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Wheel weights or Ceramic Beads for balancing

Tye

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Curious what everyone is choosing for balancing, especially if going with 37s, 38s or 39s. Heard arguments for traditional wheel weights as well as ceramic balancing beads.
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It was amazing how off my 37" K02s were when 1st mounting. The number of weights were silly... Fortunately, I had a good tire guy and rotated the tire on the rim until we had a better balance and fewer weights.
 

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All depends on the tire. Some are good without and some need. I have beads in my 38 milestars and have a slight wobble
 

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I've used many times in the past on Older Bronco's with Super Swamper's. But with having tpms sensors those beads really can mess one up. I tried them on my 17 Ram with 38's, tpms sensors were like sand blasted looking at them when I had to patch a tire flat. I usually stick with stick on wts. And as mentioned earlier, rotating the tire on the rim until they are matched is ideal for minimal wts.
 

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I like the ceramic beads for balancing, especially in my motorcycle tires. I would, however, not use them on a wheel equipped with TPMS. Seems like a bad idea, though I have no personal experience.
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