Maybe you have gotten caught up in the debate of dynamic-balance vs. static-balance. My personal preference is to not have unsightly wheel weights showing on the face of the rim. Until now that has forced us to put clip-on wheel weights on the inside lip or stick-on weights on the inside surface of the rim and requiring a static balance of the tire. This won't be as accurate of a balance as a clip-on weights on the outer wheel lip and dynamically balancing the tires. Now there is another choice. A company called IMI has created a product called EQUAL Tire Performance. I became aware of it through an article in the June/July 2002 Off-Road Adventures magazine published by 4Wheel Parts Warehouse. The product is sepecially good for keeping huge lugged off-road tires in balance. If they tear off a lug during an off-road excursion the tire will become out of balance. Equal is a dry polymer that is either injected into the tire through the valve stem with a special machine called an "Equalizer" or 4 oz packets of it can be put into the tire when it is mounted to the rim. The Equal polymer constantly moves around the inside of the tire, constantly working to keep the tire in balance. The only caution they have concerning the product is moisture. Water will not mix with it, but too much water will render it ineffective. Here is their web site if you are interested in trying the product. http://www.imiproducts.com/imi_htmlc.../imi_equa.html
I haven't tried it yet, but I intend to, Lon.

 

we sell that product at the place i work at. it's been used in 18 wheelers for years. in talking with the rep about the product, he said they really haven't figured out the exact ratio to use in passenger tires.

the only way you'll get too much water in is if you put water in your tire. not enough moisture in air to make any difference.

 

Ionsal, did you actually try this product to see the results? I always hated those weights scratching the outside of my wheels.

 

Not yet.

 

Hmm that's always a good thing... test it out and see if it works out ok... at the moment, I'm stuck with 0.5 weights on 3 of my rims with the 4th one.. believe it or not is perfectly balanced...

 

One of the local schools has the worlds fastest diesel powered tractor truck. It's 200+mph can't remember the exact #. They use this stuff in the tires to balance them. Balancing a huge truck tire to 200 mph proved futile using normal methods. The tires actually have to be shaved to nearly nothing to remove enough weight to keep them from blowin up on the salt.