I was in and out in 40 minutes. (If you're in Cobb or Cherokee in metro Atlanta, the DT on Busbee Pkwy. is excellent.)

I know there's disagreement on where the weights work best so do your research and make your own choice, but I wanted anyone who's unaware to know that inside the wheel is an option. My criteria was whether there was any shimmy or vibration with the weights inside. So far that's a "no" so I'll be going with inside from now on.

 

[Ed_C]

With a modern balancer like one of Hunter Engineering's road-force models, you can set it for outside or inside weights, some wheels weren't even designed to use clip-on weights. Hunters have a laser to pinpoint where exactly the weight goes, and can even set up the balancer to hide the weights behind spokes.

 

[Dillusion]

Just got mine balanced and mounted today. Weights are inside.

They had Hunters. I noticed 3 different ones and different models.

 

[gamefreakgc]

With a modern balancer like one of Hunter Engineering's road-force models, you can set it for outside or inside weights, some wheels weren't even designed to use clip-on weights. Hunters have a laser to pinpoint where exactly the weight goes, and can even set up the balancer to hide the weights behind spokes.

That's how mine is on my TRD Tacoma wheels, you have to look reaaally hard to find them they are hidden so well. One of the few things my Toyota dealership does well.